Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reply read : ‘ I duly acknowledge receipt of correspondence sent in respect of children in care and confirm that the mail has now been forwarded accordingly . ’ |
| 2 | Idealism , and the quest for action , drove him to change regiments and branches of the service , and so lose chances of promotion beyond the rank of subaltern . |
| 3 | The deviation of the feminine term from the profession into other meanings partly reflects the assumed impossibility that women should occupy these positions , and the ensuing implication that women only occupy head of household positions by virtue of selling sexual services to men , whereas in the acting profession women are much more ‘ equal ’ . |
| 4 | Railway and port facilities will be needed and higher levels of mine mechanization if coal production is to achieve levels which not only supply 70% of energy demand but afford an opportunity for exports . |
| 5 | Gently remove sprigs of rosemary from the stalk and sprinkle over chicken with chopped parsley . |
| 6 | Each has been trying to outbid the rest in an attempt to gain market share and so exploit economies of scale . |
| 7 | The fairly long seek times of CD-ROM , caused by its CLV retrieval system , can still cause pauses of between a half and one second while the read head moves from one part of the disc to another . |
| 8 | So suppose we attempt , for example , to phrase accounts of the pragmatic notion of presupposition in terms of appropriateness conditions , we shall find that they wrongly predict conditions of usage . |
| 9 | Even low-sugar rusks can contain up to 15 per cent sugar so give crusts of toast or a scrubbed carrot to gnaw on instead . |
| 10 | On these grounds , Acts of Parliament which inadvertently contradict elements of Community law are modified so as to comply with the European Communities Act . |
| 11 | You perhaps get restoration of fishery or enhancement of amenity or enhancement of the quality of the water such that it can be used for a far wider spectrum of requirements than it was before . |
| 12 | If historians only uncover images of disability in charity advertising and stories of helplessness or courage , with no alternatives , what will that mean for a future population of disabled people ? |
| 13 | Evidence from the results of parallel tests with questions differing only in the numbers used showed that test results for individuals can be variable and so produce misclassifications of mastery . |
| 14 | The accession of Coenred ( 716–18 ) ( HE V , 22 ) , son of Cuthwine , son of Leodwald , a representative of a hitherto obscure line of Bernician aristocrats who appears in the Anglian genealogies as a descendant of Ida , set a new pattern . |
| 15 | They had all become part of campus life but the chuguo chao , the ‘ going abroad tide ’ , was probably the most noticeable and was certainly a ‘ hot topic ’ ( translated from the Chinese ‘ redian ’ ) among students . |
| 16 | These include the T cell receptor ( CD3 ) and its coreceptors CD4 and CD8 , which together recognise complexes of antigen peptide and major histocompatibility complex on other cells ; the major histocompatibility complex molecules themselves ; and lymphocyte function-related antigen 2 ( LFA-2 or CD2 ) , a receptor for another immuno-globulin-like molecule , LFA3 , expressed on other cells . |
| 17 | Maybe deficiency of income affects health ; but so do housing and the environment , and so do conditions of employment . |
| 18 | At the outset this seems an onerous task , as not only do gallons of water lie on the sail but the wind is also trying to hold the sail down . |
| 19 | In these cases some psychiatrists resort to the description ‘ schizoaffective ’ which , although itself an old term , is now often used in recognition of the fact that the traditional categories of schizophrenia and affective psychosis really only represent varieties of insanity as they occur in their pure forms . |
| 20 | The middle classes , especially those in government service , have to move from place to place and so need continuity of curriculum . |
| 21 | Some of these representatives by sheer ability and drive make themselves indispensable to the successful working of the machine ; others merely represent points of view which come into conflict with it . |
| 22 | Regan ( 1977 ) complains about the lack of statistics on their background but says there are still some subject areas where inspectors only have experience of grammar and independent schools . |
| 23 | Since that time , not only have views of education and educational research changed , but so have views of science . |
| 24 | Since that time , not only have views of education and educational research changed , but so have views of science . |
| 25 | Since that time , not only have views of education and educational research changed , but so have views of science . |
| 26 | Since that time , not only have views of education and educational research changed , but so have views of science . |
| 27 | Shoulders hunched into the collar of his leather jacket , fists clenched inside the pockets , eyes little worry beads of suspicion . |
| 28 | In summary , Paint and Create does very little that has not been done elsewhere — but what it does achieve is to bring together in one coherent and consistent product a series of easy to use enjoyable programs that will delight the younger user , and more importantly provoke use of imagination and of creative thought . |
| 29 | It can have location , and thus suffer loss of location , only by relationship with another event . |
| 30 | However , Abiko Seigo , a manager with the same corporation , complains that otaku types easily lose sight of company goals beyond the project before them . |