Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are plenty of good reasons why nationalism thirsts for identification with ethnicity , if only because it provides the historical pedigree ‘ the nation ’ in the great majority of cases so obviously lacks . |
| 2 | The syntax defined by the Guidelines not only formalizes the way in which such features are encoded , but also provides for a detailed specification of legal feature value/pair combinations and rules determining , for example , the implication of under-specified or defaulted features . |
| 3 | Construction of hydroelectric dams not only removes the opportunity for adjacent populations to interbreed , it also utterly changes the characteristics of the river , with siltation and often stagnation occurring upstream of the barrier . |
| 4 | Value of benefit of company cars still far exceeds tax |
| 5 | ( 2 ) Will conflicts like the following restrict you ? ( a ) Conflicts of client interest ( the traditional conflicts ) : in many firms with mixed practices , the partners ' interest in maintaining work from insurers or corporate clients nearly always takes precedence over their interest in private plaintiffs . |
| 6 | In the visual arts even less seems to be understood about the viewer-in-the-picture , especially about the nature of the ‘ illuminating experience ’ ( Taylor , 1986 , p. 160 ) , that may accompany the aesthetic response . |
| 7 | To reduce inventory , Brooks Brothers no longer sells many items in exact sizes but instead designates these items small , medium and large . |
| 8 | The later movements in this symphony are more consistently successful , though the Beethovenian repeated-note fortissimos towards the end of the minuet could be ruder ; while in the Adagio , done with finesse and tenderness of line , the extraordinary nasal timbre of the muted trumpets never really tells — and the eerie sustained low C which should sound after the rest of the orchestra has stopped playing in bar 56 ( 4′43″ ) is quite inaudible here . |
| 9 | Sole is one of those rare front-row forwards whose remarkable range of skills not only makes him a complete footballer but also brings fresh possibilities to the way the game can be played at the highest level . |
| 10 | Reducing emissions not only makes good sense environmentally , it can also yield cost savings . |
| 11 | It is the reasonable foreseeability of harm arising from one 's conduct which in many types of cases not only gives rise to the duty of care to avoid inflicting such harm , but also provides the test for determining whether a person injured by the careless conduct of another falls within the class of persons to whom a duty of care is owed . |
| 12 | Recycling aluminium cans not only reduces litter , but saves energy as well . |
| 13 | Breaking down activities into a number of small wins not only creates a rewarding climate for action but concentrates attention on the possible . |
| 14 | That is , the depth of particular religions not only contains a clue to the meaning of ultimate reality , as Tillich maintains , but is the only means open to man to understand what is meant by ultimate reality , for the concept itself acquires its meaning from its use in a particular mode of discourse . |
| 15 | Willis is at pains to point out , however , that this breaking of rules not only relies on having the rules there to break but ensures that ‘ the lads ’ condemn themselves to the worst jobs once they have left school . |
| 16 | The FMI not only provides ministers ( through management information systems ) with increased knowledge about departmental activities , but also reinforces what Gray and Jenkins ( 1985 , ch. 6 ) describe as the traditional legal rational code of accountability with a primarily financial code stressing effective and efficient accountability . |
| 17 | I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for that reply which shows that the programme for road improvements not only increases traffic flows and reduces congestion but makes a direct and positive contribution to the reduction of road casualties . |
| 18 | The reader should note that direct representation in various countries only marginally reduces the need for correspondents . |
| 19 | Now the holder of speculative balances not only has to consider the yield on close substitutes such as bonds , but he also has to take into account any prospective capital gains or losses which may accrue when buying the bond . |
| 20 | Cos she thinks now because she got passes just mainly passes she thinks that her school 's , looks bad on her school . |
| 21 | So doing the lectures not only benefits the children , it also makes me valuable contacts , as well as building up my confidence ; I never had much of that until I started training Dawn . |
| 22 | For most LDCs the export of primary commodities no longer guarantees economic growth as it did for the USA , Canada , Sweden , etc. , in the 1800s . |
| 23 | ‘ By comparison , there are 1,566 capitalised at under £100m and the maintenance of two markets covering smaller companies no longer makes sense' , say Beeson Gregory . |
| 24 | Self-mutilation of the genitals very occasionally occurs in transsexual patients in an attempt to initiate sex change . |
| 25 | Duras never really specifies . |
| 26 | But , as The Wretched of the Earth and Black Face , White Masks both indicate , the social and psychic realities from which transformation will come are also those which require transformation ; the dominant which the emergent contests always already informs the emergent ; in short , there is no outside from which to make a totally new start . |
| 27 | A series of important enactments more recently has confirmed and strengthened the position of auditors . |
| 28 | The risk is that the professed desire of Europeans to co-ordinate their policies more closely masks a prospect of joint inaction . |
| 29 | In practice , cooperation in British libraries most often centres upon interloans , information services , shared cataloguing , and the mutual promotion of each other 's resources . |
| 30 | ‘ Looking after ’ their workers most definitely does not mean paying higher than the prevailing rate of wages , but it does imply a genuine concern for their employees ' welfare ( including help with personal and domestic problems ) , the provision of decent housing facilities and frequent individual acts of generosity like small gifts on family birthdays and at Christmas , the allowance of various perquisites and even the provision of occasional ‘ treats ’ like harvest suppers and days out at local agricultural shows . |