Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long straight nose , thin lips and diffident , questioning expression of the eyes set rather close together would have looked as well on a girl . |
| 2 | This was welcomed by the head of the Open Software Foundation in Japan , Dr Rob Morel , who ventured that possibly the Foundation was better positioned than before as a ‘ truly independent standards organisation ’ . |
| 3 | By getting his colleagues to admit pupils to their lectures after Vial 's death , apparently waiving the customary fee of 10 guineas , he helped the College over a difficult patch , but may unwittingly have set an unfortunate precedent which suggested that preclinical veterinary teaching could be done as well in a medical as in a veterinary context . |
| 4 | He thought they were old already in 991 ; he saw they could be said as well by a heathen as a Christian ; he thought the fierce spirit they expressed was one of the reasons for Beorhtnoth 's rash decision to let the Vikings cross the river and fight on level ground ; they had led to defeat and the death of the innocent . |
| 5 | Record keeping and the evaluation of results are facilitated if instead of a subjective description , any changes are recorded in terms of a scale such as the following : |
| 6 | This could be accomplished as well by a civil injunction freezing the moneys potentially subject to a civil judgment as it is by the elaborate statutory forfeiture mechanism . |
| 7 | These days the ladies will ride if only for a few hundred yards . |
| 8 | The tour , originally scheduled to leave at 9.30 a.m. , could not now leave until well after a buffet lunch , if this latter could he arranged by the kitchen staff ( the Manager nodded ) . |
| 9 | We men , we know not what loftiness we might reach if only for a few small hours we could by carefulness of life , morally and physically so exact ourselves that scarce any utmost purity of air were too perfect for us . |
| 10 | Unlike offices , the level of income fluctuates although sometimes over a longer period it fluctuates at a higher level than commercial . |
| 11 | The use of continuing care beds for elderly people is being more closely scrutinised than ever as a result of the changing NHS culture . |
| 12 | ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’ |
| 13 | By sweeping back and forth through figures of eight , a Flexifoil will build up speed even when wind strength is such that without movement or being flown as though on a single line , it will just hover with the spar nearly straight . |
| 14 | Yes , helping the f the joiner with er with sawing as well with a big circular saw . |
| 15 | William Tidbury stated that on 11 December he had been working until late at a local farm ( this had already been borne out by the farmer ) . |