Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having dealt with the Heart and the Head , Virginia goes on to consider the fuller implications of the third part of her exhibition . |
| 2 | In eight or nine rounds the referee should be stepping in to rescue the younger man , unless he is knocked out . |
| 3 | This legendary descent begins from the Grands Montets and goes down to join the lower part of the Vallee Blanche . |
| 4 | The largely ceremonial meetings which began in Madrid on Oct. 30 were expected to last three days and were intended merely to initiate a wider negotiating process . |
| 5 | The enormous expansion of higher education since 1960 has arguably provided a further extension of opportunity , but it has not succeeded in developing parity of esteem with universities for institutions supposed to be concentrating on vocational and technical education — an aspect which , once again , has invited numerous international comparisons [ Postan , 1967 ; Robbins , 1963 ] . |
| 6 | The Architect and Building News of 10 January 1936 reported : Mr Oliver Hill 's romantic modernism has rarely found a happier destination than this charmingly picturesque house in the woods near Virginia Water . |
| 7 | It has since leased a further three aircraft from GPA . |
| 8 | Eraut ( 1977 ) avoids specifying the content or outcomes of teacher development , having rejected the assumption that a teacher who has developed has necessarily become a better teacher . |
| 9 | Even if it is not used much the trenchant criticisms of it would appear to demand reform , as it appears to be a blunt instrument which ‘ should be honed down to produce a greater quality of justice . ’ |
| 10 | Two cameras , switched to give an almost negative image that enhances the metallic quality of the foliage ( and presaging the Dalek gunfire effect mentioned earlier ) , pan across the ashen forest in sweeping arcs , their pictures mixed together giving a greater impression of size to the dense , white foliage . |
| 11 | It is also worthwhile attempting the occasional no airbrake touch down to get a better idea of how far your glider will float . |
| 12 | Faye pulled the flannelette blanket aside a little , already tender and protective of her child , and Belinda bent down to take a closer look . |
| 13 | But the depth of the speech 's radicalism has not reached a wider public . |
| 14 | In all cases the necessity of balancing professional and academic requirements has been recognised , with the inexorable move toward a ‘ graduate ’ profession being accepted responsibly , though more slowly than for similar professions : ‘ It is a matter for concern that , compared with other professions surveying has not made a greater impact upon university life and thought in general ’ ( Wells Report , 1960 ) . |
| 15 | Just after we closed for press on Friday , news came through that NCR Corp 's chairman and chief executive Gilbert Williamson would retire from the company in May and would be succeeded by Jerre Stead , currently president of AT&T Co 's Global Business Communications Systems , which he is credited with having turned around ; Stead , 50 , will have the title group executive-NCR , and will be succeeded by Patricia Russo , currently vice president-national sales and service for the Global Business Unit ; although the switch is being presented as amicable , there are mutters that AT&T is concerned that NCR has not had a higher profile since acquisition . |
| 16 | Just after we closed for press last week , news came through that NCR Corp 's chairman and chief executive Gilbert Williamson would retire from the company in May and would be succeeded by Jerre Stead , currently president of AT&T Co 's Global Business Communications Systems , which he is credited with having turned around ; Stead , 50 , will have the title group executive-NCR , and will be succeeded by Patricia Russo , currently vice president-national sales and service for the Global Business Unit ; although the switch is being presented as amicable , there are mutters that AT&T is concerned that NCR has not had a higher profile since acquisition . |
| 17 | A rehabilitated person is one who has been convicted of and sentenced for an offence or offences and who has not committed a further offence or offences during the appropriate rehabilitation period and that period has expired . |
| 18 | ( b ) if a competitor has already posted a higher offer ; |
| 19 | Cardiff has already begun a brighter future . |
| 20 | On the other hand , administrative law in the United States has generally evinced a greater concern for allowing interested parties to express their views , than has United Kingdom doctrine . |
| 21 | Many readers ask the same question , and the fact is you DO have to pay the correct price for goods , even if the shop has mistakenly put a lower price on the label . |
| 22 | ‘ No one has ever got the better of her yet . ’ |
| 23 | For women the never married group has always constituted a higher fraction of the older groups ; in 1980 it was 9 per cent of those aged 65 + , while the peak was 1951 when it was 16.3 per cent . |
| 24 | He has always appreciated the finer things in life and can often be seen lunching at London 's Savoy Grill . |
| 25 | No matter how you feed your horse , somebody else ( usually a self confessed expert with little or no qualifications ) has always got a better way . |
| 26 | VAUX chairman Paul Nicholson has always had a larger than life attitude to the manner in which he conducts his business . |
| 27 | In the intervening years the environmental lobby has probably gathered a broader basis of support , although , as we shall see later in this chapter , the values which are upheld are often more sectional than many environmentalists might suppose . |
| 28 | I think has probably got a better coverage on groups . |
| 29 | Babies born several weeks prematurely grow up to have a lower IQ on average by the ages of seven to 10 than children born at full term , according to research reported yesterday . |
| 30 | Although the official world championship did not start until 1950 , Hamilton has wisely used a broader brush with excellent effect to put the race in an accurate historical perspective . |