Example sentences of "[adv] [det] and [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That one or two might make enough money to pass as legitimately successful , but that most would go on hoping for and talking about the ‘ up for none touch ’ that was just around the corner if only this and that fell into place until they became little more than saloon-bar bores . |
| 2 | It is a measure of success , not in the commercial sense of the word but an exploration into just why The Smiths connect with so many and whether that connection invokes a solid and lasting influence or is simply a mere fad . |
| 3 | Thus , in 1614 James I , believing that he was making presents more valuable than his ambassadors at foreign courts were receiving , ordered that in future the French and Spanish resident ambassadors , who had hitherto been given 4,000 ounces of plate on their departure , should in future receive only half as much and that the representatives of lesser states should also have their customary allowance cut by half . |
| 4 | As much and as deep coherent thought as he was capable of . |
| 5 | They were good value , because they were in a style that he could wear anywhere and they were strong enough for all his walking and kept his feet from being bruised on the city pavements , for when you walk as much and as far as Boy did at that time you can hurt your feet badly . |
| 6 | All his life he had an urge to know and experience as much and as deeply as possible . |
| 7 | He has ‘ written ’ far more books than any other driver in the history of the sport ; he has given an infinite number of ‘ in depth ’ interviews ; he has been the subject of as much and as adulatory film footage as the Fellini-like Enzo Ferrari , and while everything he says seems absolutely straight , nothing he says is without a sharp edge to it . |
| 8 | Perhaps Mill 's qualitative utilitarianism points towards a better alternative to the view that pleasure and pain are simply some kind of uniform sensation of which we want respectively , as much and as little as possible . |
| 9 | Loving humanity means as much and as little as loving raindrops , or loving the Milky Way . |
| 10 | The implements available here for cleaning were as many and as varied in colour and smell as the places which I had to clean . |
| 11 | They they would think that a man er starting at eight in the morning will do as many and as quick for ten o'clock , as a man starting at night , or at six o'clock in the morning , or the afternoon shift . |
| 12 | Others felt that the trade unions can do very little and that people do n't look to them . |
| 13 | So I feel that our power has grown very much and that we are now hand in hand with the comrades in Namibia . |
| 14 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 15 | I resigned from the family planning about seven years ago when my husband retired , as I say because he used to help me very much and when he retired and my children had all married I felt it was time that I should retire too . |
| 16 | I did my best , but I suppose it was during that time that I began to drink too much and that finished off my promotion chances . |
| 17 | I mean anyone who says they ca n't manage on what they get , er they ca n't feed the kids on what they get , probably go in the pubs five or si six nights a week , and smoke too much and but erm I mean these never go without a meal or anything like that . |
| 18 | After the third such incident in the 2nd half , some sections of the crowd thought this was too much and while the trainer was bandaging away sang ‘ keep the ball , keep the ball , keep the ball ’ . |
| 19 | Though he drank too much and when he did , his American accent slipped and the BBC tones came through . |
| 20 | He thought the lectures far too many and that he gave too many lectures for his own good . |