Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zander , rightly or wrongly shouldered much of the blame for the demise of the Fenland system in the late seventies — early eighties . |
| 2 | The king thought long , or perhaps sat silent long without thought , hardly yet fully grasping what had befallen . |
| 3 | E. M. Byrde , the Police Magistrate at Anuradhapura in 1896 , noted that ‘ cattle stealers do not go about , as witnesses would wish one to believe , removing stolen cattle in broad daylight or along frequented high roads by moonlight . ’ |
| 4 | Like the HMIs , I have more or less avoided this question so far , mainly by talking about ‘ curriculum managers ’ . |
| 5 | As Aldous Huxley more or less said 40 years ago in The Doors of Perception , as he turned away from the exploding Red Hot Peppers : is n't alcohol a bloody awful drug ? |
| 6 | Numbers living in rural areas more or less stood still until mid-century , falling by just half a million between 1831 and 1911 . |
| 7 | The Footsie 100 Index of the Top 100 shares has more or less stood still this year . |
| 8 | Continue writing this scenario for two or so double-spaced typewritten pages . |
| 9 | ‘ Now if he was dyslexic , or only had one leg . |
| 10 | Generally , these cash buyers seemed to have made a fair assessment of their chances , in that they were unemployed or already had great difficulty matching small incomes to their outgoings . |
| 11 | THE RALLY started on Sunday , 2 February at 10 am and the freezing cold morning saw many last-minute checks by various crews on all those things they had forgotten or already checked three times . |
| 12 | In South Wales 10 per cent of those who were classed as always alone , and therefore by implication as being socially isolated , reported that they often or always felt lonely . |
| 13 | There is one large , wide , blunt or slightly pointed apical papilla flanked on each side by 4–5 oral papillae , which are pointed with the distalmost one being the largest . |
| 14 | Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales . |
| 15 | There is one long pointed apical papilla flanked by 7–10 rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae . |
| 16 | There is one large pointed apical papilla flanked on each side by 4 rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which merge with tentacle scales associated with the nearly superficial second tentacle pore . |
| 17 | The tentacle pores are quite large each is armed with a rounded or slightly pointed scale-like tentacle scale . |
| 18 | All deputies were either party members or carefully vetted non-party people . |
| 19 | Had you broken them in properly or carefully plastered any sore areas beforehand ? |
| 20 | 450g/1 lb/4 cups strong white bread flour 1 × 5 ml/tsp salt 125ml/5fl oz/⅔ cups olive oil or pizza oil 25g/1 oz fresh yeast pinch caster sugar 250ml/10oz/1¼ cups , approx , warm water 350ml/15fl oz/2 cups prepared tomato sauce for pasta 125g/4oz sliced pizza sausage , sardines , salame , etc , if required 8 sun-dried tomato halves , chopped 450g/1 lb Mozzarella cheese , grated or finely sliced 4 × 15ml/tbsp grated Parmesan cheese 8 × 15ml/tbsp olive oil |
| 21 | Several studies have suggested that delaying cord clamping protects against the respiratory distress syndrome , although others have failed to confirm or even refuted this . |
| 22 | Even though the defendant knew the names and addresses of all customers , the quality of contact was not of the degree required in order to establish that he was ever regarded as " being the business " or even had any influence over the customers . |
| 23 | Anna stayed in the paddock , and her only contact with people was when she was chased into a yard and chute for worming and branding , or else had two legs at a time strapped up to facilitate an occasional trimming of her hooves . |
| 24 | Strikes rapidly disappeared as union after union either found their members unwilling in union ballots to risk strike action which might mean unemployment , or else felt wary of running up huge costs through fines in the courts . |
| 25 | One that failed to capture or otherwise dissipated half the benefits would still bring social returns over 50 times its cost . |
| 26 | Acts done by a partner outside the normal course of the firm 's business will generally not bind the firm unless his co-partners have expressly authorised or subsequently ratified those acts . |
| 27 | I normally knit two pieces of stocking stitch to represent a back and a front , or occasionally knit two backs suitable for a child 's jumper . |
| 28 | Breasts may be more sensuous than bottoms for people who either experienced great satisfaction at their mother 's breast or never had enough of it . |
| 29 | Occasionally in the early months his subordinates deliberately or accidentally transgressed these rules and promptly had their knuckles rapped . |
| 30 | It was a frightening book , full of strange ideas and dangerous dreams — dreams that slowly became real for Dorian . |