Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a lot of old slang words from you know like a hun fifty or so back years ago are now proper words now . |
| 2 | Keep it light and sometimes when things are not as clear as you would like them to be just trust and give the remedy you judge to be nearest . |
| 3 | Does he agree that the use of national insurance contributions as an underhand tax is fundamentally dishonest and that early retirers , widows and those on limited incomes would be hurt by the imposition of a savings tax as proposed by the Labour party ? |
| 4 | There 's also this thing which is called agricultural fundamentalism right and the most developing c , most developed countries , most of the population live in urban areas and the they see erm er rural areas as being sort of the backbone of society , sort of the salt of the earth type of element in society that although they do n't participate in themselves would like to maintain right and so even consumers may well be would not want see erm agriculture obliterated from er , from their country right because they like the products that erm that agriculture produces and they think that you can of erm destroying of the agricultural industry would , would pose an unacceptable burden on the fabric of rural society and as a result are quite happy to see protectionism er fo , for that industry . |
| 5 | ‘ The feeling was indescribable and nowadays when things do n't quite go as planned I often sit back and think of other jockeys who never had a Derby win and who , for the remainder of their careers , will be chasing this elusive rainbow . |
| 6 | As a child it had been embarrassing and as both teachers and playmates had looked askance at the familiarity she 'd reverted to the ubiquitous ‘ Mum ’ in their presence , but woe betide her if she had lapsed into this form of address in Margaret 's presence ! |
| 7 | OPEC oil prices peaked at $36 in January 1981 and once again experts predicted a permanent petro-dollar surplus . |
| 8 | Next it cut the steep mountainside between Great and Little How Crags , where , at about the 2,100 ft. contour , the 17th Century miners had — by means of open-cut and tunnel — opened their Black Scar Workings . |
| 9 | They want to be taught earlier , preferably at 11 , and they want to know more than just how babies are made . |
| 10 | On the other side of the knife-edge the critical frequency of Always Defect is exceeded , and selection will favour more and more Always Defects . |
| 11 | The penalty for failure to do so was likely to be dire because not only individuals but nations were chastised for their sins , and can it be expected that He will suffer this great iniquity to go unpunished ? ’ |
| 12 | Wolff begins with the assurance that children are not rational and then immediately back-pedals to say that actually they are , partially at least . |
| 13 | Potential difference of amplitude appearing across the entire secondary of the source transformer T 1 is connected through the unknown impedance Z 1 to the whole , one-tenth and so on tappings of the upper primary of the detector transformer T 2 through a range switch . |
| 14 | The new coast of the continent , although less fertile than the plains of old , has been planted and cultivated and once more chariots run along the coastal strip . |
| 15 | That a subject is capable of noticing whatever is to be perceived can be broken down into two individually necessary and jointly sufficiently conditions : |
| 16 | ‘ What — what do you mean ? ’ she said , breathless because now only inches separated them , because now the tang of his sandalwood aftershave was filling her nostrils , because now she could feel the heat coming off his body . |
| 17 | Is the Minister aware that not only juveniles but adults are committing crimes while on bail and that many crimes now being committed by adults while on bail involve firearms ? |
| 18 | The voice is dead and not only cricket-lovers will suffer the hush . |
| 19 | But in the same column Beatrice complains that she nearly had her apartment burnt down after casually remarking that artists were rarely able to distinguish between their good work and their bad and therefore only critics could decide upon the value of a work . |