Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right where your twelve comes from . |
| 2 | Lucy contemplated her future , which seemed to stretch before her in a pattern of bleakness , especially where her social life was concerned . |
| 3 | On the official side it was a great help to be able to speak with one voice , especially where our specialized knowledge of equipment and operational needs of the boats were concerned . |
| 4 | Rust , iron oxide , is weak mechanically although its chemical bonds are strong . |
| 5 | And so although his early contributors had come from the European tradition which preceded the Great War , by the early Thirties he had come to rely more and more upon British contributors . |
| 6 | Each smaller work group attempts to perform better than their rival groups in both quality control and in the number of suggestions they offer to improve productivity . |
| 7 | They are confident of doing better than their 6–1 failure against Old Salopians in 1952 . |
| 8 | The durability of the red metal had been recognized centuries before and copper and brass domestic ware was , as the 16th Century copper smelters were at pains to point out , far better than their brittle cast-iron counterparts . |
| 9 | When it comes to Guinness , can UK prosecutors do better than their American counterparts in putting Boesky 's tipoffs to good use ? |
| 10 | Oldies like ‘ Heaven ’ and ‘ Red Light ’ rattle and hum in grand style , far better than their recorded versions , while their latest single , ‘ Burns My Skin ’ , proves to be a glorious , bloodcurdling emotional release . |
| 11 | Firth , Hubert and Forge report that some people get on with their mothers-in-law better than their own mothers , but for the most part these relationships are regarded as likely to be tricky : people treat them as an ‘ occupational risk ’ of marriage and regard themselves as ‘ lucky ’ if they work out satisfactorily ( 1970 , pp. 414–15 ) . |
| 12 | I met executives who knew the inside of a Concorde better than their own back yard , who had telephones stuck permanently to their ears . |
| 13 | Many after all had served in households not much better than their own , for servant-keeping reached well down the social scale . |
| 14 | Now what has happened here is that on the previous public enquiry over the Tetsworth site , Tetsworth , Great Milton and various other Parish Councils have the defence of producing sites which they think are appropriate or better than their own site , and they mentioned Wheatley . |
| 15 | While there are some differences between these various studies , the broad conclusion which emerges is that while in the areas of arts , social sciences , education and business studies mature students perform better than their younger counterparts , in areas such as science , engineering , health related studies and medicine there is some evidence that they are less likely to perform as well . |
| 16 | Microsoft claims FoxPro 2.5 performed at least four times better than its closest rival , Borland 's Paradox 4.0 , in tests carried out by a third party consultant.FoxPro 2.5 will eventually be released for non-Windows DOS , Apple Mac and Unix platforms . |
| 17 | All other things being equal , a lighter car will accelerate harder , brake more easily and handle better than its heavier equivalent . |
| 18 | From the insulation point of view , several thin layers work better than one thick one , and it provides the all-important flexibility for intermediate control which your waterproof duvet jacket could n't even approach . |
| 19 | Even after all these years my English is not so good and I like still honeycake better than your heavy Christmas pudding ! ’ |
| 20 | The result is that you often know your grandchildren better than your own children ! ’ |
| 21 | My sunken plastic bath better than your old cast-iron tub . |
| 22 | GET TO KNOW ME BETTER THAN MY BEST MATE DOES ! |
| 23 | In the air at around 3,500 feet I found that , provided one held it with the antenna close to horizontal , the ICOM IC-A20 MkII could produce quite accurate VOR indications at distances of well over 25 nm from the VOR — rather better than my own King KX99 does . |
| 24 | Using WinTach to assess the Dell 's Windows performance , it managed a crisp 9.12 — better than my own 33MHz 486 fitted with a pretty fast QVision card , which clocked in at 7.33 . |
| 25 | And yet I know it almost better than my own street . |
| 26 | Oh God , I hope my belly spoke for me better than my fucking brain , in other words . |
| 27 | But now that I have I can sense him as a personality much better than his biscuit-rich brother . |
| 28 | As a public figure hero-worshipped by countless youngsters , his drug-taking was a sad business , but few people in any field have ever used their fame better than his long-distance walks which have raised vast sums for charity . |
| 29 | But on my reckoning most of the others had fewer , and none better than his first . |
| 30 | " You 're lovely , " she said , and brought her face to his , kissing him ; putting her lips to his just like that , soft and warm and wet , better than any kiss , better than his first real kiss , making him dizzy with the feel of it . |