Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [art] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The spectrum he detected signalled the presence of a new molecular species , tight had caused the parent molecule to lose its two hydrogen atoms and rearrange so that the two carbon rings sandwiched the tungsten atom .
2 Holding a length of silk in its beak , it then pierces a hole in the leaf and pushes the silk through it , tying a little knot in the end to prevent the thread from slipping back through the hole and then doing the same thing on the other side so that the two leaf surfaces are secured to one another .
3 Whichever way they are danced they must be set so that the one step grows logically out of the other because the music and the dancer have become excited by their relationship as the dance unfolds .
4 Always the call will be for more power to the organization , so that the 1989 cry of alarm from the Police Federation conference about private security firms is based more on a fear that areas of influence are being taken from the institution than on beliefs that such groups are incompetent .
5 We need research into the effectiveness of our advertising , to be completed by August 1992 , so that the 1993 programme can be properly planned .
6 Dutoit is remarkably successful at avoiding the Hollywood cinematic style , so that the 1940s nostalgia endemic in , say , the unforgettable saxophone second subject of ( i ) , is sounded with a purity and sense of line which one would more readily associate with Ravel than Rachmaninov — yet , by golly it works !
7 The Senate had approved the bill on Feb. 25 by 59 votes to 39 , eight less that the two-thirds majority which would be required if an attempt were made to override the presidential veto .
8 This would be rather difficult , however : the black hole would have the mass of a mountain compressed into less than a million millionth of an inch , the size of the nucleus of an atom !
9 Because we will only have erm less than a dozen project coordinators at
10 SCOTLAND 's preparations for the crucial World Cup qualifying tie against Malta at Ibrox on Wednesday bordered on the farcical yesterday when Rangers ' Richard Gough and Stuart McCall were forced to withdraw from Andy Roxburgh 's squad and Ally McCoist was given less than a 50-50 chance of playing .
11 So if a three piece suite cost say a hundred and fifty pounds , you had to put fifty pounds down .
12 Study of the development of both state and occupational pension provision reveals arrangements which , especially until the 1975 legislation , endorsed the traditional domestic division of labour .
13 This is not a possibility which seems to have been considered seriously hitherto , perhaps because the 1377 precedent was such a disastrous one .
14 This is not a possibility which seems to have been considered seriously hitherto , perhaps because the 1377 precedent was such a disastrous one .
15 The Act 's 238 sections and 13 schedules make it almost twice as long as the 1944 Education Act and it is certainly comparable in significance .
16 Care programming may come fairly low down the list of priorities for social services , especially as the 1992/93 community care plans were likely to be preoccupied with the other community care reforms to be instituted by April 1993 ( National Council for Voluntary Organisations , 1992 ) and because the first year of the plans was experimental and so they were probably cautious in their aims .
17 I found it very difficult to get past the first fleet but when I did the game became more enjoyable especially as the 256 colour graphics match most games out today .
18 I agree they SEEMED to be lacking in ideas when in posession sometimes , especially when the 2 centre backs had the ball , or Batty was bringing it out .
19 So when the five year come up I 've no longer insurance alright , er I so i c if I change the pump costs about two hundred so I s so I said
20 they 're about the same , so when the hundred gram bar has got the extra ten per cent it 's it 's just just makes it the better bargain , er , they 're not losing much on that cos they save on the wrapping , so it probably costs them the same
21 As a result of the Pilot Study , it was decided to proceed with a seven day diary rather than a one day diary , but that a methodological component should be built into the Survey to monitor the quality of the data .
22 There is an argument for retaining a four mile annulus for the area of search for the new settlement rather than a two mile , because of the rigidity which at present applies to the distance of the outer boundary of the greenbelt from York City Centre .
23 Brian Thomas Jackson , of Danek Motors , Darlington , admitted three charges of selling the Austin Montego as a 1.6 rather than a 1.3 engine .
24 Er the second reason that we would suggest this to the panel is that it is actually er used by OPCAS , the three year average is used by OPCAS rather than an eight year average .
25 TM pixel values are recorded on a 0–255 scale rather than the 0–63 scale of the MSS .
26 The six cylinder engine is 6 inches longer than a four cylinder and will not fit a 4 cylinder chassis without a great deal of modification , but a 6 cylinder , 3-litre car engine will fit a 6 cylinder Land Rover and made a good conversion .
27 All the occupants of Teignmouth had fled as the French came ashore and the 500 horse militia which assembled on Haldon [ or Halden ] Hill , some two miles [ 3.2 km ] behind Teignmouth , simply watched as the invaders tore down the thatch from the cottages before setting them on fire .
28 ( It was not until the 1939 conclave that all the cardinals were present at a papal election , due as one observer put it to " the advance of medicine and transport " . )
29 He could kill Elinor , very easily and no one need know .
30 This was largely because the 1990 budget agreement — reached after a protracted and bitter struggle — had already dictated overall ceilings for defence , foreign aid and discretionary domestic spending , and had prohibited any tax cuts or the expansion of major benefit programmes unless specific revenue could be found to fund them .
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