Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [be] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already , Cohen has isolated more than a thousand contigs , each containing an average of 15 yeast artificial chromosomes average of 15 yeast artificial chromosomes ( YACs ) and covering more than 70 per cent of the genome , while the number of markers on the map that Weissenbach and his colleagues reported last year has since been more than doubled and is set shortly to double again . |
| 2 | THE Berlin Wall has long been more than the ugliest symbol of Europe 's division . |
| 3 | Giving good Press : Fashanu has always been more than just a footballer |
| 4 | Next , I would like to thank John for his support and encouragement I 'd like to mention Carole who has always been there when I 've needed At this point who again has always been very supportive I also want to thank members of the regional both past and present , but particularly I 'd like to thank all the regional officers and staff for their assistance and particularly George , Hugh and the officer I would also like to thank regional political officer for the Midlands and East Coast we now hold all the major positions of the Labour Party with I would also like to thank the national food and leisure committee for their help and support and particularly to David , Nick and To conclude , President , I 'd like to express my sincere thanks and love to those important people around me , my family . |
| 5 | However , the increased rate at which new patients are admitted has clearly been more than matched by the rate at which patients have been discharged . |
| 6 | After the terrible decades of Cold War and such near approaches to Hot War as the Cuba crisis , after decades in which the whole of Eastern Europe was a remote and hostile armed camp , the sudden thaw in which all of Europe seemed caught up was more than a political event . |
| 7 | I wonder if she has n't been down because she do n't know if you know or not . |
| 8 | From year to year and then he , he 's fair now , it has n't been there since I 've been home , so it has n't |
| 9 | Further genetic progress on mastitis resistance is expected because the weighting gives to it in the Norwegian breeding programme has recently been more than doubled . |
| 10 | Leaves on the line and the wrong kind of snow leave this train undaunted — it has never been more than 10 minutes late . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd better be off before we quarrel a second time , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , David , we 'd better be off if we 're to be back in time for this afternoon 's session . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You 'd better be out when she comes , ’ he told her , but she did n't want telling twice . |
| 14 | if I 'd only been there when he died , I 'd of hold his hands , blah , blah , oh God , poor lass |
| 15 | They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd already been away since I was nine , ’ Philip retorted . |
| 17 | The steps by which a budgetary control system is built up are basically as follows : |
| 18 | He 'd never had a serious illness since a bout of pneumonia in childhood , and he 'd never been less than whole . |
| 19 | More than a hundred Unionist MPs were usually away from the House on military service , and 125 Unionist agents served in the trenches ; the party organization was used in the war effort at no cost to the country ; every local party was decimated by volunteers who joined up in the first rush ; and at every level , the number who joined up was more than matched by those indirectly involved through recruiting , raising money , running war charities or breeding remounts . |
| 20 | Phillips what a wonderful ball that almost turned out be there because er Crosby had it not been a better defender would have been in behind Whitlow . |
| 21 | If plants have anything wrong with them it may have already been there when they were obtained , or it is a sign that they are not being grown in the right conditions . |
| 22 | So that I think , had the subject been injustice , it would have just been just as er , exciting as justice , fact or fiction . |
| 23 | If I go , If I could just to , to bring go , right back to a point you made much earlier coming off is exactly as you 've described it for most people |
| 24 | And the other reason they do n't want to turn up is primarily because they do know that we have compulsory purchase powers and the planning — the paper put forward by the Chief Planning Officer today was a vindication of wage for a good many years , a good many months rather , that we do have compulsory purchase powers and we are able to use them and it was specifically asked at the Panel today , by both Monty Finnist and Sir Monty Finnist and Tony Christopher , why does n't the City Council market this site and use its compulsory purchase powers and that 's one question to address tomorrow as a politician who could make that decision . |
| 25 | Most people prefer to avoid pursuing a claim if it means going to court because of the expense , which can sometimes end up being more than the amount of money in dispute . |
| 26 | What was now involved here was more than the imposition of Offa 's overlordship upon the rulers of Kent ; it was the annexation of the province and the suppression of the native line . |
| 27 | I have heard there are more than two ways you can have it and it works out cheaper the more you get if you have it the other way . |
| 28 | The turnabout Howard and Mark conjured up was more than I could have expected . |
| 29 | Do n't be more than five minutes . ’ |
| 30 | The daughter of a warehouseman , she was 26 years old in 1910 , so had presumably been more than ten years in the trade . |