Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The illicit drug in commonest use is cannabis and the majority of low or moderate users of this drug rarely experience adverse effects on their health although they may , of course , find themselves at odds with the law . |
| 2 | For example , in those areas where golden eagles fed extensively on carrion sheep which had been dipped in dieldrin , the proportion of pairs successfully rearing young fell from 72 per cent to 29 per cent during the late 1950s . |
| 3 | Two cultures rarely understand each other , especially when one is waxing dominant . |
| 4 | This measure effectively makes competitive tendering compulsory for designated services , replacing the former ( largely discretionary ) powers which had been used by relatively few authorities in specific areas ( Ascher , 1987 , especially ch. 7 ; Stoker , 1988 ) . |
| 5 | At the Jennifer Flay gallery , Ann Veronica Janssens discreetly applies elementary geometrical principles to glass panels , mirrors and metal fittings in order to modify our perception of our surroundings . |
| 6 | After an initial burst of enthusiasm the male slowly loses sexual ability and interest over the years . |
| 7 | Almost any sizable stretch of water , inland or coastal , may attract an Osprey , but spring birds rarely make prolonged stays . |
| 8 | QUIET cities rarely make good copy ; but on May 28th , when Miami failed to explode , it was news of a sort . |
| 9 | If a government , using its majority in Parliament , passes appropriate laws empowering it to do specified acts , are its activities thereby rendered legitimate because they are done in accordance with the law , regardless of how oppressive or repugnant those laws might be ? |
| 10 | To acknowledge any such standard would be , in effect , to accept a principle that might lead to a lesser religious or other liberty , if not to a loss of freedom altogether to advance many of one 's spiritual ends . |
| 11 | Liquids much above 30 per cent tend to be unstable , unless alcohol or urea is included , which adds to the expense so liquid products rarely exceed this level . |
| 12 | It also gives the outside temperature , which in our case rarely exceeded zero . |
| 13 | The LTTE effectively took total control of the north when the Indian Peace Keeping Force ( IPKF ) pulled out in March 1990 . |
| 14 | It is not insignificant that private economic institutions rarely take Western political institutions as their model for decision-making . |
| 15 | Further modification and mineralisation eventually produced two flat protective shells . |
| 16 | The 18-year-old had hit a magnificent 25-yard volley to equalise in the April 1 game , which Middlesbrough eventually lost 2–1 . |
| 17 | While such inducements presumably have some positive effect , later discussion will note that management control over their terms casts doubt on the extent to which they secure an identity of interests with shareholders , and the danger that they create pressures for short-term increases in accounting profits or merely permit management to extract an increased proportion of company revenues . |
| 18 | Third , how can a speaker or writer successfully communicate certain opinions and attitudes without explicitly putting them into words ? |
| 19 | The Crusade successfully united all women to the right of the Christian Democrats , while the Front is unofficially known to be controlled by the ultra-right ARENA Party . |
| 20 | Zhao was allowed to retain his party membership and would face no further charges , but the decision effectively foreclosed any possibility of his early rehabilitation . |
| 21 | The tow truck eventually arrived three hours later , but broke down on the way to her fiance 's home near Norwich . |
| 22 | The Prince laughingly trod some capering steps about the bedroom . |
| 23 | Widely acclaimed as the focal point of most of the social and cultural events in the town , the Kings Head successfully combines luxurious comfort with culinary excellence whether you are looking for morning coffee , afternoon tea , lunch or dinner . |
| 24 | Camp thereby negotiates some of the lived contradictions of subordination , simultaneously refashioning as a weapon of attack an oppressive identity inherited as subordination , and hollowing out dominant formations responsible for that identity in the first instance . |
| 25 | These later evolved into tribes , and these in turn swelled in size and complexity eventually to become fully-fledged states . |
| 26 | ‘ It usually starts with truancy and bunking off then they get into shoplifting and drug taking and on to burglary eventually becoming habitual criminals . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It usually starts with truancy and bunking off then they get into shoplifting and drug taking and on to burglary eventually becoming habitual criminals , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Thinly veiled portraits of actual people in fiction vastly outnumber this type of unlucky strike . |
| 29 | The history of unceasing conflict and division within provides ample evidence of the failure to give that guidance . |
| 30 | The game went into extra time with Hereford eventually winning four three on penalties . |