Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowledge , teaching and learning are only justified in so far as they contribute to that much more ambitious end . |
| 2 | Erm , that had better come over here really had n't it . |
| 3 | This is presumably because the situation was not foreseen : the Code takes a very strict line on questioning after charge , a course of action only permitted in very narrowly defined circumstance under caution ( para . |
| 4 | This ‘ immediacy ’ of meaning in oral society he relates to the society 's functional needs , citing Malinowski 's claim that ‘ in the Trobriands the outer world was only named in so far as it yielded useful things ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 5 | Part of the Stress Syndrome is the likelihood that whatever you do to cope will only result in yet more self-criticism . |
| 6 | We have all endured for far too long , the blatherings of scientific greybeards regarding ‘ The Expanding Universe ’ . |
| 7 | This is the kind of thing that we really ought to be addressing because this actually addresses the safety of people in this county , not only the safety of people , this addresses the safety of property as well and there 's no disagreement about the fact that this enormous development that 's happened over the last few years in an area where you 've got a regular traffic snarl-ups mean that you have got a potential disaster there on your hands and we 're jolly lucky we have n't any more serious incidents than we 've had already and so I can see no reason why these two mo these two amendments should n't both happily be accepted though I 'm very cynical about the number of times we 've spent the airport money already and sooner or later we 've obviously got to actually seriously address that but the important thing is that we do all take it seriously and it seems that we all do now take it seriously . |
| 8 | Projected profiles consist of drawing the first section completely , while parallel sections behind the first are only drawn in so far as they project above earlier sections ( Fig. 9.17 ) . |
| 9 | The conflict was merely postponed to either later again in the meeting or the next one . |
| 10 | While fibre-rich foods fill the stomach for lengthy periods , calories supplied in fluid alone pass through more quickly than any digested from solid foods . |
| 11 | May and June are the driest months , together accounting for only about 10% of the annual rainfall , while more than 12% falls in December alone . |
| 12 | The lads have all knitted in together extremely well , and we appear reasonably settled , apart from a few niggling injuries . ’ |
| 13 | The letters they exchanged were formal , just words on a piece of paper ; the warmth they had all shared for so long was missing . |
| 14 | Con had jumped at the chance of taking Cedric and the pair had apparently settled in happily together . |
| 15 | This was a difficult decision , but since we moved back God has been very gracious , and we have all settled in really easily . |
| 16 | Since then it has been brilliantly restored to as close to its original condition as can be . |
| 17 | He rebuked me because I 'd apparently stepped in too quickly with the next question before he 'd finished answering the last one . |
| 18 | McGoldrick signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and said : ‘ I 'm delighted it 's all gone through so smoothly . ’ |
| 19 | It was a wholly objectionable idea , it was rightly opposed by very nearly everybody who spoke in the debate and the Government has withdrawn from that decision and that I welcome unreservedly but My Lords a great deal that is objectionable remains in Clause two of this Bill . |
| 20 | It ended : ‘ Nonetheless , I consider myself to have been blessed to have had the chance to so serve for as long as I did . ’ |
| 21 | Runner-up David Broome — at 51 proving he is still a major world threat — could only get to within just under three seconds of Bost 's time . |
| 22 | I ca n't hear what you 're saying darling , you better come in here so I can hear you . |
| 23 | Roosevelt thought that Korea would be suited to trusteeship for an undefined period , which could perhaps last for as long as forty years . |
| 24 | Another group of researchers , this time in Sweden , has discovered that this protective effect does n't only last for as long as the baby is breastfed . |
| 25 | In the process , it discovered such homes often provided better care for seriously mentally frail elderly people than local authority accommodation . |
| 26 | Amongst the many things Sue and Colin have worked on , the walled garden is much improved with very pretty herbaceous borders and a lawn laid out with parasoled tables and chairs , where guests can relax with a drink on a warm summer 's evening . |
| 27 | Work is very rarely performed by a man without the aid of some machinery and correspondingly machines rarely function for very long without human intervention . |
| 28 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 29 | It was the sordid exhaustion of poverty , of overwork , of perpetual near-incarceration , of eternal nagging demands , and to be left alone just to sit for perhaps only five minutes in unthinking apathy was her sole remaining desire . |
| 30 | I wanted to trail her back home but I thought it best not to go to too fast |