Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argue that major innovations in products , or production techniques , are bunched together every fifty years or so and , when they occur , they have pervasive effects , generating a long boom which eventually peters out and turns into a slump . |
| 2 | Beyond this , character- ization rarely goes further than the creation of characters sufficient for the roles they play within the fabliau ; there is very rarely the slightest pretence at verisimilitude in the form of feigning that the characters have experiences beyond or after those of the narrative given . |
| 3 | Mr Norrie rarely goes out because he seldom feels well . |
| 4 | She rarely goes out and has never been beyond the street she lives in on her own . |
| 5 | Let her play with a sponge and see how it fills with water , which slowly drains away once she lifts it up . |
| 6 | No adult insect can produce silk , so these ants bring young larvae to the site , holding them between their jaws and giving them little squeezes so that the larvae will produce their silk . |
| 7 | He states that one rarely needs more than one granule although two or three can obviously be used if a stronger solution is required . |
| 8 | Today the church is no longer ‘ active ’ in the village as it once was , and sadly the congregation rarely has more than 15 worshippers . |
| 9 | Holyoak gleefully points out that architect Tony Ridell , of Chapman Taylor Partners , has , rather unfortunately , described The Galleries as ‘ a huge aircraft carrier settled on the streetscape of the city ’ . |
| 10 | According to this view , the preponderance of large families among the poor and ill-educated only persists today because their demographic transition is not yet complete , their higher fertility being due to unwanted births from poor family planning . |
| 11 | He merely points out that his theory is consistent with it . |
| 12 | Long points out that in native speaker/non-native speaker ( NS/NNS ) interactions , both participants collaborate in recipient design by employing strategies for negotiating meaning . |
| 13 | Glaxo rightly points out that Astra used very high levels of ranitidine , several hundred times the normal human intake and far greater than the doses of omeprazole Astra fed to rats . |
| 14 | Des Smith ( ‘ Forgotten innocents ’ , 20 March ) rightly points out that the conditions of the Guatemalan refugees have been largely ignored by the world 's media . |
| 15 | ‘ My wife rightly points out that I 've never been in a ladies ' loo in my life . |
| 16 | King rightly points out that a scheme which is intended to weed out poor teachers is not necessarily the best to engender the trust and confidence required to develop the work of teachers . |
| 17 | He rightly points out that the subject of the active clause must preserve the impersonality we normally associate with passive structures in many European languages . |
| 18 | The draft PPG Note rightly points out that existing coastal defence policies are not always the cheapest option . |
| 19 | He rightly points out that — apart from Brent , which has no overall control , and Tower Hamlets , which is controlled by the Liberal Democrats — the 10 authorities with the highest percentage of empties in their stock are Labour controlled , and about 20,000 properties have been left empty for more than a year . |
| 20 | It is a document about the Labour party 's policy attitudes and it rightly points out that more than half of Labour Members have either recently belonged to or still belong to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament . |
| 21 | He rightly points out that we need more ladies toilets and if you know you get the chance to use the ladies loo it 's cleaner and better looked after than the men 's , I 've heard . |
| 22 | It only differs significantly when the change in energy , ( E1-E0 ) , is very small too . |
| 23 | So it 's increasing benefit , it only goes up whilst you 're claiming by the R P I subject to a maximum ten per cent . |
| 24 | Okay , last one it only goes up when you are claiming , this one goes up even when you 're not . |
| 25 | When he sees me he pointedly turns away and tries to talk to someone else . |
| 26 | ‘ She only sleeps well when I 'm in there with her . |
| 27 | As we have already noted , the explanation for the post-war uniformity of local politics perhaps lies elsewhere than in a simple appeal to non-local forces . |
| 28 | The Speaker calls upon the Minister in charge who merely stands up and nods . |
| 29 | He wrote month after month with fearful haste , and yet the Soviet editor only exaggerates slightly when he says that the manuscripts reveal ‘ immense , most rigorous work , literally over every phrase ’ . |
| 30 | he obviously has n't and I think it 's really funny ! |