Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Returning now to the Long Stable , we enter the Upper Paddock , and first observe a hot-water apparatus , so arranged as to supply practically a constant supply . |
| 2 | In the key province of Ontario — which contained one-third of the country 's population — the majority in favour was so tiny as to give only a Pyrrhic victory to the supporters of the accord . |
| 3 | The approach to the senior staff of a Company has to be very cautious when putting forward a policy for alcoholism , drug addiction or other forms of addictive disease in the work-place . |
| 4 | In the field it is difficult to be exact when filling so the burning time of the tank will vary . |
| 5 | House-building rebounded from a loss in 1991 to a £2.6 million profit in 1992 , thanks to a 6 per cent increase in sales to 1,289 units and improved margins , which more than made good an average 8 per cent drop in selling prices to £81,000 . |
| 6 | THE jump in retail sales last month of 1.6 per cent was roughly twice what the City had expected and more than made good the disappointing fall of 1 per cent in December . |
| 7 | " Candidates do need firmer guidance and practice in examination techniques as fundamental as reading carefully the examination questions , noting the emphasis given by the wording generally to any particular word or phrase and deciding what particular response the question invites , so that a more discerning and discriminating attitude may be adopted to shaping the material to hand to meet the needs of specific questions . " |
| 8 | The economy introduced by the suffix notation may be illustrated by writing out in full as follows Now the direction of dS in the coordinate axes ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) is given by the direction cosines . |
| 9 | Seventeen add a minus ten the same as take away a positive take away a positive ten , and add a positive three . |
| 10 | Add a negative number , this is when I said I 'm going to add minus eight pounds to your money tonight , add a negative number is the same as take away a positive number . |
| 11 | Recognising an opportunity area is not quite the same as putting together a specific concept and a plan of operating . |
| 12 | A glance through the catalogues soon brings the realisation that the choice is much greater than existed even a few years ago . |
| 13 | He was so subtle as to deceive even the quickest witted people . |