Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Queen Victoria lived on to see these tremendous changes and in June 1897 , when the British Empire was probably at its peak , she celebrated her Diamond Jubilee with great pomp and ceremony . |
| 2 | Clarke goes on to argue that Industrial Democracy as currently envisaged would actually tend to suppress industrial militancy and weaken entrenched working class resistance to capitalist control , thereby reducing the chances of ‘ genuine ’ workers ' control over production at some future date . |
| 3 | When Mr Royalton-Kisch goes on to describe this joint session of study as a ‘ known feature of the Rembrandt workshop ’ , I am delighted because it is the very foundation of my own very different view of Rembrandt and his school . |
| 4 | The motion goes on to say that sponsored MPs should not pair with erm Conservatives . |
| 5 | He goes on to relate many other such stories , mainly involving apparitions on the mission field . |
| 6 | Having established the presence of money as pure symbol and medium of abstract and relational thought , Simmel goes on to address several major features of such a state and to show how money may stand as the quintessence of each . |
| 7 | He goes on to advise those still wrestling with uncertainty , ‘ He or she ought to examine , with the help of others , what his or her own attitudes to sexuality really are . |
| 8 | He explained : ‘ We were all reluctant to carry on delivering these lethal weapons . |
| 9 | Fiona is planning to continue raising funds for charity in this way next year , so all overseas travellers are asked to carry on donating those small coins that the banks do n't want ! |
| 10 | It was n't easy , but she forced herself to go on meeting that blue gaze without flinching . |
| 11 | Remarkably , by the time the boy reached London , contrary to the general prognosis , the ulcer had healed sufficiently to avoid any major surgery . |
| 12 | This year 's Convention remembered the Doolittle Raiders an impressive collection of B–25 Mitchell bombers were gathered together to re-enact that historic first air attack ( April 18 , 1942 ) by US Forces on Japan , operating , as President Roosevelt called it , from Shangri La ! |
| 13 | They were intended merely to acquire enough western technical knowledge , particularly in military matters , to help strengthen the defensive powers of an empire increasingly threatened by European armies . |
| 14 | Farren , who beat Fisher 3-2 in last August 's Hellerman Deutsch Classic , has since suffered some unexpected defeats , winning only the Pontin 's Women 's Bowl , this May . |
| 15 | Lee , 49 , who built up a paper recycling business which he sold for more than £8 million and has since developed several other companies , says he wants to make Manchester City the top club in the country . |
| 16 | He served in the Queen 's Own Cameron Highlanders during the last war and has since held many executive positions which have brought prosperity and jobs to Scotland . |
| 17 | Its evident thinness corresponds also to Ginguene 's observation : ‘ this thick rod which Rousseau mocks … has since got much more diminutive ’ . |
| 18 | A Japanese religious group has successfully converted several French nuclear scientists to the cause of peace . |
| 19 | I 've got to find somewhere to put all that sugar . |
| 20 | While these , of course , are unique to each school , other schools , by using similar methods , would come up with their own action plans , secure in the knowledge that those most involved with the school have had a chance to pull together to ensure that appropriate learning , with support , is taking place . |
| 21 | Regardless of whether this critic has inadvertently recommended some English a cappella recordings in the very act of eloquently disparaging them , every listener , both in England and abroad , will know what the phrase ‘ overwhelming grisaille ’ is intended to convey . |
| 22 | Chloe Joe has obviously had some terrifying experiences , and she certainly needs to be ‘ de-sensitised ’ to every sort of household noise , family and friends . |
| 23 | Some ants hunt in swarms many thousands strong , scouring the forest floor for centipedes and spiders , termites and scorpions , mice and lizards , indeed any small inhabitants of the rain forest floor . |
| 24 | I was never so self-assured again , though I rallied enough to get some good results in the School Certificate exams , and joined in enough activities — rowing , choir , dramatic society — to be dubbed as an all-rounder by the headmaster ( a description which brought jeers from my schoolmates ) . |
| 25 | no doubt you 've come down to watch some decent cricket . |
| 26 | The decline of empire has only made these deep-seated attitudes more pronounced . |
| 27 | One has only to recall such beautiful horn solos as that in the Andante of Tchaikovsky 's 5th Symphony , and Mendelssohn 's Nocturne from the Midsummer Night 's Dream music , to mention but two examples , to realise this . |
| 28 | One has only to read these two subsections to appreciate that in appeals in respect of contempt , the court has a complete discretion fettered only by the need to do justice . |
| 29 | Although the product is still under development , DataFocus has apparently had some good results with a number of unidentified packages . |
| 30 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the United Kingdom has many more women in work than any other European nation and that tax relief on workplace nurseries , which was introduced in the 1990 Budget by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer , my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister , has greatly assisted many working women ? |