Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to move away , disturbed by the realisation that her feelings towards him had undergone a subtle change even though she could n't quite define it . |
| 2 | Carried to their logical conclusion his theories meant that ( if he were right ) the attaque à outrance could be broken by a well-organised defence long before it reached the enemy . |
| 3 | Well it , it shows come on I 'm gon na hit the brake , he 's got a chuffing accelerator pedal , a clutch and a bloody brake pedal there and he 's banging like this and it 's brake 's not working prop it 's , it 's funny , but there was a bloody tent there as well er where the Charlie Sheen is like an indian , and he 's in this tent and this bloke calls to thingybob and he presses this bloody doorbell on it on this tent , it 's funny , I tell you it is funny when you wa er when you actually watch it . |
| 4 | Short-term monitoring rather than forecasting is still the main emphasis . |
| 5 | An important emotion that comes across in both books is the constant feeling that the characters have been ‘ hard done by ’ and have had the worst possible luck just because of their colour and poor background . |
| 6 | If present at all , women are more likely to be found in less important and less influential bodies , at local or regional level rather than national levels , and on advisory rather than decision-making bodies . |
| 7 | ‘ I want him to live forever but I know I 'm making the right decision even if he dies . |
| 8 | It also bored through the entire width of a hard facing brick less than two minutes , the sturdy front handle helping matters . |
| 9 | And erm , my wife who 's a teacher had erm a very devastating experience just after I retired so it was erm , it was as well that I retired when I did because I was then able to stay at home and er |
| 10 | At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion . |
| 11 | The ‘ dark'-moon state may often be recognized when you are in conversation with a woman , by a lack of signalled response even though she is listening to you . |
| 12 | This , it might seem , meant that the government was from that point firmly committed to controlling the monetary base rather than broader liquidity . |
| 13 | It thus becomes possible , through writing , to specialise language , to use it to serve a specific function rather than conflating different functions . |
| 14 | They have failed because of the tyranny which stems from a narrow curriculum rather than because the curriculum has been too broad or too diffuse . |
| 15 | The National Bank was built as early as 1830 and in JTR 's time there was a comparable expansion of its administrative function just as today with all branches of government represented within a hand 's throw of the Square . |
| 16 | This is partly because of the structure of catholic nationalism in the Southern state and partly because the national unity sought by significant numbers of Northern catholic nationalists is still on the basis of the reversal of protestant — loyalist hegemony rather than a power compromise . |
| 17 | It represents a complete turnaround rather than a minor course correction ; a turning away from sin to salvation and service in Christ . |
| 18 | These include the use of evidence arising from the absence of events rather than their presence , the cost-effectiveness criterion in pursuing evidence and reasoning processes based on extensive experience rather than intellectual analysis . |
| 19 | Most consumers ‘ certainly fail to recognise the implications of agricultural practices and policy ’ , such as subsidies for producing and promoting full-fat milk rather than semi-skimmed or skimmed milk , and those for butter and meat . |
| 20 | Providing the valuer had been honest and diligent , the court should be cautious before convicting him of professional negligence merely because he had failed to be the first to spot a ‘ sleeper ’ . |
| 21 | Hence , Gillian Shephard 's unspirited response yesterday as the crude jobless count rose once more beyond three million ( the seasonally-adjusted total will follow it next month ) . |
| 22 | LOW TAR Less than 10mg |
| 23 | All I 'm try we 're only speaking from the best interests here , speaking from the bloody heart rather than the head probably here but we we do want th we do want the best but it 's the old old story , it 's botching it up is n't it , it 's fudging it , it 's trying to fit a square pet into a role cos we pay crap money y'know |
| 24 | The management staff , good quality staff , very high highly technical expertise etcetera so they 've got staff there . |
| 25 | The first to enjoy any degree of commercial success was SideKick which is primarily aimed at the technical user rather than the businessman . |
| 26 | They needed British and West European support more than they had previously been prepared to admit . |
| 27 | The development of programme structures was seen as an additional administrative responsibility rather than a substitute for previous ones . |
| 28 | It focusses on small-scale interaction rather than society as a whole . |
| 29 | Vickery ( 1973 ) argues that it is only the latter , based on knowledge and skills that are at an advanced level rather than merely different , that should qualify as specialization . |
| 30 | A school with a long tradition of extra curricular activities is likely to continue with an extensive provision even if the activities alter to reflect the expertise of the adults involved . |