Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In December 1946 de Gaulle was further than ever from power , while the world was closer to war . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So out of habit as much as out of duty , he turned his captured horse and rode again towards the enemy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This may seem so obvious as not to need stating , but I believe that it can be overlooked . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Reports from Lebanon suggest that British hostages could be closer than ever to freedom . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | All records will be in their correct places and the file will be physically as well as logically in sequence . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Now dad Brian needs him more than ever with Forest taking on Norwich at Carrow Road tonight reeling from three successive defeats . |
| 18 | Now , from the mid-seventeenth century onwards , they were more than ever in evidence , as pamphleteers and propagandists ready to justify them grew in numbers . |
| 19 | It was in the reign of ‘ Farmer George ’ that drainage became more than ever in vogue , ‘ improvement ’ being all the rage . |
| 20 | Ours are just figureheads and that shows more than ever in wartime . ’ |
| 21 | More than enough in fact . |
| 22 | You are never stuck with less than up to date equipment . |
| 23 | Grain went from Rumania to Danzig by sea , all the way round Europe , and still cost 30 per cent less than overland by rail . |
| 24 | Manufacturers do put static protection devices on chips so the problem is nowhere near as bad as it was but it 's better to be safe than out of pocket . |
| 25 | In France trade associations dealt both with ‘ economic ’ and ‘ social ’ matters , although , as far as industry-wide relations with trade unions were concerned , organisation among employers remained greatly underdeveloped until well after World War I. At confederal level the central ( peak ) organisation , the CNPF , also combined the functions both of an employers ' and a trade association from the time of its establishment in 1919 , as did the Confindustria in Italy . |
| 26 | The great majority saw faithfulness as being as important as ever in marriage and condemned casual sex — more for women than for men . |
| 27 | Although there were fewer residents this year ( the Coburg Course was to follow shortly ) , the week was as full as ever of fun and laughter and top-notch Medau . |
| 28 | bill is higher than elsewhere in relation to DSS payments . |
| 29 | Winterbottom , who led England out in honour of his 50th cap , was as vigilant as ever in defence and always to hand in attack . |
| 30 | Each character is musically differentiated : the countess has two magnificently melancholic arias in which she laments the loss of her husband 's affection ; the count is portrayed as arrogant , cynical and menacing ; Figaro and Susanna are quick-witted , likeable , scheming and intelligent , able to give as good as they get , but both capable as well of jealousy and emotional suffering ; Cherubino is a confused adolescent who has just discovered sex but does n't know what to do with it . |