Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say this and some say that but I say number six ’ . |
| 2 | For this reason few receive more than local news coverage . |
| 3 | ‘ They now think the British know more than they 're admitting . ’ |
| 4 | Precisely because ‘ paying your own way ’ is seen as the socially acceptable thing to do , where some do this and others do not the non-payers distinguish themselves as undeserving or in receipt of special favours . |
| 5 | All the wisdom of er in , in writing and doctors and everything else says oh it all varies you know some do this and some do that some go straight through in a regal dignified way and they just carry on into relatively old age , you know , smooth as relaxed , nothing to worry about , away . |
| 6 | The need for sleep varies from person to person — some require more than the average eight hours sleep a night be perfectly normal . |
| 7 | Some have more than others , and this applies to states and individuals alike . |
| 8 | Few of the newcomers know any Hebrew and few have more than the vaguest idea about Israel . |
| 9 | Local government expenditure also differs between local authorities : some spend more than others per head of population on particular services ( Foster et al . |
| 10 | Some see this as indicating a constant relegation battle come the winds of March , but I believe it is only from such a lowly position , lulling opponents into a false sense of security , that we can wreak havoc on the rest of the League . |
| 11 | It is true that there are a limited number of agreements between canoeists and landowners and other groups but these cover less than 0.5% of the total length of rivers in Britain . |
| 12 | Sometimes information can be derived from written sources , such as works of history or documents , and these become more and more important from the early medieval period onwards . |
| 13 | Stories like these do more than merely entertain or divert us . |
| 14 | These constitute less than 1 of disturbing infant behaviour problems . |
| 15 | Do not be afraid to aggregate categories that are not ( for your purposes ) usefully differentiated but , on the other hand , mention parallel or inverse trends in subclasses if you feel these represent more than sampling variability . |
| 16 | Some of them at Marshside Junior get more than that already . |
| 17 | There can be no doubt that both in terms of the quantity and impact of the crimes examined the poor suffer more than the wealthy . |
| 18 | A 50 gram portion of canned sardines could contribute 0.8 mg fluoride ; and , in Britain particularly , many receive more than 1 mg fluoride daily from drinking tea . |
| 19 | Many show more than a tenfold increase in acidity since 1850 . |
| 20 | It 's all abstract this and that . |
| 21 | Government and hospitals are not opting out of the N H S at all , they are every much of it a as part of the Health Service as they every have been and you all know that and it 's about time you stopped saying it . |
| 22 | Like I was saying to one of the men in the section who has n't been that co-operative , like , I 'm only here for a year and you all know more than I will ever know about policing . |
| 23 | We all know this but |
| 24 | We all know this because our cars , television sets , washing machines and refrigerators tend to stop functioning and require servicing and repair , and our houses , if we neglect them , fall into a state of disrepair . |
| 25 | Minutes matter , we all know this because of regular news reports , videos and demonstrations to the committee . |
| 26 | And we all believe each and every one of us , that if there was a , a much er , stronger police presence , i if I mean , a bobby |
| 27 | In potencies higher than the 12C the chances of even a single molecule of the original starting material still being present become more and more remote . |
| 28 | None of us is starving , however , and we all have more than enough clothes to wear , but we still spend a large part of our lives worrying about our material needs — what should we eat ? |
| 29 | The series of Horta heads all have more or less the same basic subdivision into several clearly defined areas . |
| 30 | Those who do kick more do that because they ca n't run , and those who run will do that irrespective of whether the try is worth three , four or five points ’ . |