Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE ULTIMATE teen movie , a sharp-edged black comedy which mercilessly swipes at adolescent angst , peer pressure , consumerism , and that old favourite , the generation gap . |
| 2 | So far as concerns the mental state of the owner ( did he consent ? ) , the Act of 1968 expressly refers to such consent when it is a material factor : see sections 2(1) ( b ) , 11(1) , 12(1) and 13 . |
| 3 | However , apart from references to this by the local residents , an internal memorandum from the borough engineer dated 26 January 1983 expressly refers to 24-hour operation . |
| 4 | Above this zone the moisture content decreases upward to a point where the continuous film of moisture eventually separates into discrete droplets . |
| 5 | This presumably refers to devotional access to the rood-loft ( by newel stair or ladder ) . |
| 6 | Somebody somewhere thinks of this as home , |
| 7 | Rory made left and right turns in quick succession , seemed to go back on himself , seemed at times to be driving blind . |
| 8 | Assault on a constable in the execution of his duty , it is argued , properly belongs in constitutional law . |
| 9 | But there is Marxist work on the origins and on typologies of art which properly belongs in this first division . |
| 10 | ‘ To my mind , ’ she wrote , ‘ he has all the qualities of a leading man that the British film industry badly needs at this juncture : youth , good looks , a photogenic face , obviously alert intelligence and a trick of getting the maximum effect with the minimum of fuss . ’ |
| 11 | It 's a whirlwind ride which rarely lingers for more than a minute on individual songs until we reach the '90s and the Zoo TV extravaganza . |
| 12 | The league table for parts of the body to benefit most looks like this : |
| 13 | The detail of lineation rarely matters in expository or descriptive prose . |
| 14 | The Western world annually produces about one billion tonnes of industrial waste . |
| 15 | The woman who comes in goes at five . |
| 16 | Standardization only refers to certain aspects of a product 's design — there is still scope for variation . |
| 17 | In other words , when he was talking about psychology , and these are quotes from Darwin 's Expression of the Emotions , Darwin not only refers to acquired characteristics , which he believes in , but he even refers to evolution by will . |
| 18 | It must be realised that the dichotomy : simple/complex only refers to ideal types and not to real societies . |
| 19 | This does not include the sales back-up staff but only refers to those who are active in the field , meeting customers fact to face on an organised and planned basis . |
| 20 | Any analytic approach in linguistics which involves contextual considerations , necessarily belongs to that area of language study called pragmatics . |
| 21 | They were selected because it is clear that , judged by current psychiatric criteria , they all did suffer from episodes of psychosis — to introduce a technical term to be defined more precisely as we proceed through this and the following chapter , but which for the moment can be taken as synonymous with the layperson 's conception of mental illness as it occurs in its most disintegrative form and which especially refers to serious disorders , like schizophrenia . |
| 22 | If ignored , stress not only contributes to physical disorders such as heart disease , high blood pressure , ulcers and asthma , it can also lead to a variety of mental illnesses of which insomnia , depression and irritability are just early symptoms . |
| 23 | Having observed Thatcher 's boorish behaviour , Abse comments : ‘ Such a jealous and ruthless super-ego can only have been formed by a prohibiting mother who is brusque and prematurely insists upon early toilet training . ’ |
| 24 | Gilbert fondly refers to this vaguely surreal project as his ‘ Dead Perec Sketch ’ . |
| 25 | It turns out that the intensity of gravitational radiation predicted by this linearized theory generally only differs by small numerical factors from the results of more exact calculations ( Davis et al. |
| 26 | So much rides on this one game and not just the financial prize , considerable though that is . |
| 27 | Indeed this is a fresh act of God 's grace , which many a one only receives after much labour . |
| 28 | The vast majority of the black people follow his wing of the ANC ( not Nkomo who only represents at best 20% ) . |
| 29 | No because the structure plan itself as approved only goes to nineteen ninety six . |
| 30 | What does , what what only goes into conventional memory not into expanded ? |