Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adv] [det] " in BNC.

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1 It is ( in Nietzsche 's words ) " thoroughgoing romanticism and yearning for home [ Heimiveh ] … : it is the desire for the best that ever was .
2 The reason for the relatively less prevalence of pre-S1 than of pre-S2 on the liver cell membrane during active hepatitis B virus replication , as shown in Table II , is not clear .
3 It also showed that these consequences occur not only in those who are severely injured , but also for the very many people who suffer minor injury or are uninjured .
4 Consequently we will argue that for the very least we need current levels of basic state pension and SERPS , and see that they are available to both men and women from the age of sixty .
5 Director of Studies : ‘ Is this the reason for the very few high exam results at ’ A ’ Level ? ’
6 But just as in the case of advice , and for the very same reasons , such grounds for recognizing the authority of another , even though sometimes good , are always deviant grounds .
7 They were then very pleased to read in the book that it had been done for the very same reasons .
8 Surely we reach out wide during a sweep stroke to obtain more leverage for the very same reason .
9 Second , there is something right about an argument which holds , as does the argument from error , that for the very same sort of reason that you do n't know you are not a brain in a vat , you do n't know , e.g. , that The Times will be published tomorrow , nor whether you are sitting reading .
10 I 've got ours for the so that 's one fifty two and how much are these ?
11 Instead of conceiving what had taken place as the best that could be managed in the circumstances , the Treaty had become some sort of model of what needed , come hell or high water , to be put into effect .
12 With primitive methods and knowledge this is about the best that one can do .
13 But ‘ not bad ’ is about the best that can be said for it .
14 Figure 6.3 is about the best that can be done with the lunar data at present .
15 A characteristic feature of the placebo effect is that it does not last all that long : it is usually only a matter of weeks , and two to six months is about the most that can be expected : If a patient responds to a new treatment and is still well after a year , it is unlikely to be a placebo effect .
16 What excited many of those who were following leys was the realization that the legends were about the very same sites which Watkins had found to be ley markers .
17 And I think some would be the less about the too much work perhaps being done by Synod and not enough by districts .
18 After a little more gossip , we said goodbye to the friendly Clays , and set off on our tour of the countryside .
19 After a little more conversation , mainly expressing amazement at the splendour of Tamar 's circumstances , they urged their horses to a brisk pace and had no further chance to speak .
20 ‘ I think I agree with you , ’ said Lydia after a further half a minute .
21 We made another such excursion on to Mount Párnes , at its best season — it was still possible ( indeed it is still possible today , though more difficult ) to leave Athens and the world behind after a very few kilometres .
22 Which was just as well , as this time he came back after a very few minutes .
23 The only thing was to push me at once to the front ; and almost immediately , after a very few brief words from the distinguished chairman , I found myself face to face with an audience that evidently meant mischief .
24 It shows something of the best that human beings are capable of , and hints too of their tragic failure to grasp that best and hold on to it .
25 According to Michael Tucker , members facilities at the event ‘ are some of the best that can be found anywhere and what is more the hospitality units not only provide superb views of the Yorkshire countryside , but brings the action to you while you wine and dine . ’
26 It is possible that a generation of children may grow up deprived of their entitlement — an introduction to the powerful and splendid history of the best that has been thought and said in our language .
27 It was a warm day , one of the best that summer , and they ate on the terrace .
28 Chairman Sir Denys Henderson attempted to laugh off the company 's poor performance by cracking jokes with the audience , which consisted of the best that world journalism could throw at him .
29 Hosted at Sir John Hall 's luxurious abode at Wynyard Hall , all of the best that Teesside business could provide attended the meeting .
30 Each has its own design style from classical through to modern fulfilling the individual requirement of the ever more design conscious consumer , and the increasing popularity of traditionally woven patterned carpets .
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