Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE ULTIMATE teen movie , a sharp-edged black comedy which mercilessly swipes at adolescent angst , peer pressure , consumerism , and that old favourite , the generation gap . |
| 2 | So far as concerns the mental state of the owner ( did he consent ? ) , the Act of 1968 expressly refers to such consent when it is a material factor : see sections 2(1) ( b ) , 11(1) , 12(1) and 13 . |
| 3 | However , apart from references to this by the local residents , an internal memorandum from the borough engineer dated 26 January 1983 expressly refers to 24-hour operation . |
| 4 | This presumably refers to devotional access to the rood-loft ( by newel stair or ladder ) . |
| 5 | Rory made left and right turns in quick succession , seemed to go back on himself , seemed at times to be driving blind . |
| 6 | Assault on a constable in the execution of his duty , it is argued , properly belongs in constitutional law . |
| 7 | ‘ To my mind , ’ she wrote , ‘ he has all the qualities of a leading man that the British film industry badly needs at this juncture : youth , good looks , a photogenic face , obviously alert intelligence and a trick of getting the maximum effect with the minimum of fuss . ’ |
| 8 | Any analytic approach in linguistics which involves contextual considerations , necessarily belongs to that area of language study called pragmatics . |
| 9 | Having observed Thatcher 's boorish behaviour , Abse comments : ‘ Such a jealous and ruthless super-ego can only have been formed by a prohibiting mother who is brusque and prematurely insists upon early toilet training . ’ |
| 10 | Indeed this is a fresh act of God 's grace , which many a one only receives after much labour . |
| 11 | What does , what what only goes into conventional memory not into expanded ? |
| 12 | ( This account obviously stands in marked contrast to Foucault 's explanation of the same historical phenomenon . ) |
| 13 | Hell , Doc , your packagin' gets better and better , but what you put inside stinks to high heaven , you know . |
| 14 | but the second way in which section fourteen arises is this slightly more oblique way , erm , it 's , it 's not really the question of competition law it 's more a question of administrative law or constitutional law , erm whether it arises on the question er , your Lordship will have to decide , but , if , if it does then we believe that our case is extremely strong , because what one is saying here is , is section fourteen a block to an article eighty five action , erm does it make it either virtually impossible or something lesser excessively difficult , er and we say er that that 's one aspect and two can we show it 's discriminatory , well we say first of all it is discriminatory because even on analysis of the bad faith argument they are putting in a claimant with an article eighty five case to an extraordinary length in order to make good his case , he first of all has to super declaration presumably that he is entitled to damages , but he ca n't get damages all he 's entitled to is the declaration if then do n't satisfy that claim by paying up and their not going to be ordered by the court to pay up because that 's a claim for damages and you ca n't have that then you have to sue them again on the basis of breach of bad faith , er no other provision in English law would go to that effect and that of course even , even that assumes whether rightly or wrongly and we say possibly wrongly that er , er the failure to comply with the judgment of the declaration would be bad faith within the meaning of the act , but even assuming it 's right it puts a plaintiff suing for breach of article eighty five in the worst position possible |
| 15 | Home responsibilities protection only counts for full tax years , which is a disadvantage , since most of us do not arrange our lives from April to April . |
| 16 | It not only looks like political bribery — it probably is . |
| 17 | If you do want to portray an older figure , it would be preferable to try Hermione in The Winter 's Tale — she is a more fantastical character , without the added complications of historical authenticity , and so allows for greater flexibility of characterisation . |
| 18 | Intuition suggests that communication should first be on a personal level and then on a business level because context is so important in communication , but much depends on personal style . |
| 19 | Much depends on organised pressure by local concerned interests and individuals resident in the ‘ salmon constituencies ’ of Scotland . |
| 20 | Erm , I would have to say that 's going to be in the range of five hundred to six hundred , and very much depends to some extent on what happens in the winter months , and I 'm sorry to keep stressing this point , but we have n't yet got twelve months ' experience of operating this particular change , and until we 've got at least a year 's experience , and I think one would have to say , that some of the figures need to be portioned , but equally , you ca n't afford to be too cavalier in terms of your assumptions about that demand might reduce to , and I 'll touch a little later on how you control expenditure in those terms . |
| 21 | Much depends upon past practice and university politics . |
| 22 | The route was wet , holds had to be dug out and they thought it Severe — the same grade Hargreaves and MacPhee had given their ascent of Deer Bield Crack ( one of the Lakeland 's hardest climbs at that time ) the previous year . |
| 23 | At the moment all depends on good success in Ireland . |
| 24 | Some through passage perhaps occurs in late autumn and is clearly discernable in late March and April . |
| 25 | But where the qualification is the doing of something of value to the seller , and where the qualification only suffices for one sale and must be reacquired before another sale , I find it hard to regard the repeated acquisitions of the qualification as anything other than parts of the consideration for the sales . |
| 26 | apparently monitors for some reason the most monitor cost , monitor class speakers |
| 27 | Care should be taken in any discussion to establish unambiguously which convention is to be used ; failure to do so leads to much confusion later . |
| 28 | Care should be taken in any discussion to establish unambiguously which convention is to be used ; failure to do so leads to much confusion later . |
| 29 | Any suggestion that the civil law alone deals with mistaken conduct is clearly erroneous . |
| 30 | This naturally leads to another issue — that of the independence of children within their families . |