Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examples have been widely attested of learners who exhibit correct performance on certain forms , and then lapse into deviance later on . |
| 2 | This time he is holding water-birds against a strange background apparently consisting of snakes ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 3 | I know we have all heard of cases where someone has smoked sixty cigarettes a day and still lived to a ripe old age — but is it really worth taking the chance ? |
| 4 | ‘ Parents have to rely on references to gauge their backgrounds , and we 've all heard of cases when references are forged . |
| 5 | We have all heard of examples of the deepest psychological states being cured with a 6c potency and at the other extreme a 50M being needed for a sprained ankle . |
| 6 | The research thus has implications for the development of knowledge-based systems , especially re-use of methods and data in new contexts , methods of eliciting and modelling knowledge , and understanding the properties of knowledge that is distributed over several individuals . |
| 7 | In that case should they perhaps think of variations in human culture as expressions of permutations in the working of the human mind ? |
| 8 | Generally , then , we should perhaps think of settlements being 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart as the norm . |
| 9 | We do not necessarily think of pigments in the context of metalwork , but there are traditions of painted metal statues . |
| 10 | They rarely saw the ground , only snatches of lakes or wooded countryside appearing through the rare break in the stratus cloud . |
| 11 | It was n't just forests that the Americans destroyed — a lot of farmland is only now sufficiently drained of herbicides to be planted with rice again . |
| 12 | And I 'm putting this forward as something to encourage us all , because sometimes we ca n't be articulate , sometimes we ca n't look beautiful , most of the times you ca n't look beautiful , but we can all think of ways of creating an interesting story . |
| 13 | One way of avoiding anxiety is not to be constantly reminded of individuals . |
| 14 | In winter , the aphid lays its eggs only on the spindle bush in hedgerows in the UK ; so counts of eggs on these bushes enables Professor Michael Way at Imperial College to predict how prevalent the aphids will be in the summer . |
| 15 | Such lexical chains need not necessarily consist of words which mean the same , however . |
| 16 | Answering this question requires a fuller investigation of the availability and remuneration of work for women and children in both the agrarian and manufacturing sectors of the eighteenth century , but there are no series comprehensive enough to talk of trends and movements in women 's wages . |
| 17 | But when I looked down , I saw the board was all made of bones and wire ; and I screamed and you said , " Swim — everybody swim " ; and then I was looking for you everywhere and trying to drag you out of a hole in the bank . |
| 18 | Without the system electronically stored data/information can only consist of proto-records . |
| 19 | This is basically made of mangoes and chopped green peppers . |
| 20 | " Fressen " is only used of humans when the speaker wishes to be rude or sarcastic . |
| 21 | There is , I know , much gnashing of teeth , banging of beer glasses etc. about the non-appearance of the Ogwen & Carneddau and Llanberis guides , but both these tomes are at least on the horizon now . |
| 22 | So beware of generalizations about abilities based on sex difference . |
| 23 | The children , aged 10 and 12 , constantly complain of colds , bronchial coughs and sore bones . |
| 24 | He wrote highly thought of articles on technique for the British Journal of Photography , and eventually became official photographic instructor to his beloved Royal Geographical Society . |
| 25 | The priority selected was the daily strewing of articles which her mother had to pick up . |
| 26 | In our recent study of papers in the mid-1980s we broadened the focus and examined not only rape but also other forms of sexual assault and not only reporting of trials but also other stages , including the search and post-conviction . |
| 27 | There was a babble of languages and much pointing of fingers . |
| 28 | The notation is also interesting , being entirely comprised of letters . |
| 29 | P appealed to the High Court , contending that no part of his interest ‘ came to an end ’ within para 4(2) ; he had merely disposed of shares in Q. Similarly , para 4(2) was not deemed to operate by virtue of para 4(1) , which provided that a disposal of an interest in possession of any property was not a transfer of value , but should be treated as the coming to the end of an interest in possession , bringing into play para 4(2) . |
| 30 | But such knowledge would not be systematically imparted , with a view of long-term utility , nor with the aim of enabling the student to adapt what he has learned to new and hitherto unthought of situations . |