Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although rainfall has now returned to normal , Georgia 's leaders remain keenly conscious that water is a scarce commodity , to be carefully managed . |
| 2 | Nothing succeeded so much as success for the organization . |
| 3 | Lebanon 's own power-sharing institutions lasted longest and only finally fragmented when Muslim–Maronite friction — and foreign interference — became so intense that parliament could no longer elect a president . |
| 4 | The drops of water became so naughty that Rain Cloud decided to teach them a lesson . |
| 5 | From an ideological point of view , the anti-democratic nature of the Spanish regime became less significant once communism had replaced fascism as the perceived principal threat to world peace . |
| 6 | Why do n't you admit he 's peddling rather more than leather bags ? ’ |
| 7 | The first round of public consultations considered only environmental and health issues . |
| 8 | His skin , which had looked so moist and fungoid , was now smooth and clear , his flesh firm . |
| 9 | ST MICHAEL 99p for six ( 16p each ) : The attractive latticework top looks nicely brown and sugary . |
| 10 | By the end of the 1950s that argument was becoming less effective as time blurred the collective memory of the Republic and an increasingly large sector of the population had no direct experience of either the Republic or the Civil War . |
| 11 | Tous Les Matins Du Monde needs more light and shade . |
| 12 | Many of the younger recruits are regarded by older hands as extremely idealistic , a quality deemed more vice than virtue since too passionate a commitment to controlling pollution leads to aggressiveness in dealings with dischargers . |
| 13 | Not only have expectations of the future of oil prices been progressively lowered thus making most synfuel projects appear more expensive but investment cost estimates of these huge projects have also risen inexorably as the industry has reached a more exact comprehension of the real engineering costs . |
| 14 | He explained that the British envisaged that the union , having at its apex the European Council consisting of heads of government , would have beneath it distinct pillars of co-operation , with the Treaty of Rome and intergovernmental pillars representing respectively foreign and security policy co-operation and actions against drugs and terrorism overseen by interior and justice ministers . |
| 15 | These foreign-owned firms were responsible for about 20 per cent of UK manufacturing output — a slightly lower proportion than in France , West Germany or Italy , but becoming more diverse as investment from the EC , Japan and other industrialized countries increased while that of the USA declined . |
| 16 | Do you remember much about the the attitude of the of the old L N E R management you know , er especially during the lead-up from Labour coming to power , and it becoming more obvious that nationalization would in fact take place ? |
| 17 | Daily we are becoming more aware that AIDS is as much a development issue as it is a health issue . |
| 18 | Ultramontanism was becoming more vigorous and initiative among the English Catholics was moving away from the old Catholic families to the increasing Catholic population of towns . |
| 19 | In the West , leisure is becoming more important than work . |
| 20 | Most organisers set them rigidly in straight rows without checking whether some other design might give everyone a better view and provide more working and movement space . |
| 21 | It came to have Connolly 's support and was on the way to becoming thoroughly nationalist and republican under Connolly 's influence . |
| 22 | Although I was still interested in English , I found both Latin and Greek increasingly tedious : they were my father 's choice for me , not mine . |
| 23 | Last year , fares rose slightly higher than inflation in most areas . |
| 24 | A major price adjustment was needed to encourage both energy-saving and exploration . |
| 25 | For three years now , I 've carried this pack with me from place to place — a penance , a mortification , a burden that weighed as heavy as sin — thinking never again to open it , never again to be asked to take out my chisel or swing my mallet . |
| 26 | Shame as much as love prompted the denial . |
| 27 | These items would not qualify as medical or emergency expenses . |
| 28 | I have argued that speakers who use Creole in conversation usually are able to switch strategically between LE and what , for that speaker , counts as Creole or Patois . |
| 29 | I was- ’ She stopped as Ace and Petion came through the office door with a black man she did n't recognize . |
| 30 | This he described as offensive and unjust' . |