Example sentences of "and [adv] [adv] [subord] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place , but reluctantly and more gradually than now seems desirable . |
| 2 | He could be quite casual in his attitude to his wife 's anxiety and more often than not failed to let her know when he was delayed . |
| 3 | That will be as much as fun as er Sunday school I expect and probably just as well attended . |
| 4 | Stephen tied it up but the string broke and he had to drive the car into Hilderbridge very slowly and carefully so as not to overheat the engine . |
| 5 | This exercise must be done slowly and carefully so as not to let the barbell drop from your fingertips . |
| 6 | Moving slowly and cautiously so as not to rip any of the rubber components of their diving suits , they passed in file into a compartment not more than four feet in height but almost twenty feet in length , extending from the nose cone , under the flight deck and then several feet beyond . |
| 7 | Molly and Judith frequently went visiting other girls in the community after dinner and as often as not did not come home for tea ; and , since Malka had married and left Cork , Judith spent even more Sundays out of the house . |
| 8 | His interests are in the practical worlds of economics , human behaviour and technology , and he is at his most impressive in unravelling them , and least so when dutifully ticking off a list of earlier urban theorists . |