Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found the meter and turned on the mains , and then switched the lights on after closing the drapes — it would look a lot less suspicious than the occasional flicker of torchlight across the glass . |
| 2 | It is perhaps worth recalling the images of eyes which persist in his poetry — and " Do n't look at me like that ! " is also Harry Monchensey 's cry in The Family Reunion . |
| 3 | I did n't worry too much about leaving the children because my relationship with them had become very unhealthy due to the negative influence of my wife , and I knew divorce could only help in that respect . |
| 4 | He noticed too that , in the space of twenty minutes , Wheeler seemed to have changed his tack entirely about informing the police . |
| 5 | No ordinary carriage , not subject to any hasty conversion to ensure its usefulness , but out of the railway factory yards of Leningrad and designed only for transporting the prisoners . |
| 6 | By the middle of the seventeenth century the parish coffin was regarded as fit only for transporting the corpses of the poor to the grave . |
| 7 | ‘ Except perhaps for obstructing the police by not revealing all this a lot earlier . ’ |
| 8 | In both cases , the companies were worried less about producing the goods than selling them . |
| 9 | I mean these two are equivalent cos our rules say so for multiplying the indices . |
| 10 | Sow seeds in groups 6–8in apart ; sow radishes in between to mark the rows for weeding ( parsnips are slow to germinate ) these will be ready when the parsnips need thinning . |
| 11 | It is only after experiencing the vicissitudes of life that we realise how much the difficulties and pains enrich our lives almost as much as the joys and pleasures . |
| 12 | It 's not yet clear how long after leaving the premises the firm continued to trade , but a time-scale is being established . |
| 13 | For some reason , Thomas ‘ we make music together ’ Carter crossed my mind , so after delivering the keys to the mechanic I stopped at the ticket agency . |
| 14 | In spite of the interest which Kraepelin and others had taken in them , strange mental states produced by drugs did not help much towards understanding the causes of or finding treatments for insanity . |
| 15 | Daily maintenance consists merely of giving the walls and floor of the pond a once-over with a soft-bristled broom , to keep down blanketweed : suspended matter is then whisked away to both filters , and what they miss is picked up by the skimmer . |
| 16 | We should note finally a separate strand in Galbraith 's argument , to the effect that advertising and associated activities serve the purpose not only of promoting the products of individual companies , but also of shaping the ‘ attitudes necessary for the performance and prestige of the industrial system ’ . |
| 17 | From this pale and anaemic-looking girl who had once thought only of turning the heads of young officers , and whom the Collector had considered insipid , he now saw a young woman of inflexible willpower emerging . |
| 18 | Having entered the soft systems world as an untrained novice some years ago , and endeavoured to apply the theories to problem situations within my normal sphere of activity , aided only by the few textbooks that were then on the market and occasional contact with other exponents of the approach , I am keenly aware of the difficulties that some practitioners may have , not only with understanding the principles but also with putting them into practice . |
| 19 | Meanings are crucial to understanding how England lived with chaotic marriage and no divorce for so long before changing the rules governing personal relation-ships decisively . |
| 20 | In addition , pupils at this level should be encouraged to contribute individually in class discussions and , where practicable , with wider audiences , eg in representing the views of a group , or taking small parts in group or class presentations . |
| 21 | In response to further letters in A Quarterly , the Society justified its stance by saying that while it accepted some correspondents ' views that certain butlers of excellent quality were to be found in the houses of businessmen , ‘ the assumption had to be that the houses of true ladies and gentlemen would not refrain long from acquiring the services of any such persons ’ . |
| 22 | One thing is for sure , commissioning design and print will always have its pitfalls , whether it is a doorhanger , bar bill or sophisticated brochure , but those willing to spend time carefully considering the requirements and choosing a printer will not be long in reaping the rewards . |
| 23 | In Britain , on average 60,000 men were employed annually in building the railways between the 1830s and the 1870s . |
| 24 | ‘ Preston , ’ said Polly , when she came down from putting the twins to bed and in a tone he had come to recognise over the years . |
| 25 | As a morphologist , Huxley was interested only in establishing the relationships between the variety of animal forms ; he had major reservations about the role of adaptation in evolution . |
| 26 | This will prove to be true , not only in considering the authors individually , but also in demonstrating some common patterns of behaviour , personality , and creative expression among writers subject to pathological mental states . |
| 27 | Only in rejecting the terms on which life is offered to him can a man discover his real dignity , his real self . ’ |
| 28 | Because of the long lead time that would be required to bring such supplies on stream ( not only in opening the quarries but also in preparing suitable dock facilities ) it is not envisaged they will make a major contribution until the second ten years covered by MPG6 . |
| 29 | Because of the long lead time that would be required to bring such supplies on stream ( not only in opening the quarries but also in preparing suitable dock facilities ) it is not envisaged they will make a major contribution until the second ten years covered by MPG6 . |
| 30 | For rather than building sleek , new production models , they are interested only in giving the cars ' components a useful role for the future . |