Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas .
2 House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas .
3 The first two stages may be successfully carried out only where reliable market information is publicly available .
4 This is also an area where the LEA could assist a school in offering its services as a ‘ critical friend ’ , able to stand back and perhaps judge more objectively than those working in the school itself .
5 God , it was bad enough masturbating as often as she did , without pushing her fingers up her arse .
6 ‘ We both only got as far as Harwich . ’
7 Walter claims to have journeyed as a student to Nepal ( 'did n't everyone ? ' ) for purification , but Vivien reminds him that he only got as far as Ostend .
8 I failed to qualify : Ade Mafe just made it , but only got as far as the semi-final .
9 She ought to unpack , but she only got as far as getting out Ricky 's photograph in its blue silk frame and putting it beside the bed .
10 Nik Cohn , that indefatigable chronicler of popular culture , set out to walk Broadway in its entirety — but he only got as far as 42nd Street .
11 Remember that ‘ small is beautiful ’ , so make as near as you can to ‘ one bite ’ food to avoid wastage .
12 ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful .
13 ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful .
14 " I m sorry , Mr Beamish , but he 'll be away all day and I thought I 'd better come along rather than leave it till tomorrow . "
15 Sleep is a great help to any illness , so sleep as much as you can .
16 The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith .
17 ‘ In the light of the Divisional Court 's decision , we have naturally considered very carefully whether or not we should take the matter any further .
18 It was all happening comfortably just as she wished .
19 He 's also been careful to work er with the United Nations who have done er much better so far than they have in er some crises in the past .
20 Just what was the object of Barbara 's terror that viewers had only seen so far as a suction cup visible through a circular lens cowl ?
21 Thus in choosing between two alternative sets of pleasure one can not necessarily decide which is preferable by an arithmetical calculation , nor could one necessarily do so even if one was omniscient .
22 The top executive who is constantly looking ahead rather than backwards will rarely steer his company into a tight corner , in Laing 's view .
23 He only came up here cos they were closing .
24 Anyway — ’ She looked down on her partly eaten meal and her nose wrinkled before she went on , ‘ I 've got to go downstairs again , and you 'd better clear away here when you 've finished , then go into Mother and see if you can soothe her ruffled feathers .
25 Vern said it looked like the owners were coming to use the boat again soon : we 'd better clear off quick before it was light in the morning , specially as it 'd be Saturday .
26 Microsoft must foresee where the market is going , where and how to direct its effort — and do so better not just than lively young rivals eager to up-end it like IBM , but than powerful companies moving in from outside the industry .
27 It has often been pointed out that in less developed societies , old people were seen as the repository of wisdom needed for daily living as well as for spiritual guidance .
28 The matters obviously moved fairly rapidly because the parties were then almost ready to exchange contracts .
29 ‘ I was only venturing as far as the bathroom , ’ she said with dignity .
30 It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously .
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