Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [noun prp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Sugar show rather better than Prince Charles , Ben Elton or Mick Jagger . |
| 2 | Some were critical of this orthodoxy and — behind the scenes — nobody more effectively so than Toby Weaver , the most powerful civil servant of his generation in the formulation of educational policies . |
| 3 | Gin , however , whether the Dutch variety or no , was beginning to have distressing results on the ladies in particular , who nevertheless persisted in their belief that it was all right because Mr Dickens had said so . |
| 4 | The Labour Party , or its thinking wing , is polishing its credentials so remarkably that Mr Smith 's team will look quite different when they get to meet us all again in the polling booth . |
| 5 | The fact that Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger ( Bryan Ferry could n't come because he had a cold ) were at my d'Offay Gallery opening last year raised it into a social event , so much so that Robin Vousden said , ‘ We have n't had an opening like this since Andy Warhol ’ . |
| 6 | Strachan on song is a familiar sound this season , so much so that Howard Wilkinson confesses he finds it difficult to say something new about his club captain . |
| 7 | Dr Smithson told me it was perfect , much better than Herr Speich 's or even poor Mr MacKenzie 's . ’ |
| 8 | Mr G Douglas Vaisey also suggests that others should start setting the comps : ‘ I 'm sure we [ we ? ] can do much better than Katie Mallett . ’ |
| 9 | He had read many of the books in the library , and knew exactly where every one was , much better than Mr Crangle . |
| 10 | Apart from Fulk le Réchin , the other counts of Anjou are portrayed ( albeit less colourfully than Geoffrey Grisegonelle ) as pious and valiant defenders of their inheritance . |
| 11 | But things calm down only when Dr Boron appears , who is then outwitted and all hell seems about to break loose when Superboron makes his entrance . |
| 12 | But they have been sneering at America since Sidney Smith , François Mauriac and George Grosz and will go on doing so long after Harold Pinter is gone . |
| 13 | She 'd never liked them much ; in fact she had only kept them up so long because Mary Connon long ago , almost on her first visit to the house , had been openly patronizing about them . |
| 14 | Provided always that nothing in these restrictions shall preclude Norwich Union from processing any proposal or application form made and dated prior to 31 October 1990 submitted through the Winchester Group or any of its company representatives and entering into any investment contract on the basis of any such a proposal or application form so long as Norwich Union has first satisfied itself that : — ( a ) any such proposal or application form is genuinely made and dated prior to 31 October 1990 ; ( b ) any such proposal or application form is accompanied by a fact find form ; and ( c ) that the fact find form has been fully completed ; and ( d ) that the information shown thereon is sufficient to show that the proposed investment contract which is the subject of the proposal or application form is in the best interests of the investor concerned . |
| 15 | A statement warned : ‘ So long as the SDLP continue to exercise a veto on political progress in Ulster , courtesy of IRA violence , and so long as Sinn Fein/IRA continue to act as the military wing of Irish nationalism , then so long will our war against them continue and intensify . ’ |
| 16 | Informed sources say neither the more realistically-minded East German leaders nor the Russians believe that any sensible changes can be brought about so long as Mr Honecker , 77 , whose attitudes have become particularly rigid in recent months , is at the helm . |
| 17 | SO LONG as Saddam Hussein is still around , George Bush repeated this week , Iraq can expect no mercy on trade sanctions . |
| 18 | I say rightly so because Herbert Spencer 's theory of evolution was fundamentally different from Darwin 's , even though it 's often confused with it . |
| 19 | She will do so only if Mr Major resigns . |
| 20 | But now it seemed terrible that they should be able to talk so naturally while Dr. Lorrimer lay there dead upstairs . |
| 21 | The miming drew the men together just as Miss D'Arcy 's tears drew the women into a quick companionship . |
| 22 | Heavy boots clattered suddenly outside and Jack Dodson panted his way through the door . |
| 23 | The disagreement between the State and Defense departments could not continue for much longer and President Truman , in the light of representations from the allies and bearing in mind the restless attitude developing in Japan , determined to proceed . |
| 24 | Dalglish then handed over Livingstone and £400,000 to Chelsea in return for England Under-21 midfielder Le Saux , 24 , who has played only once since Dave Webb took charge at Stamford Bridge . |
| 25 | Shakespeare was only out twice , and perhaps one can understand why " Ruskin 's Selections " and " A Short History of the English People " only once and Herbert Martin 's " Selections from the Spectator " not at all , but the " Kipling Reader " would seem to deserve more than one lending . |
| 26 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that the need for a review in London goes back much further than Lord Ennals ? |
| 27 | The former Home Secretary took common ground with Mrs Thatcher in opposing a Brussels-dominated and economically illiberal ‘ Fortress Europe ’ and went much further than Mr Lawson or the pro-European cabinet majority in calling for a central bank on the looser American rather than Bundesbank model . |
| 28 | IT seems like only yesterday that Nigel Worthington set off from Ballymena to Notts County with the Ulster Young Player of the Year trophy and a Bass Irish Cup winners medal in his suitcase . |
| 29 | They have not won away for 24 games since they clinched the 1992 title , and there was never any prospect of them doing so yesterday once Ian Rush had struck after 24 minutes . |
| 30 | Was it perhaps partly that Mr Mandela , did she get the feeling , was pulling strings , leading the government along ? |