Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are others , however , where even after centuries of use this matching is not obviously satisfactory , for example violin playing would seem to be posturally a disaster , but there may be some subtle aids to very precise control of the sound generated in having the source of sound very close to the ear and perhaps some vibration transmission by the direct contact of this instrument and the jawbone . |
| 2 | An example of the latter type of shift is shown in figure 13.22 , where instead of time dependence measurements the frequency dependence of the β-relaxation in poly ( vinyl acetate ) has been studied at fixed temperatures in the range 212 to 266 K. A master curve can be constructed for this relaxation region by plotting against , where the ‘ max ’ subscript refers to the peak maximum at each experimental temperature . |
| 3 | The only evidence which seemed at the time to offer any reliable dating was that of the coins which were of sufficient interest to the nineteenth-century antiquarians for them to be recorded , although rarely in detail . |
| 4 | People murmured that this would never have happened in Cromwell 's day , albeit secretly for fear of the authorities . |
| 5 | Although staunchly against trade unionists after a strike in 1889 , he introduced profit-sharing schemes for his workforce . |
| 6 | That we will keep all information of a confidential nature about [ ] Plc and [ ] Plc 's business and financial affairs which come to our knowledge during negotiations for the sale of the Shares to you confidential and accordingly we will not disclose any such information to any person or use any such information other than wholly in connection with such negotiations except to the extent that it is , already when we receive such information , or becomes thereafter , public knowledge through no fault of any of us . |
| 7 | Monism , dualism , pluralism , although apparently in conflict with one another , all have something to contribute to a comprehensive view of style . |
| 8 | Cases of wounding by pistol shots occasionally came before the courts and in at least one instance a child was killed , although apparently by accident , which nevertheless brought great notoriety to the so-called ‘ Clerkenwell Pistol Gang ’ . |
| 9 | But it is certainly intelligible , both as an account of the original motives inspiring such legislation and as the specification of an aim widely held to be worth pursuing , to say that the law is here concerned with the suffering , albeit only of animals , rather than with the immorality of torturing them . |
| 10 | But we make common cause in attaching more significance to them than do the theories ( except perhaps for Idealism ) discussed so far . |
| 11 | Except perhaps for Duff Cooper , who was the closest to the King , they were all against the morganatic proposal . |
| 12 | It goes without saying that we should forget hardback novels — except perhaps for libraries — and concentrate on the paperbacks which children and their parents prefer . |
| 13 | This raises the prior question of whether we can usefully speak of control , except perhaps of systems controlled by people . |
| 14 | Because the brutal fact is that big business no longer needs brute force ( except perhaps as Exocet fodder ) . |
| 15 | Even in the early twentieth century , except perhaps in France , now a republic formally at least grounded in a history of revolution , the tradition of a diplomacy conducted by aristocrats was still dominant . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm any good at marriage , Julius , except perhaps in bed , and even that did n't last , it all went wrong . |
| 17 | Heterosexuals can marry but there is no such recognised category as ‘ gay marriage ’ ( except perhaps in Denmark ) , so right away we have to tear up the book of rules . |
| 18 | Therefore it is difficult to interpret such statistics as those of UNEP ( 1982 ) , as well as others which calculate rates of topsoil loss per km 2 , except perhaps in cases where the rate is extremely high and where there is other evidence of obvious changes in land use . |
| 19 | Capital provision to support these two areas is scarce and the 1990s are going to test even the most supportive administrations to meet urgent demands for library extensions and preservation/substitution programmes , neither of which has been an established part of institutional budget planning , nor likely to receive much more than sympathy from the funding councils , except perhaps in cases where enormous growth in student numbers have caused such pressures on space . |
| 20 | Even in the twelfth century the majority of the population of any country in western Europe , except perhaps in Flanders and north Italy , were clerics , knights or peasants . |
| 21 | The result is that they make less use of their linguistic resources than they do at home and have less opportunity to extend those they already possess , except perhaps in relation to the specific vocabulary associated with the tasks they are required to perform . |
| 22 | As far as informal carers are concerned , the evidence that families may be unable to take on extra responsibilities , and the less certain evidence that elderly people may prefer care by professionals , with help and support from the family , rather than entirely by kin , are conveniently ignored . |
| 23 | Edwin Montagu by contrast , although indisputably by birth a member of la grande juiverie , was by inclination almost a professional non-Jew . |
| 24 | A good motivator , although better with kids than old hands and the Luton fans love him . |
| 25 | I would also be prepared to take up some responsibility in the popular government , It will be a less oppressed life , more tranquil , although perhaps at home there will only be me because my husband and my two sons have been murdered by the army and the others have gone to fight . |
| 26 | Each letter was some twenty-four inches high and five inches in thickness and styled in a very ugly heavy block which although perhaps in vogue from 1860 to 1880 was distinctly outmoded by 1920 . |
| 27 | While both initiatives are seen as bringing about a closer link between assessment and teaching and learning , and place a greater emphasis than hitherto on teacher assessment , Broadfoot points to various tensions and contradictions between these systems of assessment . |
| 28 | We are now at a point in this evolution where , I believe , the climate is more favourable than hitherto to cooperation between linguists and educationalists . |
| 29 | Far be it for me to say that this is the sort of budget that conservatives ought to applaud because it is after all , a budget that is guided by a feeling that councils should provide services and they should orientate their services to the least communities , to be guided by equal opportunities and by egalitarians and that 's what this group has always stood for , this is the budget that we present tonight and I would hope that it would get a far better and far larger measure of support than perhaps of course been the case in the past . |
| 30 | It was Ninette de Valois who put him in touch with John Piper , whose work he had already known and admired before leaving Cape Town , although only from reproductions , just as much as his musical knowledge came from recordings . |