Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But some big names have crept in as well — Abbey National , the Woolwich , Northern Rock , National & Provincial and the Leeds have all demonstrated a commitment to keeping overall costs as low as possible . |
| 2 | The decision by Deloitte to pull out comes just one week after the collapse of talks between Price Waterhouse and Arthur Andersen . |
| 3 | How the vision is communicated thus becomes as important as what is communicated . |
| 4 | Indeed the kind of situation which so often arose elsewhere seems more akin to the ‘ restricted ’ literacy that characterised pre-alphabetic scripts . |
| 5 | The old adage that you only get out what you put in becomes very meaningful and it is only too easy to miss an employee out of a list because a code has been entered incorrectly or because information is inconsistent . |
| 6 | Boulestin 's writing still seems so fresh and original that it comes as a shock to realize that these happenings occurred over forty years ago , and that his first cookery book Simple French Cooking for English Homes appeared in 1923 . |
| 7 | To help a pregnant woman avoid certain foods , Ms Profet notes that , during the early stages , women 's sense of smell becomes more acute , food lingers longer in their stomachs and the brain centre that triggers vomiting also becomes more sensitive . |
| 8 | Doak now has over 30 written accounts of dolphins living in close proximity to humans . |
| 9 | Then cut a strip of green card 30 × 6cm and cut deep zigzags along one edge to represent the grass . |
| 10 | For ma , accepting the fact that it will rain today seems as difficult as coming to terms with the amputation of a limb . |
| 11 | A moment 's thought soon shows how difficult it will be to achieve this if conventional training routes are followed ! |
| 12 | Transworld also has yet another Anne McCaffrey , Crystal Line ( £4.99 ) , in A format . |
| 13 | ‘ Yet the number of motorists testing positively remains almost eight per cent , the same as last year , ’ Mr Girven said . |
| 14 | Their intense , passionate and ultimately destructive relationship is detailed with great intimacy and , although there is a foreboding sense of imminent danger throughout , the going never gets too tough . |
| 15 | In the later years , teaching generally becomes less formal . |
| 16 | Only takes about takes about ten , not even that , to get to Witham station to get like to London and Kingston and e all your other sort |
| 17 | The eastern capital , in turn , influenced the Venetian culture and the architectural form which developed here owes as much to Oriental bias as it does to Italy , particularly after the passage of two or three centuries . |
| 18 | Extra money for waiting lists has virtually abolished waits for two years — though this has meant more people waiting under one — and targets are being reset to reduce most waits below 18 months . |
| 19 | Cheesemaking only becomes totally economic if all the products from the process can be used . |
| 20 | Very few features appear to be attributable solely to the action of wind-driven sand and Cotton ( 1942 ) mentions only yardangs as likely to be caused solely by wind action . |
| 21 | Running away brings far more problems than it solves . |
| 22 | It is often the most common and mundane finds , such as sherds of broken pottery , that prove the most useful : a spectacular find usually provides relatively little information because it is so rare . |
| 23 | Age clearly does not weary him . |
| 24 | Papert also recognises that much of what he wants remains in the realm of aspiration . |
| 25 | Even in the wet , quelling the chassis ' instinct to run wide requires concertedly judicious throttle juggling . |
| 26 | At the time of writing , doubt still exists over two important issues relating to Japanese cars . |
| 27 | Telephoning the elderly who live alone needs even more care and tact than talking with them in the course of a visit . |
| 28 | From a distance of two weeks , the initial reaction to defeat also seems unnecessarily despondent . |
| 29 | Winning also brings more tangible rewards . |
| 30 | Tipple also pleads not guilty to resisting arrest . |