Example sentences of "[adv] and [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am a Member of Parliament , ’ said Nicholas , flushing even more furiously and unable to repress this dangerous admission . |
| 2 | The company has not laid off any employees , but overtime has been cut out and some work that was given to outside contractors , e.g. final ‘ shearing ’ up of carpets , is now done in the company . |
| 3 | Fine china sales have improved but the profit has n't and this needs some explanation . |
| 4 | With books of this nature , there is always the danger of varying quality between chapters , but happily the book 's editor has by and large overcome this difficulty . |
| 5 | According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . |
| 6 | It means actors are allowed by and large to have much more variety of work . ’ |
| 7 | Theoretically , it is taken as axiomatic in criminal law that intention is ‘ subjective ’ whereas contract lawyers by and large accept that intention is ‘ objective ’ . |
| 8 | Herzen had founded a " Free Russian Press " almost immediately after arriving in England in 1853 , but the fifteen flysheets and brochures he published between then and 1855 did little more than lose him money . |