Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | Not only has experience before marriage been less so , also , has experience within marriage . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But the convention only covers pollution at sea , whereas most coastal pollution arises inland , from industrial discharges , untreated sewage , fertiliser run-off and erosion . |
| 5 | Jetting , L'Oréal 's unique perm , lifts the roots and so adds body without curl . |
| 6 | This obviously limits competition in product design and innovation and facilitates uniform pricing of the resulting products . |
| 7 | For such a plan not only allocates land for development but , as a consequence , distributes financial or environment costs and benefits . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Weighting allows pre-judging of the relevance of any points and so reduces emphasis on suspect data . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This approach by no means necessarily reflects lack of sympathy for the lot of the least privileged in society . |
| 13 | This obviously saves time in group sessions , but only if everyone does it . |
| 14 | The decision to build the lift could not have been taken lightly ; it only makes sense as part of a scheme of general improvement . |
| 15 | Our chastity , indeed our whole life , only makes sense in relation to our love to God … |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | My view about the Matsushita response is simply that the Japanese higher education system generally requires knowledge of English , which seems at odds with the Technics explanation . |
| 19 | It takes place all the time and should not be confused with organizational politicking ( which generally takes place behind closed doors ) or personal vituperation ( which generally takes place in committee rooms ) . |
| 20 | The UK government just survives vote of confidence by one vote as opposition leader John Smith votes with Tories saying ‘ You got yourselves into this mess , I 'm not getting you out of it . ’ |
| 21 | Waterskiing already takes place in lake 105 a few yards from the contested area . |
| 22 | Section 17 of the SGSA inserts a new subsection 3A in s 7 of the UCTA , which is equivalent in its operation to s 6(1) of the UCTA , and thus prevents exclusion of liability for breach of the warranties implied by s 2 of the SGSA . |
| 23 | Although eschewing the analysis prevalent in the traditional psychological novel , Sarraute 's work nevertheless combines representation with reflexivity . |
| 24 | Perhaps the Chancellor will decide to encourage energy conservation generally by adding VAT to household gas and electricity bills — in addition to any increased burden on the motorist who already pays VAT on top of the excise duty applied to petrol . |
| 25 | In a most confusing way , an analysis of something called legitimacy first equates legitimacy with opinion , then goes to a restatement of the standard liberal-pluralist description of the structure of power … turns next to a discussion of stability , and finally resolves stability into passivity or acquiescence caused by cognitive confusion , conflict of interest , and inability to translate one 's desires into political decisions due to certain institutional arrangements . |
| 26 | This just gives time for production and dispatch to members giving them at least a clear month before the next event . |
| 27 | The budget of the Horton generally puts day to day work has got to better reflect the fact that there 's a growing district Hospital , and has got to better reflect the size of the population it serves , and then also about a third of the patients that are treated at the Horton come from Warwickshire , Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire , but actually the Horton is funded as if every patient there comes from Oxfordshire , and that 's clearly crazy , and we 've got to make quite sure that cross-boundary flows of patients are better reflected by cross boundary flows of money . |
| 28 | Loathsome as he now is , he becomes still more so as he hypocritically professes to Cornwall his filial embarrassment : ‘ How , my lord , I may be censured , that nature thus gives way to loyalty , something fears me to think of … . |
| 29 | No longer does evidence of authenticity have to rely solely on stylistic criteria , which can be unreliable . |
| 30 | ‘ When we meet at the Landing Stage and have even half an hour together , it just makes life worth living . |