Example sentences of "and [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally the commonest medium-sized brown owl ; predominantly nocturnal and most often detected in daytime hunched up in its tree roost , being mobbed by smaller birds , when can be distinguished from Barn Owl by dark brown face and underparts and from Long-eared and Short-eared Owls ( p. 179 ) by black eyes and lack of ear-tufts . |
| 2 | This was important , because it showed that it was not a protein , and so clearly differed from lysozyme . |
| 3 | No indemnity will be given for loss of cash , bank currency and so on listed in Clause 11(c) — a substantial limitation of liability . |
| 4 | Of course , in addition to the bony structures in the limb — which are first laid down as cartilage and only later replaced by bone — there are muscles and tendons whose pattern is more complex . |
| 5 | The impetus of the scientific imperative was followed by technical mistakes , followed by a disastrous failure , followed by official reassurances — and only eventually concluded by official backtracking in the face of outside scepticism . |
| 6 | It will be easiest to explain the principles of heredity with the traits in which they were originally discovered , and only then to turn to behaviour . |
| 7 | Similarly , although the works clubs which are in charge of workplace negotiations in Sweden are sub-organisations of the branches of the national unions and less loosely linked to union organisation than the equivalent shop steward system in Britain ( at least before the expansion of single-employer bargaining ) , nevertheless they act independently of the branch and national union headquarters . |
| 8 | This goes against the general trend of the rest of the survey ( which suggests that these groups are less well informed and less accurately informed about credit ) . |
| 9 | They made love on the cool marble floor of the terrace , and much later went to bed and slept in each other 's arms for the first time in months . |
| 10 | Although I now believe he over-estimated the importance of the part played by observation , his constant emphasis upon the personal , the sensuous and the experiential ( a world illuminated by the child 's sensitivity and never dictated by the teacher ) gave rise to work of much greater intensity , and much more varied in imagery , than the ultimately stereotyped products of Basic Design . |
| 11 | Also , it had become much more formal and much more structured in organization . |
| 12 | George Moore 's depiction of Jesus as having survived the Crucifixion followed on from a contention maintained not only by some of the oldest heresies , but also by the Koran , and thus widely accepted throughout Islam and the Islamic world . |
| 13 | He was not , in fact , the first to work with the Longhorns : a blacksmith named Welby living on the borders of Leicestershire and Derbyshire had been attempting systematic improvement of the type using animals from the Derbyshire herd of Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow House , Burton-on-Trent ( a herd which by 1720 was already uniform and impressively well matched for shape and colour ) , and a Mr Webster of Canley , near Coventry , bred animals from the same herd with stock from Westmorland and Lancashire . |
| 14 | Transatlantic tourists and suburban groupies may be willing to fork out the £1 cover charge for sporadic glimpses of Michael Caine and Jason Donovan , but grown-ups are kept loyal by cooking that is honest and robust and hardly ever hiccups in spite of turning over almost as many portions as Ramsden 's . |
| 15 | As ever , historians have much to offer the modern technical society in which they find themselves and still more to do in order to catch up with it . |
| 16 | Although advances in urban dialectology are certainly a by-product of his methods , his principal objectives were to use variable data as a means of elucidating processes of linguistic change and more generally to contribute to core linguistic theory ( cf. 5.2.1 ) . |
| 17 | My hon. Friend was correct , too , in the implication of his remarks , in that due to lack of time or the natural delegation of functions , the European Council , the Council of Ministers and various other councils more and more frequently ask for Commission reports and proposals on matters . |
| 18 | Indeed , it might be ventured that whenever there is the possibility we prefer to use this basis of organisation , probably because it is intrinsically more accessible and more firmly established as part of our mental " set " . |
| 19 | As women mature , their outward appearance becomes more and more strongly related to character . |
| 20 | This and more already happens on satellite and cable channels , which are under the more lenient gaze of the Cable Authority . |
| 21 | Returning to our work Sid and I became more and more closely connected with Radio Station 1OAB and during the Annual General Meeting of the association that year I was appointed Programme Director . |
| 22 | Such fiction , unconcise and more naturally given to carnality than wit , had been unashamedly dominated by story , and it was characteristically fast-paced and impatient of extended description , whether of scene , of motive or of mind . |
| 23 | These tugs built by John Lewis & Sons Ltd. in Aberdeen and more commonly known as water tractors were the first of their kind in Scotland . |
| 24 | In 1681 Lodwick was elected to membership of the Royal Society , and thereafter frequently acted as auditor to the council . |
| 25 | Just to complete the picture on the districts around York , erm and in answer to the issue raised by er Miss Whitaker , I think the villages in erm the Harrogate sector of Greater York are all far too small to erm act as a nucleus for the size of development we 're talking about here , er the largest of them , Upper Poppleton , probably has about seven hundred to eight hundred houses , and that I think would be swamped and lose its character and also possibly suffer from coalescence with the nearby York urban area , if er large amounts of additional development were tacked onto it . |
| 26 | An offer of equity shares may enable the offeror to obtain merger relief under s131 of the Companies Act 1985 ( see para 23.1.5 below ) and also possibly qualify for merger accounting under SSAP 23 ( see para 23.1.6 below ) . |
| 27 | The guild halls are equally fine and probably more varied in design . |
| 28 | This sort of assurance is very rare and really only comes with experience . |
| 29 | Many poor harmonizations are written because the student is trying to think of melody and harmony together , and inevitably both suffer in consequence . |
| 30 | It was about four feet wide and as carefully coated with sand and pebbles as the step . |