Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had seen into paradisiac regions , with their air and sky , and I was no longer wholly or merely a denizen of this vulgar earth . |
| 2 | A minor fault prevents the cannon firing this turn , perhaps the fuse is not set properly or maybe the crewmen mishandle the loading procedure . |
| 3 | By the late twelfth century , even in England , the function of the suitors had been reduced to this : a committee of them provided information to royal justices in a court which had become effectively or actually an offshoot of the king 's court . |
| 4 | This omission in these sectors is not necessarily or intrinsically a bad thing , but it makes forward planning and therefore continuity of programmes more difficult . |
| 5 | More than 40 per cent of the output is exported to overseas markets : the equivalent of over 300 million pints annually or almost a million a day . |
| 6 | Rightly or wrongly the patient expects little more than perhaps ten minutes of the doctor 's time . |
| 7 | This difference remains however constantly or quickly a judgement ensues on what the advocates of the theory call a ‘ sensation ’ or ‘ impression , . |
| 8 | He thinks that I could do better than just a clerical job . |
| 9 | Still the goals fail to materialise , and a deal worth £5 million for a man who hits the net better than once every two games has genuine currency . |
| 10 | American stations in fact illustrated better than anywhere the great dichotomy between social theory and practice in the United States . |
| 11 | But broadcasting costs are more volatile than other costs and also rise at a faster rate so that even a licence fee increase which keeps up with general costs is an actual real decrease in its total value . |
| 12 | Yes , he knew his face was finely made , his forehead broad , his gaze haunting , his lips sculpted so that even a sneer looked fetching on them , but he needed a living mirror to tell him so . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , skin care assumes considerable importance in the woman 's mind , so that even a secondary association can be a significant one . |
| 14 | Always the demand is for ‘ practical ’ skills , while academic analysis remains a despised pastime , so that even the Superintendents ' Association ( the equivalent of the Police Federation for the lower ranks ) has similarly denied any place for intellectualism for its members . |
| 15 | Ironically , the first three months of 1992 were the wettest in the this part of the country for many years , so that even the flowers in the desert , just a few miles inland , burst into bloom . |
| 16 | So much so that even the duties of an under-butler are now beyond his capabilities . |
| 17 | The recipes in the Walking Diet are easy to follow and quickly prepared , so that even the busiest people have a chance to cook mouth-watering food that is full of goodness and at the same time is low in fat . |
| 18 | To this general appreciation of functional variety in language , the pluralist adds the idea that language is intrinsically multifunctional , so that even the simplest utterance conveys more than one kind of meaning . |
| 19 | And it has been well established that some animals , such as pigs , are capable of completely consuming animal bones , along with other kitchen waste , so that even the sample of animal bones from a site may not give a true picture of diet . |
| 20 | Sean Foley 's story of scorched earth and blazing passions is sprinkled with a generous dose of comedy , so that even the blackest moments raise a laugh . |
| 21 | They were kept waiting for just a couple of minutes — ‘ While Mr Magill completes a call ’ in a cool-warm windowless reception area soundproofed so that even the loudest complaint about a bill would come out as a hushed croak then ushered through into an office that was almost straight from Charles Dickens . |
| 22 | The medium carries the paint evenly , so that just a touch of colour can be introduced to the medium to make a transparent glaze layer . |
| 23 | Most servicing valves have an internal ball with a hole through it , so that just a quarter of a turn is needed to move the valve from fully open to fully closed . |
| 24 | In the horse , the digits have been progressively reduced so that just the central core carries the load and the two adjacent ones are present as splints — remnants of the digits that once were there . |
| 25 | 4/Dry brushing needs practice , so that just the right amount of colour is on the brush and a controlled amount is leaving it on contact with the paper . |
| 26 | Like shape , scale can not be correct over the whole map , but some map projections can be constructed so that either the lines of latitude or the lines of longitude , or certain lines of latitude and longitude , have the scale correct . |
| 27 | This word anamnesis meant the past invading the present , so that here the past was relived and appropriated . |
| 28 | Indeed it was still argued that determined efforts should be made towards monetary union so that eventually a common currency could be issued by a European central bank . |
| 29 | If you have an even number of needles , after two rows every needle has been knitted once ; whereas if you have an odd number of stitches , then the same needles have been knitted on both rows and will go on being knitted on subsequent rows so that eventually the carriage jams . |
| 30 | Each additional storey may be given its own roof so that eventually the building looks like a Chinese pagoda . |