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 | She maintained that the reproductive organs were formed in girls at birth and not newly created in adolescence as Maudsley claimed , and while agreeing that women stored nutrient in reserve for childbearing , argued that it was not in finite supply and could safely be drawn upon in adolescence . |
| 13 | It means only that ideas both given and new will be subjected to scrutiny and not simply accepted on trust . |
| 14 | All the previous week Kidd had exhorted his forwards to concentrate on winning the battle up front and not simply live in hope that they could gain a few crumbs and hope their more skilful backs would steal a march on Shannon . |
| 15 | The disadvantage is that it was very expensive , low in fibre , and not well balanced for use in the long term . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not saying you should n't have hit him , ’ said Polly patiently , who was , after all , the daughter of a trained killer ( Squadron Leader , RAF , Ret. ) and not unduly given to pacifism . |
| 17 | The discovery of new sources , advances in technique , the opening and closure of markets and not least changes of fashion , no less powerful because often defying rational explanation , all helped to promote change . |
| 18 | The speech was all too unexciting , having travelled the country for the past year , and not noticeably improving with age . |
| 19 | He pointed to the necessity of a reciprocal relationship , one that had ultimately to be beneficial to all participants , and not merely based upon value money exchanges but one that entailed an exchange of real use-values . |
| 20 | Both the group and the person himself are necessary for the process ; the epic poet is actively creative and not passively responding to group pressures . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It is estimated with some reliability that one in five of those aged 85 and over now suffer from dementia ( Norman 1987a : 2 ) . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 " . |
| 29 | As women mature , their outward appearance becomes more and more strongly related to character . |
| 30 | This and more already happens on satellite and cable channels , which are under the more lenient gaze of the Cable Authority . |