Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | has just completed an up-date for the Teachers ’ Directory to include all the newly qualified teachers and new addresses , telephone numbers etc. where known of established Q.T 's . |
| 2 | On a more phenomenological level , if we wanted some visual analogue to the associationist view of mental life we could not do much better than think of one of those ‘ psychedelic ’ slide-shows popular in the late 1960s , in which lights were projected through oil , producing coloured globs which met , merged and repelled in a series of kaleidoscopic patterns . |
| 3 | According to UBS Phillips & Drew , building societies survived the downturn in the housing market better than expected in 1992 ; the brokers forecast that falls in pre-tax profits will average only 7% . |
| 4 | If having encountered , say , the Rite , Petrushka , and Firebird , you wish to make further inroads into Stravinsky 's compositional genius , you could hardly do better than invest in this splendid disc . |
| 5 | Calm water : Mushroom anemones seem to fare much better if placed in quiet areas of the tank , where the current is n't strong enough to actually move the disc of the polyp . |
| 6 | Spring is generally the season in which to sow , but some germinate better if sown in late summer or early autumn , that is , as soon as the parent plants have flowered and set seed , and the seed has ripened . |
| 7 | Oregon only provided Medicaid to those whose incomes were 58 per cent below the federal poverty line . |
| 8 | The panel could support such a project contrary to the county structure plan and the south Buckinghamshire local plan only if satisfied on three counts : first , that the need is abundantly clear ; secondly , that the way of tackling the flooding problem as set out in the application is undoubtedly the best of all possible alternatives ; and thirdly , that a wide variety of outstanding issues are each resolved in the best possible way . |
| 9 | In most of these countries ethanol production is likely to be attractive only if based on surplus low-cost biomass materials such as molasses and agricultural crop residues ( or sugar-cane during periods of world sugar surpluses ) . |
| 10 | Congress would remain free to re-order its priorities , but the overall balance of the budget could be altered only if approved by two-thirds of both houses of Congress , other than in time of war , when the measure could be waived by a simple majority . |
| 11 | This is sometimes quite difficult if funded by governments , but even more so if funded by bilateral aid , where the donor may have its own ideas on the subject . |
| 12 | They agreed to extract oil quickly , but argued they would not be able to do so if hindered by trifling safety regulations that applied to on-shore industries . |
| 13 | But there it is , and outside and foreign firms will put money in , especially if subsidized by temporary government measures , for as you know , public investment in private industry is judged to be ideologically correct , while public investment for public and community concerns is judged ideologically to be harmful , but the firms are interested in making money out of the region if I may so put it , not in sustaining world promotion and healthy living in the region . |
| 14 | The history and clinical signs are often sufficient for the diagnosis of the acute syndrome especially if supported by faecal worm egg counts . |
| 15 | The Policy Advisory Committee expressed the view that ‘ some indecent acts other than sexual intercourse , especially if repeated over any length of time , can perhaps be as harmful as sexual intercourse , and that they represent just as much an abuse of the familial relationship as acts of sexual intercourse . ’ |
| 16 | The products of their industry were of course quite fresh and unpatinated , whereas the genuine flint artefacts had a white or brown patination especially if buried in chalky soil . |
| 17 | It has even been suggested that such observation , especially if associated with low morale among staff , may actually increase the risk of suicide ( Kobler and Stotland 1964 ) . |
| 18 | Any uncharacteristic vaginal discharge , especially if accompanied by lower abdominal pain or fever . |
| 19 | Therapy aimed at amelioration of these behaviours can reduce the risk of relapse ( Leff et al. 1982 , 1985 ) especially if combined with family-orientated problem-solving ( Falloon et al. 1982 ) . |
| 20 | And he shook his head in wonder , his earlier agitation all but undercut by this new discovery . |
| 21 | In France , the Socialist Party has been all but destroyed by crushing defeat in the general election in March . |
| 22 | The Slav-Greek-Viking metropolis was capital of one of the greatest states in medieval Europe : it was all but destroyed in 1240 by the Mongols under Genghis Khan 's grandson Khan Baty . |
| 23 | Saddened that polytechnics have been unable to throw off the second-class public image , Teesside University 's director , Dr Michael Longfield said : ‘ The three polytechnics in the North-East have been universities in all but name for many years . ’ |
| 24 | It was n't intended ; none of them had been paying any attention to the world round about : they 'd all but walked into one another . |
| 25 | Later , in November 1918 , all internal and foreign trade was nationalised , the latter having little practical significance at that time , since foreign trade had by then all but ceased in those parts of the country in the control of the Soviets . |
| 26 | The annihilation had all but occurred in far-off Europe , but that with which he wrestled was of even deeper concern — the cessation of the faith from within . |
| 27 | The brave heroes returned to an epidemic of influenza which all but carried off those who had survived a living hell . |
| 28 | On ‘ Send Me A Flower ’ he sings of ‘ dying inside ’ while on ‘ Below ’ he all but drowns in self-conscious misery : ‘ Somebody cried , nobody hears today , I wonder if they did before , I 'm hopelessly lost inside . ’ |
| 29 | Two other electric vehicles , the tram and the trolleybus have all but disappeared from British streets . |
| 30 | The difficulties of the cruise are all but forgotten by most . |