Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The diatom analysis was sensitive enough to pick up land use changes : lake records detected pollen change , showing variation in vegetation , but it was the coincidence of the onset of acidification with the industrial revolution , its rapid acceleration after the Second World War when the consumption of fossil fuels leapt up , and the appearance of industrial metals , which made the conclusive link .
2 Mr Ball urged the Government not to whittle away mortgage relief and to have a neutral Budget to allow a longer period of stability .
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4 GRANDPARENTS welcomed a rare opportunity in Wirral yesterday to see how school life had changed since their own childhood .
5 There may be one or two senior field officers whose job is partly to give administrative assistance to the area supervisor , partly to carry out routine pollution control work in their own districts .
6 Therefore it does not seem to be necessary to encourage people who suffer from Chemical Dependency also to give up cigarette smoking ( except on grounds of general health ) for fear that it will spark off the compulsion to return to use of the original addictive drug of choice .
7 Worse still , we 're now entering that part of the year when those pathetic excuses ‘ leaves on the line ’ and ‘ the wrong type of snow ’ will be trotted out to explain away timetable chaos .
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