Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not located on a structural culmination , the well had a small show of methane at the top of the Lower Permian Sandstone beneath the Magnesian Limestone and Zechstein salt . |
| 2 | Now , in contrast , a teacher is more often than not faced with a complete ignorance of Christianity . |
| 3 | But it is a common and easily observed fact that measures of aggregate output in any economy tend to be positively serially correlated ; that is , a higher than average value for aggregate output in any period is more often than not followed by a higher than average value next period and , similarly , a low value in any period is more likely to be followed by another low one than by a high one . |
| 4 | When she did breathe ‘ cancer ’ , in her muffled contralto , the implications were of something exceedingly unfortunate with a strong hint of divine retribution , more often than not accompanied by a sharp , righteous , ‘ be sure your sins will find you out . ’ |
| 5 | In any case , I believe Eliot admired the thrillers of the prolific E. Phillips Oppenheim , who was published in the yellow-backed series to which he more than once referred as a possible source of inspiration . |
| 6 | Although still classified as a rare breed , the British White has increased considerably in numbers in recent years and has also been exported : it seems to thrive in hot climates and has a good degree of heat tolerance , helped by its pigmented skin and reflecting white coat . |
| 7 | Standards have gone up consistently over the six years of the league and , although still dominated by a new wave of running clubs that have burgeoned over the last decade , more and more of the traditional athletics clubs have been paying more attention to the competition . |
| 8 | Yet although often seen as a tough guy , Bob Hoskins has tried to avoid typecasting . |
| 9 | Yet although often seen as a tough guy , Bob Hoskins has tried to avoid typecasting . |
| 10 | The sentimental side , although well presented by a fine ballad like ‘ Make the Man Love Me ’ , is both overshadowed and made more sugary by the comic element of Cisssie , the heroine 's sister , with her string of ‘ husbands ’ all called Harry and her rosy outlook . |
| 11 | Until badly fitted with a new hip in his seventies , he remained a tall , slim , naturally commanding figure , with a full head of wavy hair framing a ruddy complexion . |
| 12 | If merely set at a given focal length , the zoom lens will simply act as a normal though infinitely variable lens ( between its limits ) and the viewer will be unaware that it has been used at all . |
| 13 | The difference of about two years is significant since , as I understand it , an application lapses if not implemented within a certain time . |
| 14 | The enormous success of the Matisse show currently at the Museum of Modern Art , New York , has coincided if not resulted in a large number of works appearing this season . |
| 15 | It was only about twelve feet long a baby by local standards — but it hissed and barked and thrashed and stank until finally converted into a writhing sack of potatoes . |
| 16 | A FLEETING snapshot , this , of the Douglas Hurd you never see , the minister tormented by doubt , safely if thinly disguised as a fictitious character , in one of the novelist British foreign secretary 's self-revealing stories about a defence secretary forced to justify the sending of British boys to die in a Balkanesque quagmire called ‘ Caucasia ’ . |
| 17 | Scilla peruviana forms large , conican racemes of flowers if shallowly planted in a hot , sunny spot |
| 18 | The lych-gate creaked and left its prickly signature of rust upon the palm ( I 'll get it fixed , Ma 'm ! ) ; the bell rang not at all unless obliquely pressed by a nor'-nor'-westerly thumb . |
| 19 | However , no crampon will perform properly unless correctly fitted to a suitable pair of boots . |
| 20 | While not intended as a dogmatic definition , it was in fact little less . |
| 21 | Whilst originally described as a universal buffer for restriction enzymes , we have found that all modification enzymes required for cDNA synthesis have close to 100% activity in 0.5 KGB buffer . |
| 22 | It can still be seen , looking innocent enough , though rather spoilt by a barbed-wire fence only inches away . |
| 23 | What seemed to be a simple matter when merely held as a mental question , verbally unframed and with no thought given to response , appears as a simply impossible problem when it has actually to be put down on paper . |
| 24 | In addition an element of proportional representation would be introduced in time for the 1993 elections , as already proposed at a Socialist Party convention on Oct. 12-13 with the formation of electoral alliances with minority parties in mind . |
| 25 | Even when not launched for a revolutionary purpose , war according to Marx has a revolutionary effect . |
| 26 | In this fighting , the Australian plan was to be bold while steadily withdrawing eastward , even though once boxed into a small corner of the island they would lose their precious mobility . |
| 27 | Ford , though usually perceived as a cautious company in its approach to technical innovation , is resolutely leading the way with two-strokes . |
| 28 | The arrangement is different ( though possibly based on a nine-panelled grid ) and the standard of workmanship superior , ( pI . |
| 29 | The decisions , tantamount to a significant downgrading of COMECON ( as also indicated by a sharp staff reduction at the Moscow secretariat ) , and which were expected to be approved at a future summit meeting , were the outcome of an undertaking made at the summit meeting in January [ see p. 37202 ] to review existing COMECON arrangements to allow for the wider operation of market principles . |
| 30 | As originally constructed by a ninth cohort , probably of Legio VI , it contained only two or three suites of rooms together with some which are best interpreted as having a communal function.44 There was a small internal courtyard with an ornamental fountain and the old , first-century fort bath-house was rebuilt on a much larger scale . |