Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now while it may be difficult to gainsay the claim that these are the things on which it would be most worth spending time if there was ever no further need to struggle for the basics of human survival and comfort , life seems to be trivialised if culture and personal relations are held up as the be all and end all of what really matters . |
| 2 | Since the passing of the Theft Act 1968 the accused could equally well have been prosecuted successfully for obtaining property by deception contrary to section 15 of the Act . |
| 3 | The family claims to pay the production team 300 yuan a year , presumably for maintaining farm infrastructure , and another 250 yuan to the commune , which builds things like roads and schools . |
| 4 | Against another wall there was a shelf , presumably for preparing food , and there was a single cupboard above the shelf . |
| 5 | Presumably for keeping Speed quiet , whilst managing to get forward a couple of times with Rijkaard-like timing . |
| 6 | ‘ Walked to Oakeley , thence about inspecting Railway ’ . |
| 7 | Chapman came to criticize the league system most for making success the overriding consideration . |
| 8 | A popular modern interpretation of liberal ideas argues that private autonomy should be lost not through a special exercise of choice but rather through causing harm , or the risk of causing harm , to others . |
| 9 | The final variant on provision for cyclists occurs in areas where streets are relatively narrow and pass predominantly through housing districts . |
| 10 | That way , you wo n't feel too badly about picking flowers that have only just opened , and the rest of your garden will be left in all its glory . |
| 11 | Using television and video effectively for teaching history , must involve far more than the passive watching that most pupils engage in when they watch television at home . |
| 12 | Leicester went into the game inspired by four wins in five games , a run that had opened up the possibility of a hat-trick of promotion successes for manager Brian Little after taking Darlington from the Vauxhall Conference to the Third Division in the last two seasons . |
| 13 | Contrastive linguistics is used especially in courses designed for monolingual groups ( eg for teaching English to Italians in Italy ) . |
| 14 | Courses for multilingual groups ( eg for teaching English in the UK , Australia or the USA ) rely more on the author 's experience and on the collective experience of his colleagues . |
| 15 | At a conference at Oxford in December 1989 , Professor Randolph Quirk , the famous linguist , attacked me fiercely for including material like this , which could be easily misrepresented by the press . |
| 16 | they 're not quite big enough for putting Matthew 's in separate . |
| 17 | But the system is good enough for recording TV programmes for watching in the home . |
| 18 | So he has a problem basically about calling beauty itself beautiful . |
| 19 | Some of the alternative explanations and differences of interpretation are covered in the marginal notes to this chapter , but it is perhaps worth mentioning others at greater length here . |
| 20 | If only , he thought sometimes , Blanche would not worry so much about wasting time and let the minutes trickle like sand through her fingers . |
| 21 | It is a useful technique for people who are over-anxious for approval from others and who worry too much about making others angry or upset . |
| 22 | But it , well what it will do is it will actually mean that you have n't , should n't have to worry so much about keeping logs of what you 've sent round and , and so on . |
| 23 | It 's er Dennis next with Afternoon Special I 'll see you tonight at the Star Inn on Middle Street in Beeston at eight o'clock for Drinking Partners if you want to come along and watch there . |
| 24 | I understand that the clearing banks are now involved with several developments , not only through providing loans , but also by acting as trustees . |
| 25 | I glimpsed him only through dancing couples . |
| 26 | Comparing television with the press , for example , the public rated television a full 1.0 marks better than the press for providing issue-information , and 0.7 marks better on providing leader-information , but only 0.3 marks better for helping viewers and readers decide how to vote ( Table 6.9 ) . |
| 27 | Every one of these nine sources was rated better for providing information than for helping people decide how to vote . |
| 28 | Nadirpur said : ‘ I thank you so much for saving Ahn 's life . |
| 29 | So much for writing reports . |
| 30 | So much for abandoning philoi . |