Example sentences of "[adj] [det] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Right well that 's half , and he has another half that goes into one .
2 Approximately half the force were from the Commonwealth — Aussies , Canadians , New Zealanders , South Africans , Rhodesians and even from as far afield as Hong Kong , Fiji and the West Indies , this all made for healthy competition .
3 This all sounds like dashing stuff , but if his sheer audacity had not carried the day , he would have been unable to defend himself against so many .
4 this all started after last weekend Deana put him to bed did n't she ?
5 This all started in 1986 when a handful of residents got together and decided to take action to get better homes .
6 If this all seems like another blow for bureaucracy it is not intended to be so .
7 thirty six erm thirty six this expires at half past four .
8 The political systems and the political cultures of the United States and the United Kingdom are very different and the demands and expectations that face British prime ministers are quite unlike those encountered by American presidents .
9 Not the slightest mention of money , either , for an interview in depth from , offhand , Gavaskar , Richards , Botham , Willis , Marshall , McEnroe , Connors or Borg — though the latter , I must admit , was expecting me to stay the day , yet by elevenses we agreed there was not much more to say to each other except ‘ My game 's in pretty good shape ’ .
10 Not the slightest mention of money , either , for an interview in depth from , offhand , Gavaskar , Richards , Botham , Willis , Marshall , McEnroe , Connors or Borg — though the latter , I must admit , was expecting me to stay the day , yet by elevenses we agreed there was not much more to say to each other except ‘ My game 's in pretty good shape ’ .
11 These points are of the greatest importance in developing a social model for the study of linguistic change , and there is much more to say about relative degrees of network strength as they affect patterns of change : I shall , therefore , refer back frequently to these findings .
12 Similarly , alienation , crime and upheaval had much less to do with individualistic action or even changes in community association .
13 ( c ) Under anti-discriminatory legislation The Sex Discrimination Acts 1976 and 1986 These apply to all partnerships irrespective of the number of partners ( before 1986 they only applied to partnerships with six or more partners ) .
14 In 1986 these varied from 209 per cent of the Yugoslav average in Slovenia to 30 per cent of the average in Kosovo — an enormous range of difference for a single country .
15 Like Shawell school , St Peter 's was built in the 1860s and so preceded the Elementary Education Act of 1870 that called for large numbers of schools , mainly in crowded urban areas , to be built with public rather than private money .
16 A family with a rounded flat disk covered by small imbricating plates amongst which the centrodorsal and primary plates usually distinct ; the radial shields small , length less than half the radius of the disk , well separated from one another ; the jaw broader or as broad as long ; usually one sometimes two apical papillae flanked by 5–7 oral papillae on each side the distalmost slightly curved and extending beneath the largest oral papilla just proximal to it , it is possible that this distalmost papillae is part of the second oral tentacle pore ; the adoral shields large and wing-like ; the oral shield large , rounded triangular or arrow shaped , usually longer than broad ; the arms long and slender ; the dorsal and ventral arm plates well developed and contiguous at least proximally ; the tentacle pores moderately large each armed with one or two flat leaf-like tentacle scales ; usually three times long , erect arm spines , equal in length to two arm segments .
17 By 1920 those searching for better defences against microbial infection had had many setbacks .
18 you see , and three more went like that eventually but er he got the dough and that was it .
19 They had a hundred pound fifty pound and twenty five and that all went to one family !
20 That all changed in 1978 when most traffic was banned from the square .
21 erm I 've got to get that done I 've got to alter the christening dress alter the , cuffs on the little jacket and make a bib do you think I 'll get all that done in three months ?
22 But all that depends on one person !
23 All that remains of other plants are the old metal labels naming the varieties :
24 The tail section is all that remains of two Vampire aircraft owned by Colin Appleyard , managing director of Appleyards Bodyshop .
25 I touched down on that planet during my homing , and all that remains of that great civilization , dear friends , are mountains of empty drink cans and a carpet of potato-chip packets .
26 This is less obvious in English , where all that remains of personal endings is the -s of the non-past .
27 Today all that remains of this once extensive abbey is a striking pinnacle of crumbling stonework which was the South East angle of the central tower of the Cruciform church .
28 Forming the border between Hailing and Snodland can be clearly seen the road or lane that once formed the boundary between the two villages , all that remains of this is a small portion below Clements Farm .
29 All that remains of mediaeval Church Charwelton is the 13th Century Church , Manor House and a barn .
30 All that remains from those days is the outline of the road which led to the hangers .
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