Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The negligence aspect of it , if somebody is negligent and does n't , for example , keep the engine oil topped up and they drive their vehicle until the engine seizes , in fairness it 's not the insurance company 's responsibility to put that right if the customer has been negligent , and I do n't think any reasonable person would ask us to do that in that situation . |
| 2 | The procedure is dual to that used when the objective function is parametrised . |
| 3 | His eyes were open , but his face was such a fearful mask of blood , foam , vomit and earth that he looked more like some demon-creature than a rabbit . |
| 4 | How is this possible if the art of persuasion is such a highly skilled task ? |
| 5 | Or perhaps authority may come from some prestigious so the domain of the practitioner , as when techniques are recommended on the grounds that they have the warrant of proven theory . |
| 6 | It 's best to do this outside as the fumes are pretty horrible . |
| 7 | He wrote : ‘ If someone has just stepped out of your life you 'll be better reaching for this single than a bottle , razor blade or handkerchief . ’ |
| 8 | Nor is this surprising when the actual cost of politics is remembered ; about $400 a year was needed to finance an effective local party , and this excluded registration or special campaigns . |
| 9 | What is this other than the ‘ Spirit far more deeply interfused ’ of Tintern Abbey , or The Prelude 's ‘ Wisdom and Spirit of the Universe ’ ? |
| 10 | The trouble with that is that others may not be astute as they are in identifying impending crises , and will take some convincing if a crisis is not obvious . |
| 11 | It is not at all easy to see what it is that makes one thing tough and another brittle because the substances in each of these lists seem to have little enough in common . |
| 12 | Suggests a large long-legged gamebird and though mainly brown at rest shows a striking contrast in flight , with almost as much white as a flying Shelduck ( p. 51 ) . |
| 13 | As much good as a fucking chocolate ashtray . |
| 14 | ‘ Your precious George ca n't have done much good if the main burst again . ’ |
| 15 | Consider this passage about a sow : ‘ her combination of gross whiskery nakedness and riotous carnality is seized by the mythic imagination as a sort of uterus on the loose — upholstered with breasts , not so much many-breasted as a mobile tub entirely made of female sexual parts , a woman-sized , multiple udder of trotters . |
| 16 | The horseman was very particular about his harness and was as much concerned as the farmer to keep it in good order , making frequent visits to the saddler or harness-maker who had his shop in most of the larger villages . |
| 17 | We are just as much annoyed as the ordinary racegoer because our entries are well down on what we would normally expect . ’ |
| 18 | Stu , I mean I live in Glasgow , the chances of me leaving Glasgow are pro , pre pretty slim but yeah , I certainly do n't want to stay in Scotland because of any loyalty , that I do n't think it 's given me very much other than a lot of experience , a lot of struggle , a lot of opportunities to stand alongside working class people and fight against , you know , the injustices . |
| 19 | What are these other than the very stuff of economic development ? |
| 20 | Many deserted before the battle even started , and a number of nobles surrendered as soon as they could decently do so . |
| 21 | It is not at all clear whether the failure of a Local Authority to prevent one of its teachers from teaching the acceptability of homosexuality would be construed as promotion by the Local Authority itself . |
| 22 | Er , sometimes it 's for tax reasons , sometimes it 's for er , for , for , for erm , er , reasons such as last year when er , we wrote down our , our stake by some seventy one million erm , it was because at that point the financing for B Sky B was not yet er , at all clear because the shareholders had been unable to agree at that point erm , that they would guarantee the two hundred or so million that er , needed to go in before the er , project became successful and so there was a genuine doubt on the financing . |
| 23 | It is not at all clear when the money stented for the repair of the bridges and the enclosing of the churchyards was paid and the work completed . |
| 24 | Unfortunately their ideas have not been tested out a great deal in other areas of London or the rest of the country , so we can not be at all sure whether the findings they claim are appropriate for application to the whole of our society are in fact so . |
| 25 | In fact , Dot was n't at all sure if the dogs in London had names . |
| 26 | ‘ I wanted to get so many things-just because the colours were so lovely . |
| 27 | Three men in the car , all dazed , all half-concussed when the Militia pulled them out , and the bank 's door not fifty metres away . |
| 28 | 61% of the sample would be not at all concerned if a mentally handicapped child was allowed to attend the same school as their child |
| 29 | They thought months of living in a cramped caravan was all worthwhile when the new house was finished and they finally moved in . |
| 30 | The Government had forced itself into a corner for no reason at all other than the Prime Minister 's stubbornness . |