Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an index it is rather unsatisfactory since it tells us very little about how active a person is or what he believes … |
| 2 | This is one respect in which we can see regional differences opening up in the kind of support which relatives can give to each other , although we know very little about how these matters are handled in families at the present time . |
| 3 | There can be no doubt that the countryside remained relatively productive , but we know little about how this influenced the fate of the town , principally because the relevant archaeological levels lie inside the defences where extensive plough damage in the past and the lack of systematic excavation combine to present a rather bleak picture . |
| 4 | She argues that one 's feelings are a source of knowledge as well as being a result of understanding , and that for both social and biological reasons they are gender-related . |
| 5 | This theory enables one to predict that for reasonably large b-values ( including b = 8/3 ) there will be a single stable symmetric orbit for large enough r , but that for smaller b ( b { 2 ? ) there will be , in addition , an infinite sequence of homoclinic orbits to the origin ( and other complicated behaviour ) which never terminates as . |
| 6 | ‘ It would seem that for too many years little or no research was done on TB and now we do n't seem to have the answers when the questions are being asked . |
| 7 | do n't know , but we had this bright orange carpet , mind you even we could n't live with that for too long . |
| 8 | Moreover , while we accept the degree of protection afforded to other environmentally significant areas in development plans may not be as high as that for nationally designated areas , we would expect the need to protect such areas to be an important material consideration , otherwise there seems little point in identifying such areas . |
| 9 | Moreover , while we accept the degree of protection afforded to other environmentally significant areas in development plans may not be as high as that for nationally designated areas , we would expect the need to protect such areas to be an important material consideration , otherwise there seems little point in identifying such areas . |
| 10 | ‘ I would do that for about four days , and then go off on something else . |
| 11 | I had thought that for about five days . |
| 12 | ‘ They lived like that for about two years . |
| 13 | Do you know it twenty to six we played that for about two hours was it ? |
| 14 | Well he should change his jumper , he 's been wearing that for about two weeks now . |
| 15 | scheme or something like that for about half the price . |
| 16 | ‘ No , you 'd do that for about three or four days and then he 'd decide to ask you the same question again just to see if you did look it up . ’ |
| 17 | I was in that for about three years . |
| 18 | The situation is typical of that for very many adjectives . |
| 19 | Do n't forget that for more bulky but light loads , such as leaves , an extension can always be fitted to the top of the barrow . |
| 20 | and it was er a penny each way from across to Mold and when he sold out to Crosswell , old Jenkins stipulated that for so many years they had to keep penny each way |
| 21 | When such researchers have been doing just this for over 100 years , is it not sensible to take note of what they are saying ? |
| 22 | I think perhaps the council will now see why I 'm getting so frustrated and it 's because we 've been talking about this for over twelve months . |
| 23 | She had lost her fear long ago but she had not been close to a man like this for over two years . |
| 24 | I have been doing this for over ten years . |
| 25 | After doing this for perhaps ten seconds , the fanners beside the entrance stop simultaneously and fresh air is drawn back into the hive . |
| 26 | Why I did n't try to do more than this for so many months is an important question which I need to make some attempt to answer . |
| 27 | I 've been waiting for this for so long that I do n't think I can wait any longer — ’ |
| 28 | Right , well we 've recorded this for so long , can you use some bigger words now please ? |
| 29 | And did you get involved in this for very special reasons ? |
| 30 | I 've been doing this for around six years now . |