Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , about one year in six , some fortunate swirl in the currents brings them back to the island where they first fell into the water a month earlier and at a high tide in December , a horde of tiny crablets no bigger than ants suddenly emerges from the waves and marches valiantly up the beach and on inland to restock the forest . |
| 2 | It 's a software product designed to run on either PC or Macintosh computers , and offers not just the facility to record , but also to analyse your training performances over several sports simultaneously . |
| 3 | The list of fax cards and fax modems with which the software will work is extensive , and covers just about every piece of kit we can think of , which is reassuring . |
| 4 | The omission is significant : the danger is perceived as entirely pertaining to religious believers , and illustrates very well the hold which a secular view has on him and on the educational world in Britain and in the United States . |
| 5 | This example has all the characteristics of a sentence occurring within a larger piece of text , and illustrates quite clearly the need for a ‘ previous discourse ’ co-ordinate , as well as the more obvious ‘ time ’ and ‘ place ’ co-ordinates . |
| 6 | Kay ( 1988 ) , writing about WHO 's strategy , describes recent developments , current preventive programmes and recommended policies , and highlights not only the epidemics of HIV infection and of AIDS , but also the ‘ global epidemic of social , economic , political and cultural reaction and response to AIDS and HIV infection ’ . |
| 7 | It involves regular inspection of every church , and embraces not only the fabric of the buildings but their contents and churchyards . |
| 8 | This home video was taken by a passer-by and shows how quickly the flames engulfed the building . |
| 9 | It contains all the familiar Berliozian qualities save the macabre and the colossal , and reveals not only the greatness of his imagination in old age , but the beauty and purity of a spirit that , at the end of a life of frustration at being misjudged , could invent music of such supreme innocence and tenderness . ’ |
| 10 | The natural warmth of the mahogany is a perfect foil for the P90s ’ tonal characteristics and recalls almost precisely the sound of an old Les Paul Junior . |
| 11 | The contribution librarians could make to student development has been underestimated , and includes not only the librarian 's contribution to taught courses on library research methodology , leading to greater confidence and autonomy , but also the day-today interaction with students and librarians at reader 's advisory and reference desks . |
| 12 | It starts behind the Treib-haus and takes just under an hour for a climb of 370m ( 1,214ft ) altitude difference . |
| 13 | The pressed steel system unit case is bulky by today 's standards and takes up quite a lot of desk space . |
| 14 | On performance though , good as the new one is , I remain firmly attached to the TER , which is more romantically conceived , and captures much better the work 's operetta style . |
| 15 | It is written in a very personal style , and reflects very much the author 's own approach to the teaching of organic synthesis at the advanced undergraduate and ( better ) postgraduate levels . |
| 16 | He puts so much into it , and expects so much every time . |
| 17 | Discipline is the foundation of the Force and means not only the performance of specific orders but implies a willing and prompt obedience , proper respect to senior officers and loyalty to the service . |
| 18 | Instead of swallowing them , however , the eggs are taken into the vocal sac which is unusually large and extends right down the underside of the male 's body . |
| 19 | A school that loses sight of its values runs the risk that it ceases to be a school at all , and becomes instead just a learning centre , the sort of educational service station that the sub-text of the 1988 Act seems to envisage . |
| 20 | He is regretful of his position all along and knows full well the hopelessness of the situation but at the same time his stubbornness and pride will not allow him to repent . |
| 21 | She is referring particularly to work with younger children , and suggests not only an area for creative play but , in more structured situations , a library with low cupboards containing a variety of books ( some homemade ) and ‘ in another part of the room … low cupboards containing many kinds of commercial materials , such as peg boards , nesting toys , puzzles , discs for the development of discrimination and hand and finger dexterity ’ . |
| 22 | Pointing to gaps in our knowledge , which itself comes from adequate understanding of sociological theory , is one of the most important parts of social research and brings out clearly the importance of the research worker having a good background of theory . |