Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wintering population has increased considerably in recent years , but little change at other seasons is apparent . |
| 2 | The winter population has declined in recent years , but little change at other seasons is apparent . |
| 3 | For adult offenders the picture showed little change from previous years and indeed the number of sentenced adult male prisoners had increased . |
| 4 | Havis himself did most of the cockpit shots , and these are skilfully intercut into air-to-air shots of Concorde , including a beautiful head-on one ( used several times ) of the Great White Dart skimming the cloud-tops leaving a vortex of white in its high-speed wake . |
| 5 | When they were amongst themselves they used nicknames , but as these rarely appear in official documents the historian has a difficult task to disentangle one member from another . |
| 6 | Despite the agreed arrangement between the Russian and American Presidents to have direct contact by means of the hot-line , there existed much distrust between those powers and every possible means was used to spy on the other , including space satellites and high flying aeroplanes . |
| 7 | Nuisances and abominations of all sorts are without scruple committed to the streets at any hour of the day of night , to await the morning visit of the scavenger to remove them : and happy indeed is it for the humble pedestrian if his eye and nose alone suffer from these ejectments ; happy indeed if he comes not in contact with them , as they make their unceremonious exit from window or door … |
| 8 | Nor did the ‘ moderates ’ see much gain from Iranian films winning at international festivals . |
| 9 | Conversely there are herbivore grazers , of which parrotfish are a typical example , which inadvertently graze upon sessile invertebrates when cropping algae from coral rock . |
| 10 | The TSB 's new Family Bonus plan allows up to eight in a family to pool their nest eggs and so qualify for higher rates of interest . |
| 11 | But I think the problem is that you you only concentrate on little bits at a time . |
| 12 | [ 6,7 ] They naturally concentrate on older children who begin to use words but who need translators and guides so that their words and behaviour are understood by adults and so that the actions of well-intentioned doctors and nurses can be made less threatening to the child . |
| 13 | The boundaries of physics constantly change as new discoveries are made , e.g. the discovery of new fundamental particles . |
| 14 | They perhaps correspond in some ways to those of our new friend , Mr Bodenland . |
| 15 | Only we British valiantly battle with elastic bands and hairgrips to control the frizzies . |
| 16 | In toto , these constitute an image of a world filled with dangers , human and non-human , known and unknown , which constantly menace from all sides , and against which the lone individual is helpless . |
| 17 | These all fly at similar speeds and have rather light stick forces like a glider . |
| 18 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 19 | Add the tomatoes , tomato purée and wine , season and gently cook for 5 minutes . |
| 20 | Mr Deputy Speaker , members opposite speak with forked tongues . |
| 21 | Improvements in our ability to forecast future trends in drug-taking and drug problems greatly depend upon theoretical developments in the social and human sciences , as well as upon the design and proper funding of large-scale , longitudinal research investigations . |
| 22 | AN instant testing kit for cancer will end patients ' agonisingly long wait for vital results . |
| 23 | The creation of a ‘ front ’ without sharing power may suffice to secure an agency 's legitimacy and respectability , but it may be necessary to share power and so succumb to external pressures . |
| 24 | British concerns do not of course merely consist of such generalities . |
| 25 | Yet , in practice , students in Western countries only protest about these things if they can detect them in their own , or allied , cultures . |
| 26 | If we concentrate only on Japan and the East Asian NICs , the choices , although somewhat inchoate between national strategies , do appear to have some common elements oriented towards re-casting the organizational and industrial relations arena in terms consonant with those which marked the 1980s revival of neo-conservative liberal analysis . |
| 27 | Volunteers constantly tug in all directions while others bewail the imminent end of the organization — just as they did last week , last year and ( in a few cases ) last decade . |
| 28 | For the first time a non-aligned state provided not only support for Soviet warships on a commercial basis but did so without in the process tarnishing its non-aligned credentials . |
| 29 | Generally she finds only support from male paddlers to her on the water though when there is a separate ladies ' event at a rodeo it is not always taken seriously . |
| 30 | The compassion and sympathy which the victims of these offences naturally cause in all policemen can sometimes be complicated by the anger and emotional hatred felt toward the perpetrator , and the tough type of policeman may find it difficult to distance the one reaction from the other . |