Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite a slight drop in new construction orders in May , compared with April , there has been an overall nationwide upward tend in the five months since last December , according to the latest figures prepared exclusively for Chartered Builder by Bournemouth based Glenigan Limited . |
| 2 | In business , an employee near retirement age may well be given a job with a grand title in a department which has little influence in the overall scheme of things . |
| 3 | After examining non-vocational adult education in England and Wales , this report suggested little change in the existing division of responsibility for adult education between LEAs , the university extra-mural departments and voluntary bodies such as the WEA . |
| 4 | The JDA annual report of 1989 saw little change in the Soviet military posture in the Far East and its potential threat to Japan , despite President Gorbachev 's announcement earlier in the year that its forces stationed in the Far East would be cut by 120,000 [ see p. 36642 ] . |
| 5 | Little change in the political map |
| 6 | There was , however , little change in the rigid separation of spheres between the male world of work and the world of home and family experienced by adult women . |
| 7 | On the other hand , sections from inflamed oesophageal mucosa contain little EGF in the capillary endothelium resulting in few EGF positive papillae . |
| 8 | It is often not appreciated , at least in the U.K. that the medical profession has had very little say in the major decisions about the design of the health services . |
| 9 | Larry Cummins recollected , ‘ I was looking out of the window while seated at my navigator 's table , and I saw a sizeable hole suddenly appear in the left wing . |
| 10 | hidden criticisms that only appear in the interpersonal context : the classic ‘ utopian plan ’ , ‘ not feasible ’ , ‘ without economic basis ’ |
| 11 | I am referring , of course , to the fact that birds ' knees apparently bend in the opposite direction to ours — they appear to lift their legs backwards in contrast to our forward movement ( Figure 5 ) . |
| 12 | The linguistic roots of the British Caribbean community obviously lie in the Caribbean . |
| 13 | However , in such a universe there would probably not be sufficient in the way of attractive forces to gather together matter in the large aggregates that are probably necessary for the development of complicated structures . |
| 14 | Russell Peters , who has hardly been in contention at all so far , won the Soling race , and although he is well behind Lawrie Smith on points , needs only finish in the top six to gain a match racing play-off for the team spot . |
| 15 | We 'd be living together like in the old days . |
| 16 | So get in the old shed and then we got a load of swedes , we put it in rack and we come out like chips , chips of raw swede , and then sugar beet pulp , which had come back from the factory . |
| 17 | There is , of course , much talk in the developed world that one of the roles of education is selection — picking out for advancement people who best fit a certain mould . |
| 18 | Since Illich sees only harm in the entire medical enterprise , however , he rejects solutions to democratise or control medical practice or equalise the distribution of medical care . |
| 19 | Now that you have the wealth of information about diet at your fingertips and the invaluable personal experience , you merely proceed in the same way as you did in Stage II of the diet . |
| 20 | THE TROUBLE with all this ‘ comeback ’ and ‘ reunion ’ malarkey is it can often destroy a band 's reputation or , worse still , make you realise they were n't much cop in the first place . |
| 21 | Participation could perhaps be increased if the event is planned beforehand ; for example , it might be an advantage if groups of children who all live in the same area arranged to meet and cycle to school together . |
| 22 | She was just about to turn away from the window when she thought she saw something suddenly move in the far corner of the walled garden . |
| 23 | Ghosts only live in the dim light . |
| 24 | Second-hand beliefs are not much help in the real world and adolescents who merely assent to what they are taught will find those beliefs of very little use when serious problems of life arise . |
| 25 | Do kin who are more distant in genealogical terms necessarily fall in the outer circle ? |
| 26 | For ‘ 92 we 're pleased to announce a new series of three night tours that not only take in the famous castle and village of Colditz , but also a good slice of what was until recently East Germany . |
| 27 | Typical quotes were : ‘ They only work in the nuclear industry ’ . |
| 28 | The statements with which respondents were invited to entirely agree , agree with qualification , or disagree , were : ( 12 ) Dreams only occur in the few moments before you wake up . |
| 29 | He would make less stir in the larger Aintree pool . |
| 30 | So they just sit in the inside lane do n't they , turn up the radio , or put a cassette in , or maybe even get their papers on their lap and , thing , yes , but then the ones that did n't do this planning are the ones that you see going see them , probably you . |