Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowledge , teaching and learning are only justified in so far as they contribute to that much more ambitious end . |
| 2 | Erm , that had better come over here really had n't it . |
| 3 | This is presumably because the situation was not foreseen : the Code takes a very strict line on questioning after charge , a course of action only permitted in very narrowly defined circumstance under caution ( para . |
| 4 | This ‘ immediacy ’ of meaning in oral society he relates to the society 's functional needs , citing Malinowski 's claim that ‘ in the Trobriands the outer world was only named in so far as it yielded useful things ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 5 | We have all endured for far too long , the blatherings of scientific greybeards regarding ‘ The Expanding Universe ’ . |
| 6 | This is the kind of thing that we really ought to be addressing because this actually addresses the safety of people in this county , not only the safety of people , this addresses the safety of property as well and there 's no disagreement about the fact that this enormous development that 's happened over the last few years in an area where you 've got a regular traffic snarl-ups mean that you have got a potential disaster there on your hands and we 're jolly lucky we have n't any more serious incidents than we 've had already and so I can see no reason why these two mo these two amendments should n't both happily be accepted though I 'm very cynical about the number of times we 've spent the airport money already and sooner or later we 've obviously got to actually seriously address that but the important thing is that we do all take it seriously and it seems that we all do now take it seriously . |
| 7 | Projected profiles consist of drawing the first section completely , while parallel sections behind the first are only drawn in so far as they project above earlier sections ( Fig. 9.17 ) . |
| 8 | The conflict was merely postponed to either later again in the meeting or the next one . |
| 9 | The lads have all knitted in together extremely well , and we appear reasonably settled , apart from a few niggling injuries . ’ |
| 10 | The letters they exchanged were formal , just words on a piece of paper ; the warmth they had all shared for so long was missing . |
| 11 | Con had jumped at the chance of taking Cedric and the pair had apparently settled in happily together . |
| 12 | This was a difficult decision , but since we moved back God has been very gracious , and we have all settled in really easily . |
| 13 | Since then it has been brilliantly restored to as close to its original condition as can be . |
| 14 | He rebuked me because I 'd apparently stepped in too quickly with the next question before he 'd finished answering the last one . |
| 15 | McGoldrick signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and said : ‘ I 'm delighted it 's all gone through so smoothly . ’ |
| 16 | It was a wholly objectionable idea , it was rightly opposed by very nearly everybody who spoke in the debate and the Government has withdrawn from that decision and that I welcome unreservedly but My Lords a great deal that is objectionable remains in Clause two of this Bill . |
| 17 | Amongst the many things Sue and Colin have worked on , the walled garden is much improved with very pretty herbaceous borders and a lawn laid out with parasoled tables and chairs , where guests can relax with a drink on a warm summer 's evening . |
| 18 | The task of making Ostia into a large and suitable port to serve Rome with a tremendous quantity of goods , particularly salt and grain , continued over many years , and the building of harbours and dredging of the river were not completed until about A.D. 54 . |
| 19 | He went on , ‘ I dared not come on too heavily in case I frightened you off . |
| 20 | It 's not come from anywhere else it 's not a group standard |
| 21 | Traditionally , phonemes were supposed not to overlap in their allophones , so that the only plosives that could have allophones with bilabial place of articulation were and ; this restriction is no longer looked on as so important . |
| 22 | Admission to a partnership is no longer looked upon so frequently as in the past as a job for life either by the individual solicitor whose loyalty to the firm may well be strained by the availability elsewhere of fresh challenges for greater rewards or by the firm which will be reluctant to tolerate any falling off in the performance of its partners which may affect overall profit levels . |
| 23 | Before we turn to that material we must look at the course the narrative has taken since the beginning of Genesis , reminding ourselves yet again of familiar events , and skimming through areas we have not looked at so far . |
| 24 | I had not prayed for so long I did n't know what to say . |
| 25 | Later , Patrick discovered that Tracey 's tree would not balance as one rod was not pushed in as far as the others . |
| 26 | He hurried out of the house and towards the place which he had not visited for so long . |
| 27 | Cleaner 's not , the cleaner 's not done behind here yet . |
| 28 | Dong , because of his unusual height , had a clear view of the new arrivals above the heads of the crowd — and within a matter of seconds his startled eyes fell on two familiar faces that he had not seen for well over a year . |
| 29 | By contrast , more discriminating observers have often found room for praise ; and Englishmen themselves , especially those who have not dwelt for long elsewhere , or have resisted the seductions of lands nearer the equator , are evidently very proud of their climate . |
| 30 | These diverging processes are best thought of as locally autonomous in the manner of the ‘ recursive ’ procedure of Chapter 3 , rather than as coordinated in some grand central design . |