Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This measure effectively makes competitive tendering compulsory for designated services , replacing the former ( largely discretionary ) powers which had been used by relatively few authorities in specific areas ( Ascher , 1987 , especially ch. 7 ; Stoker , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | After an initial burst of enthusiasm the male slowly loses sexual ability and interest over the years . |
| 3 | Camp thereby negotiates some of the lived contradictions of subordination , simultaneously refashioning as a weapon of attack an oppressive identity inherited as subordination , and hollowing out dominant formations responsible for that identity in the first instance . |
| 4 | The history of unceasing conflict and division within provides ample evidence of the failure to give that guidance . |
| 5 | Thus while newspaper accounts and other sources ( including this one ) , often talk rather loosely about volcanic ‘ ashes ’ during an eruption , a vulcanologist properly restricts this term only to the smallest particles . |
| 6 | Choosing one category as a base effectively turns any polytomous variable into a series of dichotomous variables known as dummy variables . |
| 7 | This framework presumably imposes interpretative limits . |
| 8 | Some work of the former kind altogether avoids social considerations , and passes out of our present context . |
| 9 | The sack effectively feels lighter , it is claimed . |
| 10 | The UFC research money only represents one leg of the dual support system . |
| 11 | Most accounts assume it 's a director 's medium , in which the writer merely provides raw material and the producer a certain amount of logistical backup , enabling directors to put their vision on the screen . |
| 12 | Therefore the wave only has non-zero components along the x(l) and y(2) directions and is transverse to the direction of motion z(3) . |
| 13 | In some areas the amount of inversion of the Carboniferous basement apparently exceeds that of the post-Zechstein section which may be attributed to removal of significant amounts of late Carboniferous strata during late Hercynian times ; these areas are also associated with the principal gas discoveries in the basin . |
| 14 | As already stated , the change only affects those joining new pension schemes set up after 13 March 1989 or new members joining existing schemes after 1 June 1989 . |
| 15 | The winner only needs 270 . |
| 16 | Leaf excision alone has little effect on pin induction in tomato plants . |
| 17 | Now that I 've mentioned drugs the story suddenly sounds believable . |
| 18 | However , this is something to watch for because , unless sorted , this kind of problem on a guitar only gets worse . |
| 19 | How can you find out which is best for you and your guitar , when your guitar only carries one set at a time ? |
| 20 | This sentence only has one interpretation given a fine-class transcription . |
| 21 | A traumatic change of this kind obviously raises major issues for the policymakers and the managers who have to bring it about . |
| 22 | Severe erosive oesophagitis may be a cause of iron deficiency anaemia but hiatus hernia alone seems unlikely to cause iron deficiency anaemia . |
| 23 | Cordelia , Kent , and France , who stand up to Lear , and whose judgement mutually reinforces one another , are right then , and are shown to be right by the way the action develops . |
| 24 | Thus , in the case of an imperative clause , for instance , the verb naturally occupies thematic position because that is what the message is about : getting the addressee to do something . |
| 25 | The jaw literally gets stuck in the wide open position . |
| 26 | In his comprehensive Apples Of England , Dr Taylor states that ‘ In England this variety only reaches full maturity in years of hot summers , ’ and goes on to say that ‘ Indeed , November- December-picked Sturmers are the best , ’ and , with a basket-full of fine specimens picked for the first time ever in the latter month , I agree . |
| 27 | When teachers ask what librarians can offer in pupil.guidance , chartered librarians often retort that their own knowledge of children 's literature greatly exceeds that of the average teacher ( usually strikingly untutored in such matters ) , and when self-styled educational technologists wonder what a librarian can tell a student about a filmstrip , the retort in recent years has been prompt , and along the same lines . |
| 28 | Thus , unless s83 above applies , a mortgaged property transferred from one spouse to another or into joint names will incur a charge to stamp duty unless it is clear that the transferor alone remains liable for the debt . |
| 29 | In this sense , the search at the higher level only takes small steps . |
| 30 | ‘ The thing is … well , this apartment only has two bedrooms … ’ |