Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details of this appear below in Chapter 13 . |
| 2 | Gone are the days when fruit and vegetables were eaten only in the area and season in which they were harvested , and a few put aside for home pickling or preserving . |
| 3 | Doug Laughton 's outfit , with six men making their debuts , had battled into a 12-11 lead soon after half-time when the game exploded in their faces . |
| 4 | Now I 've never seen a provision like that put forward for legislation before . |
| 5 | The series has a decidedly contemporary feel both in topic and in vocabulary . |
| 6 | Barro is making the perfectly valid point that when the government incurs debt by issuing bonds it is acting as a mere go between on behalf of the private sector : the private sector is becoming more indebted to itself through the financial intermediation of the government . |
| 7 | It shows almost half the people are spending less on clothes for themselves , three out of 10 spend less on food , about a quarter find it hard to pay regular bills on time , and 43 per cent plan to spend less this Christmas . |
| 8 | Yet the Japanese spend less per head on education that we do . |
| 9 | These grow actively from spring onward despite the persistent sea ice above ; though little light penetrates the snow covered ice , lack of wind-induced turbulence keeps the water clear . |
| 10 | These say little about gardening as such . |
| 11 | Grammatically controlled semantic co-occurrence restrictions manifest two different sorts of directional property , and these interact differently in head-modifier and head-complement constructions . |
| 12 | These consist largely of exposition and practice with the occasional excursion into recreational mathematics ‘ to spice it up a bit ’ . |
| 13 | These vary greatly in approach — from Adam Bruce Thomson 's light touch and heightened sense of intricate design ( The River Tweed at Kelso ) and ( Cattle by the River Tweed ) to William Johnstone 's simplified near abstraction in sparsely annotated washes . |
| 14 | The ratings are only approximate and even where manufacturers quote a temperature as ‘ good down to … ’ these refer only to valley performances so camping at higher levels will require a warmer bag . |
| 15 | These deal respectively with production and base , socio-spatial segregation , the question of land and state and civil society . |
| 16 | Moreover the potential of all votes , whether of first or lower preference , varies between constituencies , because these differ considerably in magnitude ( a term that usefully serves to denote the size of a constituency 's electorate as distinct from the area it covers ) . |
| 17 | These point straight to Delta Octantis ( 4.3 ) , which is clearly orange , and has two dim stars , Pi¹ ; and Pi² ; Octantis , close beside it . |
| 18 | First , there are connections which are established through the arrangement of information within each clause and the way this relates to the arrangement of information in preceding and following clauses and sentences ; these contribute mainly to topic development and maintenance through thematic and information structures . |
| 19 | These relate principally to employment and accommodation . |
| 20 | These conform well to consensus sequences ( 51 ) . |
| 21 | While the former adhere more closely to a direct representation of the objects at hand , the latter tend more towards abstraction and rely more on memory than imagination . |
| 22 | Like words , social institutions , customs , and beliefs all change drastically over time . |
| 23 | When they are all put together under topic headings the full interview schedule will then tell us how long the interview is likely to take and if it is much too long some pruning can be undertaken at once . |
| 24 | It makes me so angry — any one of them could have found something to rest that child on , but no , they all stand there in case they get blood on their hands and watch the child suffer — ’ |
| 25 | Although many look forward with uncertainty and some apprehension to joining a battalion , all display a supreme contentment and relief that the rigours of basic training have been mastered . |
| 26 | The problem is complicated by the fact that costs per thousand vary sharply by station , and it is especially expensive to advertise in the large London area . |
| 27 | For example , headaches and colds are very variable and virtually all disappear even without treatment . |
| 28 | The experience of the last decade has demanded that we all talk openly about sexuality , disease and death , in order to curtail further unnecessary transmission of HIV . |
| 29 | 5 Turn right at junction of paths with reedbeds now on left . |
| 30 | They picked up scores of children who should have been in class , and found that many stay away from school with their parents ' knowledge and consent . |