Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [conj] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As I look at the shabby , commercialised and demoralised society in which I write I am more convinced than ever that the political analysis on which I was brought up was right . |
| 2 | The dried egg and fried bread were less attractive than ever and the grey day had hardly got under way before I was approaching the forbidding facade of Regent Lodge . |
| 3 | Lloyds Bank fund manager Michael Smith says : ‘ If the stock market picks up , as many are suggesting it will , PEPs will look more attractive than ever because the tax-free capital gain will be more valuable for someone who has consistently invested . ’ |
| 4 | Geologically this seems unlikely , if only because the Campanian chalk is widely distributed in the Paris Basin and is certainly not confined to the Montagne de Reims . ’ |
| 5 | Peripheries in relatively advanced societies which have undergone the process of homogenisation described by Shils may be susceptible to investigation by pluralist methods , if only because the overwhelming predominance of a specific value-system ensures that peripheral conflict is usually limited to items which do not impinge on the central elite values . |
| 6 | Most pundits , so far at least , rule out the prospect of a neutral unified Germany , if only because the Federal Republic is too deeply rooted in the West to distance itself from its allies . |
| 7 | There was considerable irony in the fact that it was Baden-Powell , the maverick hero of Mafeking , who should come to rescue England from its Hooligans , if only because the feverish excitement of the jingo crowds and the ‘ Mafficking ’ that accompanied the South African campaign was thought to be no less of an affront to the English sang froid than ‘ Hooliganism ’ itself . |
| 8 | Inevitably , he will emerge as a different artist , if only because the full extent of his achievement simply has n't been seen together . |
| 9 | ‘ The flights were flagrant violations of the no-fly zone but they were the first armed attacks recorded by the UN since shortly after the no-fly zone was instituted ’ last October , the State Department spokesman , Richard Boucher , said . |
| 10 | First , he thought it an unspoken part of the 1931 bargain that MacDonald should not be discarded as soon as the immediate crisis was over . |
| 11 | The second rule is : PRAISE SHOULD BE GIVEN AS SOON AS THE GOOD BEHAVIOUR IS OBSERVED |
| 12 | Fred Voncken , head of finance for the Directorate of the Arts of the Ministry of Culture told The Art Newspaper that the Minister , Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , having received the backing of the two main political parties , has urged the cabinet to accept the changes as soon as the European Parliament decides that a lower VAT band is permissible for all cultural activities . |
| 13 | The conference rejected an Australian proposal endorsing the transfer of the West German stockpiles , but also stopped short of demanding an outright halt to the entire incineration project , calling instead for the US government to close the incinerator as soon as the current programme had been completed . |
| 14 | Er we we go in and sell the advertising if they er we 'll take over as soon as the current supply runs out we we 'll start offering er and supply it for them . |
| 15 | As soon as the anti-aircraft fire began to thin out the F2B dived to begin photographing below cloud level . |
| 16 | Organisers hope to set off as soon as the Romanian Embassy and the ferry company advise that they have registered the change of the vehicle 's registration number . |
| 17 | Stevenson , a quick-moving , stocky northerner with a distinguished record in every possible branch of the Met , was rumoured to be going up to Assistant Commissioner just as soon as the present incumbent retired . |
| 18 | BRITAIN should enter the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System as soon as the present turbulence in the foreign exchange markets has died away , Sir Leon Brittan , the European Commissioner , told a Bow Group fringe meeting last night . |
| 19 | Hopes are still expressed that old manufacturing industries will re-employ all those previously made redundant as soon as the economic recession is over . |
| 20 | Despite these cautionary remarks , it appears unlikely that union power will revive as soon as the economic climate improves . |
| 21 | As soon as the delicate lining has been interfered with , the ovum finds it difficult to make its way to the uterus and may either arrive too late for successful implantation or , which is worse , may implant in the tube itself , giving rise to an ectopic pregnancy ( tubal pregnancy ) . |
| 22 | As soon as the new government recommends a qualified candidate , Panamanian , to be administrator of the canal , as called for in the treaties , I will submit this nominee to the senate for expedited consideration , ’ Mr Bush said yesterday . |
| 23 | this apparently buys an exhibition gallery utterly inadequate to host even a moderately-sized show ; a restaurant not large enough to serve both staff and members and be an income-generating venue for the public ; a bookshop that needs twice as much space if it is to be the premier one in England ; library and drawings storage that will mean costly out-housing as soon as the new facility is opened ; and finally — my own personal quibble — a drawings collection that will have lost its allure as a magnet for donor support . |
| 24 | As soon as the new building 's habitable . |
| 25 | As soon as the new replacement model arrives , its predecessor tends to lose a little of its second-hand value . |
| 26 | As new foods are introduced into a child 's diet , there may be temporary bouts of diarrhoea in response to them , although these do not necessarily develop as soon as the new food is eaten . |
| 27 | As soon as the other case was reported , production was stopped immediately , until the fault was isolated and every effort was then made to trace , recover and destroy all Nightsticks from the same batch . |
| 28 | But he now hopes , as soon as the general election is out of the way , to unite the various pro-hunting campaigns . |
| 29 | In fact , the interviews were so casual that everyone was reassured that they would be released as soon as the general strike eased . |
| 30 | As soon as the political problem was resolved , he released military operations from their state of suspended animation . |