Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unreliability of reported mergers has been argued for most strongly by Labov and his colleagues ( Labov , Yaeger and Steiner , 1972 ; Labov , 1975 etc. ) , and for inner-city Belfast it can be argued that meat is not really merged with mate , despite the fact that people believe that it is a merger . |
| 2 | Do n't make the mistake of thinking that it must be cow 's milk , just because this is the food problem that we hear about most often in babies . |
| 3 | Climbing roses are always popular for cladding arches , but you need plenty of headroom , with uprights for enough apart for thorns not to be a problem . |
| 4 | But not for long enough for Charles or Frances to say anything . |
| 5 | This phenomenon has been going on for long enough in Shetland waters for it to be given a local name of ‘ fuglicaa ’ , which is derived from old Norse ‘ fugl ’ meaning bird and ‘ caa ’ to drive ( as in sheep ) — literally a ‘ bird-drive ’ . |
| 6 | And other costs , such as readers and having to buy books because you ca n't borrow them for long enough from libraries to get them recorded or brailled , er those sorts of things really are n't taken account of and you 're simply going to have to borrow money er to pay for your disability in effect . |
| 7 | None of the bargeowners could afford to waste electricity , and the display was really intended for much later at night , but he had turned it on early to surprise and please them . |
| 8 | The defective article might still be in the manufacturer 's possession three years after the date of manufacture , and he might sell it later , but no one would have the hardihood to suggest that the three years ' limitation had already cut off all right of action before he had sold it . |
| 9 | Under Felipismo , Spaniards have come to depend on the state again , as they did for so long under Generalissimo Franco 's regime . ’ |
| 10 | In fact Kinsai was noted for the peace and order which existed on its streets — there was order everywhere in the land , and very little real law breaking — and it was amazing that his attackers had been able to persist for so long without interference . |
| 11 | What I found amazing , to the extent of keeping me occupied combating fluoridation during the past 20 years on a more-than full-time basis , was that the sales promotion experts employed to build the fluoridation bandwagon have been able for so long to lull most scientists and politicians into accepting this method of diluting and dumping waste fluorides at public expense . |
| 12 | Eyes turned to boarded up windows and rubbish strewn in gardens and the depressing picture moved the prince to say : ‘ This is why I have been going on for so long about architecture in the environment . ’ |
| 13 | There was commotion in the hall when it was realized that Lenin 's heir had been adulated for so long against Lenin 's own better judgment . |
| 14 | Because Boo had not been seen for so long by Maycomb , he was turned into a scapegoat by the adults who blamed him for any thing and every thing that went wrong , and the children thought of him as a terrible monster with blood dripping from his mouth who ate squirrels . |
| 15 | Bit by bit the ignorance of , and lack of respect for , civil liberties and human rights , prevalent for so long in Northern Ireland , will be transported to Britain . |
| 16 | Animal Welfare groups say it would be madness to remove laws which have protected Britain for so long from Rabies , a disease that causes fever and paralysis , leading to a slow , painful death . |
| 17 | Oh we danced all the dances you can think of long ago like Browns Reel , the Lancers and the Quadrilles and Jackie Tar , Rory More , Pluars Edinburgh and er Oh I think we 've near named them all up and down . |
| 18 | Some of the new investment is financed by parent companies , as is shown by the growing share of investment in subsidiaries , but the resale of less up to date equipment to subcontractors is also a common practice . |
| 19 | Finally we limped into Ambon , former jewel of the Spice Islands , written of so glowingly by Wallace , but now all but denuded of trees . |
| 20 | Although East Germany managed to staunch the flow on the eve of its 40th birthday , observers said it was still in danger of bleeding slowly to death , or of suffering convulsions brought on by repression on its streets . |
| 21 | Probability of life arising on a planet if life arises at a rate of about once per galaxy . |
| 22 | And er people was of often off for day or two , I mean really nice people , they were n't they were n't bad people , they were really nice people but they it was nature you see . |
| 23 | The measured step on the stairs had ceased ; somewhere below there out of sight Isambard had stopped . |
| 24 | Yeah I am making it up , it 's not me making it up , mathematicians had things like erm you , you , you met this sort of earlier on in school . |
| 25 | ‘ It was snowing a blizzard , and we got lost in the middle of nowhere out beyond Aylesbury ? ’ |
| 26 | Having dismissed the Italians , he demolishes the French in just eight lines ; and before totally annihilating the English he turns his attention to the Germans : ‘ In Germany and Austria the attitude towards the singer more nearly approaches that of India than of anywhere else in Europe . |
| 27 | The transmissions use those soliton waves we told you about way back in summer 1990 ( CI No 1,459 ) , which are electronically induced and never lose their shape as they whiz through optical glass fibre , so that signalling errors are all but non-existent , obviating the need for costly error-correction equipment , which also slows down transmission . |
| 28 | ‘ However the fortunes of war shall go … ’ , asks Théoden , ‘ may it not so end that much that was fair and wonderful shall pass for ever out of Middle-earth ? ’ |
| 29 | Certainly there is much of interest here as the exhibition runs the whole gamut with further wide-ranging , bird 's eye views through more down to earth transcriptions to a couple of urban scenes . |
| 30 | ‘ We have a good team of regular volunteers but there is always room for more either at weekends or during the week . |