Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Broader than all over Europe . |
| 2 | WITH THIS week 's hike in interest rates , homebuyers should be more careful than ever about advertisements for mortgages with seemingly low rates of interest . |
| 3 | In December 1946 de Gaulle was further than ever from power , while the world was closer to war . |
| 4 | These administrative arrangements broke down some of the barriers in co-ordinating services , but grassroots co-operation has not appeared to be necessarily easier than elsewhere in Great Britain . |
| 5 | And you 've got ta be careful as well at night not to hang on to the tail lights of the thing in from of you |
| 6 | Moreover , Greek historians appear to have not always distinguished as clearly between myth and history as their adoption of literacy would lead Goody to expect . |
| 7 | Furthermore , thought and deed are not distinguished as sharply by primitives or children as they are by modern adults , and therefore the impact on primitives of the wish to kill and devour father(s) was as great , psychically , as the deed would be to modern people . |
| 8 | So , once again , having committed itself to support the fictional or , at most , ‘ evolutionary ’ independence of Vietnam , the US was just as dependent as ever on France to make this vision a reality . |
| 9 | Last year real GNP grew by 8.5% , and inflation was only 3.4% , lower than anywhere in Asia except Japan and Malaysia . |
| 10 | We are now at a point in this evolution where , I believe , the climate is more favourable than hitherto to cooperation between linguists and educationalists . |
| 11 | Seen from the church at Pras des Chamonix , or bustling Montenvers , they rise : a single phallus of red granite , so impossibly shocking to Victorian sensibilities that they were left untouched until well after Alpinism 's ‘ Golden Age ’ passed in 1865 with Whymper 's epic on that other quintessential alp , the Matterhorn . |
| 12 | So out of habit as much as out of duty , he turned his captured horse and rode again towards the enemy . |
| 13 | The argument that structures of such scale and uniformity must be the work of the Danish monarchy is difficult to resist , and so they have to be added to the features at Jelling , the renewal of the Danevirke , and the bridge at Ravning , as evidence of a burst of building activity under Harald Bluetooth all the more remarkable because quite without parallel in the history of the Danish monarchy in the Viking Age . |
| 14 | This may seem so obvious as not to need stating , but I believe that it can be overlooked . |
| 15 | ‘ I feel as if we failed that man somewhere , ’ she said a little later as together with David and Martin Foulds she watched the ambulance leave the factory . |
| 16 | UK television advertising is also regarded as more sophisticated and predictable than elsewhere in Europe , making it an appealing source of revenue . |
| 17 | It is now more feasible than ever for organisations to switch from their expensive proprietary machines to lower-cost Unix computers . |
| 18 | His security undermined , he was now more vulnerable than ever to Mauve 's voice and its cutting edge , to his cold eyes , the touch of condescension . |
| 19 | The whole momentum of the 1984 Act , with its emphasis on detention , interrogation , and confessions , has made the right to silence more vulnerable than ever to allegations that it is out of date , too favourable to criminals , and anachronistic . |
| 20 | Reports from Lebanon suggest that British hostages could be closer than ever to freedom . |
| 21 | Hewlett-Packard pitched into the downsizing battle with a vengeance last week with the launch of new top-end multi-processors claimed to be more powerful than up to 85% of IBM 's installed base of mainframe systems — and in a supporting role gathered together an impressive list of mainframe specialist software houses committed to support the machines . |
| 22 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a woman who is entitled to return to work , but is made redundant while still on maternity leave , is to be regarded as unfairly dismissed if the employer does not offer a suitable alternative vacancy or prove that no such vacancy exists . |
| 23 | In a recent decision the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that a woman who is entitled to return to work but is made redundant while still on maternity leave , is to be regarded as automatically unfairly dismissed if the employer does not offer a suitable alternative vacancy or prove that no such vacancy exists ( see John Menzies GB Ltd v Porter [ 1992 ] 457 Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin 13 ) . |
| 24 | So I phoned her last Nancy phoned me last Friday afternoon before she went on holiday to tell me , and I phoned I was n't sure whether just to sort of play it low key or then I thought , Well I know I really should just give here a wee ring . |
| 25 | This is the book where we keep their records , and of course it must always be kept securely under lock and key when not in use . ’ |
| 26 | The Shelf-Grips are usually supplied in twos for up to £5.20 , but we are offering three packs of two ( a total of six units ) for only £13.95 , including VAT & postage and packing direct to your door , saving over £1.50 . |
| 27 | The Shelf-Grips are usually supplied in twos for up to £5.20 , but we are offering three packs of two ( a total of six units ) for only £13.95 , including VAT & postage and packing direct to your door , saving over £1.50 . |
| 28 | All records will be in their correct places and the file will be physically as well as logically in sequence . |
| 29 | The Scots finished their 50 overs on 145 for five , with Donald Orr not out 32 , off 54 balls , and Jim Govan unbeaten on 31 , off 43 balls , figures which compare more than favourably with Alastair Storie , whose 25 took him 82 balls . |
| 30 | They provide a very active participation in the many voluntary groups supporting the revolution and contribute much more than previously to development through participation in the labour force . |