Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No education worth the name is wholly self-regarding , nor on the other hand can any be treated as wholly instrumental or other-regarding . |
| 2 | Sometimes , dubious studies achieve publicity or may be attractive for other , perhaps political or novelty , reasons . |
| 3 | It affected not only rural or seaside communities ( some of which were now facing a crisis with the growing attractiveness of continental holidays and the inroads made by car and caravan into the traditional domain of the seaside landlady ) , but even industrial areas , where such attractions as Big Pit at Blaenavon in South Wales paid testimony to the passing of the age of coal . |
| 4 | Larger , apparently official or public , structures have also been located within the small towns . |
| 5 | Comfort goals are very sensitive to work and domestic problems , especially personal or family illness . |
| 6 | Either the medical report was inconclusive , or ( as illustrated by the sexual abuse controversy in Cleveland in 1987 — 88 ) , medical opinion was divided as to whether or not a particular clinical sign was necessarily indicative or child abuse . |
| 7 | ‘ I had n't realised your ambitions were quite so basic or mercenary , ’ said Niall drily . |
| 8 | Many respondents said that the information fails to highlight critical issues and a majority rated such information as only poor or average . |
| 9 | If the hiatus is serious he may have to shut down all or part of the system or it may trip automatically and the operator 's task is to observe/control the shut-down to a quiescent state . |
| 10 | Steps built out in front of retaining walls may look better if they 're ‘ returned ’ : the sides are built out on each step , to form rectangular , curved or rounded ends , filling in all or part of the space up to the retaining wall , so that each step continues round instead of ending abruptly at the side . |
| 11 | In fact PEP investments are so attractive , they are restricted to a limit of £6,000 , per person in any one tax year , PEPs are flexible too , allowing you to cash in all or part of your investment at any time . |
| 12 | Add a little vanilla essence for vanilla buttercream ( about 1·25ml/¼tsp per 75g/3oz icing sugar ) , or perhaps orange or lemon juice for a citrus cream ( add 5ml/1tsp per 75g/3oz ) . |
| 13 | As we have seen , differences were made regarding the value of male sacrifices as opposed to female ones , the latter only being offered on less important or non-community based occasions . |
| 14 | The conduct element is causing ‘ actual bodily harm ’ , which has been given the wide definition of ‘ any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim ’ so long as it is not merely transient or trifling' . |
| 15 | So full or part time work in University excluding the former polytechnics , have no effect on your pension . |
| 16 | Cheiranthus allionii ( Siberian wallflower ) Like ordinary wallflowers , but smaller and only yellow or orange . |
| 17 | There are many instances to be found in decided cases where the right of a nation to legislate for waters more or less landlocked or land embraced , although beyond the three-mile limit , has been admitted . |
| 18 | … let the organization of a canine animal become slightly plastic , which animal preyed chiefly on rabbits , but sometimes on hares ; let these same changes cause the number of rabbits very slowly to decrease and the number of hares to increase ; the effect of this would be that the fox or dog would be driven to try to catch more hares , and his numbers would tend to decrease ; his organization , however , being slightly plastic , those individuals with the lightest forms , longest limbs , and best eyesight ( though perhaps with less cunning or scent ) would be slightly favoured , let the difference be ever so small , and would tend to live longer and to survive during that time of the year when food was shortest ; they would also rear more young , which young would tend to inherit these slight peculiarities . |
| 19 | He rejected the idea that there can be any revolutionary change in society without force , even if that force is merely latent or potential : |
| 20 | This decorative weeping tree is generally evergreen or semi-evergreen . |
| 21 | Certainly , if you are eating a good diet , not smoking cigarettes , consuming little alcohol , are physically and mentally well , aged between 18 and 65 years , and not pregnant or breast-feeding , then you should not need any nutritional supplements . |
| 22 | You must never be rude , threatening , physically violent or insubordinate . |
| 23 | Laboratory rodents that spontaneously develop autoimmune type I diabetes did so at a much lower frequency when fed a synthetic chow free of cows ' milk protein , and recently a peptide antigen called p 69 was identified on rat insulinoma cells which cross reacts immunologically with a similar sequence present in bovine , but not human or rat , albumin . |
| 24 | But , further , we shall find that our conception of property relates to many things which are not tangible or material . |
| 25 | The pH of gastric juice predicted the concentrations of magnesium and calcium but not copper or zinc , in the juice . |
| 26 | not flashy or flamboyant , just ordinary human beings . |
| 27 | These children are not wicked or evil — but the love of power is there . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The hunt is about fun , and not conservation or pest control , ’ it says . |
| 29 | Not common or garden holes , not those bodily orifices so absorbing to his contemporaries . |
| 30 | It is not magic or superstition which is at the heart of the sacrilege so much as morality . ’ |