Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upon taking up his new post , he discovered that the bearings were not strong enough and put great strains upon the axles which broke regularly . |
| 2 | During the first excitation interval ( i.e. the time between first and second step commands ) the motor must move far enough and attain sufficient velocity to ensure that synchronism with the step commands is maintained when the excitation changes from BC to CD . |
| 3 | Other critics shared his view that enough was enough and gave both Marilyn French 's The War Against Women and Susan Faludi 's Backlash a pretty cool reception . |
| 4 | After a long running row with the locals , the diocese has decided enough is enough and plan legal action . |
| 5 | Attempts to straighten out the Lang Lang river in Australia between 1920 and 1923 caused a series of cuts into the bank , which progressed rapidly upstream and destroyed seven bridges . |
| 6 | He has wrapped up warmly and wears good walking boots , old and reliable . |
| 7 | If Ferdinando left the Brownings service and came in with her , adopting his rightful position , then she could manage even better and take more boarders and they would be self-supporting besides living together always . |
| 8 | The wet and windy conditions prevailing were not conducive to good hockey , with the visitors adapting better and taking both points in a creditable 2–1 win . |
| 9 | The Whitby line , another which has been the subject of closure worries , will serve shoppers better and has new connections at Grosmont for the North York Moors Railway . |
| 10 | There are , of course , the alternatives that people behave better and commit less crime ; or that the police become less effective and catch fewer villains . |
| 11 | Cross-references direct students to compound nouns , opposites , confusables , and related words so that they understand words better and learn more vocabulary |
| 12 | She giggled suddenly and took another swig from the bottle , carelessly wiping away the champagne that trickled down the sides of her mouth with the back of her hand , in a gesture that proved to this man she was n't the least bit impressed or intimidated by his overbearing attitude . |
| 13 | He stopped suddenly and took another mouthful of lamb . |
| 14 | You know , we do n't stand back idly and see one man penalized . |
| 15 | I jumped in and frothed about a bit , then went back inside and made some coffee . |
| 16 | Let's go inside and have that dinner I promised you . ’ |
| 17 | They completed the epic length ‘ The Daleks ’ Master Plan' story as a joint endeavour early in 1966 , but thereafter they expressed a wish to branch outwards and explore new design horizons . |
| 18 | Provided both are prepared to give some ground it is possible to sort out roles afresh and to plan new patterns for the marriage . |
| 19 | It often involves looking at problems afresh and giving serious consideration to ideas which have traditionally been regarded as impossible or is practicable . |
| 20 | I went back to it carefully , stroking it gently and making shushing noises with my mouth . |
| 21 | However , conductors of each group would meet daily and discuss minor adjustments to the programmes . |
| 22 | This is the raison d'être of the Communities ' official publication Directory of Community Legislation in Force , which is re-edited annually and lists all Community legislation in force at the date of publication along with indications of all amendments to it . |
| 23 | If you do not wish to receive any of these offers — now or at any time in the future — please complete your personal details , tick the box below and return this form by post ( no stamp needed ) to Thames Water Utilities , Freepost , Swindon , SN2 6BR . |
| 24 | She turned away impatiently and opened another case . |
| 25 | Layers of organic muds of swamp origin will be interspersed with wedge-shaped horizons of marine sediments thinning landwards and representing marine advance , however this may have been caused , levees of coarser sediment will follow the courses of former distributaries , while fanshaped spreads of such material will mark the sites of levee breaches . |
| 26 | We should debate and argue at , at every level to ensure the local government receives the money available to provide efficient , effective services and , and not be subject to the whims of the market economy where cowboy contractors can come in and undercut in-house tenders in order to gain local authority services . |
| 27 | And yet it is still against the law of the land for another ordained Anglican leader to come in and plant another church to help reach the people ! |
| 28 | ‘ Participate in and develop cooperative training schemes with neighbouring Authorities and with library schools ’ . |
| 29 | This is because a socially and economically dominant group is best able to engage in and control all aspects of contemporary culture , setting norms and values for others . |
| 30 | And she reached up and rubbed out the two upright strokes , replacing them with diagonal ones leaning in and touching each other at the top . |