Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst other nations wrestle with the complex problems of a modern democracy , the questions of press ownership , the funding of political parties , wire-tapping , privacy , freedom of information , the control of the security services , and so on , Britain has been content either to stand aside altogether or to legislate for continuing trust and deference . |
| 2 | The poor , however , are often blamed for their own poverty , accused of budgeting badly or living beyond their means . |
| 3 | One of the criticisms levelled at the board has been that it fails to consult properly or listen to objections to proposals . |
| 4 | This is to be distinguished from bribing , where the treat is offered up-front or mixed with the meal as a lure to entice the dog to eat . |
| 5 | Physical activities can also sometimes cause difficulties since restricted visual fields can make it difficult for a child to catch a ball , wield a bat effectively or aim at a goal . |
| 6 | Since they have been disturbed and more than a little frightened in the process they will vacate the burrow , will very likely feed and then either lie rough on the surface somewhere or go to ground in a completely fresh burrow system . |
| 7 | I can er either buy one in Asda or somewhere or forget about it and have a fresh tree . |
| 8 | By this approach invasive fetal sampling techniques may be avoided entirely or limited to those cases where confirmation of a positive diagnosis is desirable . |
| 9 | He could n't see what the men were doing most of the time , because they were either inside or hidden by buildings . |
| 10 | Nothing is worse than feeling screwed up inside or suffering from a sense of utter emptiness and loss of interest or emotion . |
| 11 | Among its recommendations were ( i ) the creation of vents and energy absorption systems which would dissipate the force of an explosion ; ( ii ) the repositioning of cargo containers to ensure that any explosive energy was either directed outwards or absorbed by other baggage containers ; and ( iii ) improving flight recorders so that they continued working after a power failure . |
| 12 | The basic negotiating position of the United States , presented to the IMF in November 1972 , was that countries should peg their currencies to the SDR , but that they would be obliged to devalue or revalue if their reserves fell below or rose above certain predefined warning levels . |
| 13 | Choose one of the ideas below or decide on your own Thinking Day theme . |
| 14 | Now , if she were seated in her old place , wedged between the window and Penini , with his mother opposite encircled in her husband 's arms , or , if the men rode alongside or travelled on the outside of the carriage , sitting with her mistress while Pen and Flush lay on the other seat — now she would feel stifled , trapped , longing to get out . |
| 15 | So far did the experience lie beyond the normal province of time , she could not later tell whether it lasted for moments only or extended into hours . |
| 16 | In control conditions children worked alone , either seeing one view only or walking round the table with the experimenter to see both . |
| 17 | When comparing fractions some pupils may compare numerators only or select as the largest fraction the one which has the largest numerator and largest denominator . |
| 18 | You failed to connect the various elements together or to move through the detail to the larger issues of the painting . |
| 19 | In a broader sense it includes all relatives living together or accepted as a family , including adopted persons . |
| 20 | The forms of lighthouses and boats , while almost toy-like in their basic simplicity , are developed internally in terms of a large number of planes or facets , and since the sky receives the same treatment , the painting resolves itself into a mass of small , shifting planes , jointed together or hanging behind each other in shallow depth . |
| 21 | But sometimes you ca n't even identify an intervening variable , they just seem to have occurred together or arise in some way . |
| 22 | In fact , there are many reasons why families fail to stay together or to provide for their children adequately , reasons that include the stress of ill-health , unemployment or irregular employment , low pay , poverty and deprivation , bad housing and a poor environment and low levels of social support . |
| 23 | Relevant statutory provisions may be grouped together or scattered through the judgment . |
| 24 | In this new , commercial market a major sales point is the energy saving that is possible with central control of heating and lighting , either manually or according to a timed program . |
| 25 | Essential oils can be used alone or blended with other essences to make delightful perfumes . |
| 26 | A section is a mere point in the textual hyper-medium and can rarely be consulted alone or understood without reference to other documents . |
| 27 | It is made of cotton alone or mixed with wool . |
| 28 | For the pulsing of the walls was slow and vegetal and the pillars soared and rose in a tracery of veins and she was in a hollow in some living thing with no way out above or below nor escape to the sides . |
| 29 | He nodded eagerly and left with his dog . |
| 30 | Hugh would get up purposefully and drive into Mondano , returning with a large number of bread rolls and a few croissants over which the children quarrelled . |