Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became eventually a conscientious objector . |
| 2 | The papers included here also tackle the main features required to implement effectively the new approach which we have outlined above . |
| 3 | Siward had merely killed his wife 's uncle , as Carl Thorbrandsson had already killed his wife 's father , and had joined thereby the bloody brethren of kinsmen whose lethal manoeuvrings had kept him busy for the twelve years he had now held the earldom . |
| 4 | He accepts as-if legal rights in that spirit and for reasons of strategy will make mostly the same decisions a conventionalist would make when statutes are plain or precedents crisp and decisive . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ Fritz went red , which , Erika thought , made rather a nice change from her own blushing , and looked at his shoes . |
| 6 | Aunt Janice was clothed ( shirt and jeans ) , which made rather a refreshing change , and standing in the hallway . |
| 7 | Er Mr Deputy Speaker it 's also quite important that I make clear the Labour party 's position in respect to the article which calls for uniform electoral procedures to be set up for elections to the European parliament . |
| 8 | The dot location task , which involves predominantly the right hemisphere , was expected to remain unaffected . |
| 9 | But subsequent inquiries revealed rather a different story . |
| 10 | I think we have given rather a gloomy vision of what being a parent is |
| 11 | ‘ Though you did make rather a big dent in my dignity . |
| 12 | But it would make rather a lovely weekend home . ’ |
| 13 | It was not itself a centre of manufacturing , but it outstripped all other ports as a point of transit for English exports and became thereby a major entrepot of international trade . |
| 14 | In this context it was the externality of British Afro-Caribbeans and Asians which was highlighted rather the racist institutions and processes which worked against blacks at all levels of society . |
| 15 | I want to comment briefly on the Government 's proposals and to support wholeheartedly the new clauses and amendments tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) . |
| 16 | This support is rarely total but undoubtedly some newspapers , e.g. the Daily Mail , Sun , are more ready than others to support wholeheartedly the political party of their choice . |
| 17 | In particular , we need to know far more about those numerous families which moved from the countryside but which experienced only a hum-drum life in the towns or at best only a modest prosperity . |
| 18 | The headlights revealed only the worn flagstones of the farmyard , the archway into the byre on the ground floor of the house , the crumbling steps that had once given access to the living quarters above . |
| 19 | A thorough search of the Sea Rover revealed only the charred remnants of what was later analysed as cannabis , blowing around the decks . |
| 20 | Yet mercenaries seem still to have formed only a small part of the German army ; the fief-rente was almost exclusively used to supply garrisons for castles and fortified towns ; and as the Church and its ministeriales became a less reliable source of troops , the twelfth-century emperors resorted to the practice of strengthening feudal bonds and building up the resources of their own domains . |
| 21 | Therefore , I would see from a public point of view a substantial expenditure on this subject and I do n't think necessarily a level cuts from county planners . |
| 22 | Equally , a significantly higher concentration of plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 in malignant ascites confirms previous work , but as it is a weaker inhibitor of tissue plasminogen activator and is present in much lower concentrations than plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 , it probably plays only a small part in the overall inhibition of fibrinolytic activity . |
| 23 | Thus an education department may be organised on an area basis so that the centre plays only a co-ordinating role . |
| 24 | Mike Roberts and colleagues at the CEGB 's research laboratories now think that air pollution plays only a minor role after all ( Forestry , vol 62 , pp 179-222 ) . |
| 25 | It moves slowly , wearily and as if to ensure that you understand that it is tired ; it goes only a few degrees above the horizon , making a long , low arc . |
| 26 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
| 27 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
| 28 | In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C . |
| 29 | The outside-half thereby became only the second player , after Neil Bennett in the 1970s , to score 300 points in a season for Bedford . |
| 30 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |