Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all other unusual accomplishments , it only nears perfection after hours of determined practice : but once the technique is acquired , the potential for a stunning showpiece is obvious . |
| 2 | We had to take it in turns day by day to get this monstrosity going , or freeze to death , and the hours I 've spent wasting matches , holding sheets of paper against the opening to create an up-draught , blowing like a whale whenever a tiny spark appeared ! |
| 3 | So killed virus is ineffective as a vaccine and live viruses merely causes disease in humans . |
| 4 | The civil power only has competence in matters regarding the effects of such marriages ’ ( Code of Canon Law 1917 : 1016 ) . |
| 5 | Not only has experience before marriage been less so , also , has experience within marriage . |
| 6 | Each of the ‘ sentences ’ in the network only has meaning in terms of its relations to other sentences , and each of these sentences only has meaning in relation to others , and so on . |
| 7 | Each of the ‘ sentences ’ in the network only has meaning in terms of its relations to other sentences , and each of these sentences only has meaning in relation to others , and so on . |
| 8 | But the convention only covers pollution at sea , whereas most coastal pollution arises inland , from industrial discharges , untreated sewage , fertiliser run-off and erosion . |
| 9 | Jetting , L'Oréal 's unique perm , lifts the roots and so adds body without curl . |
| 10 | This obviously limits competition in product design and innovation and facilitates uniform pricing of the resulting products . |
| 11 | For such a plan not only allocates land for development but , as a consequence , distributes financial or environment costs and benefits . |
| 12 | If you 're thinking of getting into shape , take it easy and build up slowly — a frantic training programme greatly increases risk of over-use injury . |
| 13 | This may not always be the case — for example , in rapidly expanding populations , selection may favour reproductive rate at the expense of lifetime reproductive success ( see Lewontin , 1965 ; Elliot , 1975 ) — but exceptions are probably rare , especially in long-lived species where variation in longevity greatly exceeds variation in age at first breeding . |
| 14 | We know that a Demetrius ( whom Flavius Josephus foolishly calls Demetrius of Phalerum ) composed a biblical history , including the chronological enquiries which were fashionable . |
| 15 | Weighting allows pre-judging of the relevance of any points and so reduces emphasis on suspect data . |
| 16 | The event has and will be commemorated in various ways throughout the year , but the principal exhibition , Sovereign , rightly takes place in London , and in the most famous museum associated with the Crown , the Victoria and Albert . |
| 17 | Medical opinion is still divided on whether alcoholism is a disease , possibly inherited , or whether an alcoholic only lacks will-power in order to stop drinking . |
| 18 | There are fewer rules than in the above classes and racing only takes place in winds above 11 knots . |
| 19 | This approach by no means necessarily reflects lack of sympathy for the lot of the least privileged in society . |
| 20 | Also , the change in the potential difference phasor V over the infinitesimal element has been neglected in arriving at equation ( 9.74 ) since it only gives rise to terms that are second order in smallness . |
| 21 | This obviously saves time in group sessions , but only if everyone does it . |
| 22 | Irrespective of the use of surrogates , monitoring environmental processes only makes sense over time-scales which are extended by human standards ( hence the IGBP ( see below ) is designed to run for two or three decades ) ; |
| 23 | The decision to build the lift could not have been taken lightly ; it only makes sense as part of a scheme of general improvement . |
| 24 | Our chastity , indeed our whole life , only makes sense in relation to our love to God … |
| 25 | One type of insulating lining has a coating of aluminium on the reverse side which not only provides protection from heat loss in winter but also prevents excessive heat build-up in a room during summer by deflecting the sun 's rays . |
| 26 | For all its Hendrix-derived elements of bravura free expression , dextrous embellishment and luxury , Prince 's music rarely loses touch with James Brown 's locked groove of desire , mesmerizing monotony and crude assertion of repetition . |
| 27 | Insisting that religious faith must be absolutely certain and secure , it decides that history can never provide such security and thereby loses interest in history altogether . |
| 28 | It already supplies Fokker with fuselages for Fokker 's small jet and could make that product its own by buying the Dutch company for less than $1 billion . |
| 29 | The reissued so that the reissued quantitated appro .. search approval form no longer has provision for B P questionnaire approval . |
| 30 | If the modern world no longer has room for Punch , I 'm not sure that I have any room for the modern world . |