Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite clear that the ICAEW , with 85% of the total registrations , has an overwhelming dominance as the regulator of firms auditing listed companies , with the ICAS and ICAI each regulating about 7% of the total registrations and the ACCA regulating just over 1% . |
| 2 | The name Fleet was an Anglo-Saxon word meaning ‘ tidal inlet ’ and the principle sources of the water flowing into the River Fleet , were the heights of Hampstead Heath , also the grounds of Kenwood House at Highgate , all joining just north of Camden Town , and flowing south to join the River Thames , close to the Blackfriars monastery which gave its name to the bridge over the Thames at that point . |
| 3 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 4 | If there was a long line of people number of seven for the seven dwarfs and they were all standing there side by side and they had their hands over there face like so and the altogether , at the same time , in unison they parted the hand to reveal the facial expression that is more of a dramatic experience to people looking than just by standing here . |
| 5 | It should be recognized by those putting forward proposals for joint research projects that these will make demands on our information resources , and that the costs of such usage should form an element in each proposal . |
| 6 | However , such strategies have perhaps become less important for the very high income earners who , in recent years , have enjoyed a large reduction in the taxes they have had to pay following the reduction in the high rates of income tax since 1979 : for example , in real terms , those earning over £400 per week take home on average an extra £55 more in 1986 then they did in 1979 . |
| 7 | She could n't look at him , but she was vitally aware of his ragged breathing only inches above her . |