Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [det] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Henry Fielding introduces the word ‘ pages ’ into his stage coach metaphor ( 'As we have , therefore , travelled together through so many pages ' ) he reminds his audience that they are reading a book . |
| 2 | Britain 's manufacturing base is declining not just because the Conservative party seems to care so little about it but because of so many companies ' wilful refusal to respond to changing market signals . |
| 3 | Blessed with a perfect 9st 5lb race riding physique , he is immune from the lettuce leaf diet and stamina-sapping sauna sessions which are the bane of so many jockeys ' lives . |
| 4 | The artificiality of so many boys ' adventures is the result of miscalculation in this aspect of story-telling . |
| 5 | With some types of account a depositor can withdraw a certain amount of money on demand , but will have to pay a penalty of so many days ' interest . |
| 6 | So , in anticipation of both this year 's result and next year 's plan , may I take this end of year opportunity to thank each and every one of you for all your contributions in 1991 , and to wish you and your families an enjoyable Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year . |
| 7 | It provides clear explanations , under alphabetically ordered entries , of virtually all learners ' recurrent difficulties . |
| 8 | It is a sadly neglected work , and again the only serious alternative to Järvi is Stravinsky 's Chicago recording which like the Jeu can only be obtained as part of a mammoth 22-CD Sony set of virtually all Stravinsky 's major works ( totally indispensable though that is ) . |
| 9 | By the end of the 1980s the countries of the EEC collectively became the recipients of over half Britain 's exports . |
| 10 | UUUC started with 3.8 quotas at Stage I but won four seats mainly with the assistance of over half Morrell 's ( UPNI ) votes on his elimination in Stage X. |
| 11 | This can , of course , create very undesirable consequences : social stability may be endangered by concentration of too much power and/ or wealth in too few hands ; the privacy of citizens may be abused under the excuse of maintaining law and order , or for commercial gains ; the state may take a " big brother " role ; the business community may acquire too much political power ; or , although very unlikely , IT experts may decide that they should take over the running of the country , since it is only they who can understand the unnecessary complexity of IT systems . |
| 12 | The venture that did most damage to Jinky 's bank balance was the ‘ Double J Bar ’ in Hamilton , a pub designed to cash in on his name , but destined like so many footballer 's pubs to become a financial nightmare . |
| 13 | Until very recently , it was thought that these symphonies , unlike almost all Mozart 's other music , were written for no specific occasion , but as the result of an inner impulse . |
| 14 | erm and bearing in mind Mr 's comments about er could he have thought we translated into rather more layman 's language and say well the capacity of the roads do actually deliver and extract people from Gatwick mathematical modelling is pretty suspect stuff but erm but at least it would er if that is true if it is not capable of actually er sensibly erm er allowing arrivals and departures er onto our road network without causing I think all they 're doing is pushing the problem onto us er and we ought |
| 15 | Industry is simply too important , with too many people 's jobs depending on it , to be a party political punchball . |
| 16 | Meningococcal meningitis accounts for about half Britain 's cases and usually affects small children and young adults . |
| 17 | and I felt I was being spread in so many directions erm , that erm I wanted to get rid of the Glasgow coordination |
| 18 | We asked a group of consumers — parents and their children — to assess 10 books chosen from both this year 's prize-winning lists and the latest offerings from best-selling authors . |
| 19 | Her features are apparent in nearly all Rossetti 's work until her death . |
| 20 | Dilip Vengsarkar came in looking for his fourth hundred in as many Lord 's appearances and immediately joined Shastri in exploiting the unpatrolled third-man boundary . |
| 21 | The results are based on prices obtained in public auctions between 1980 and 1991 in almost all Christie 's and Sotheby 's sales ; this includes drawings by sixty-eight representative artists for whom drawings turn up frequently , including Cambiaso , Rosa , the two Tiepolos , Rubens , Van Goyen , De Wit , Verdier and Boucher . |
| 22 | Not sure you can blame the media altogether , I noticed you said there in almost these words er , John Major will the lead the Conservative party into the next election and the Conservatives will win . |
| 23 | I could have quoted basically the same words from almost any Jehovah 's Witness tract , but I choose this book because a reputable publisher ( Pan Books Ltd ) saw fit to publish it , despite a very large number of errors which would quickly have been spotted if an unemployed biology graduate , or indeed undergraduate , had been asked to glance through the manuscript . |
| 24 | As she stared unseeingly at the advertisements in yet another newsagent 's window Folly felt the old anger come surging back . |
| 25 | While the Troop Commander attended the ‘ O ’ Group in Regimental Headquarters , which was ensconced in yet another fly 's paradise of a farmyard some twenty-five kilometres away , the remainder of the troop were roused from their fitful dozing in the late afternoon sunshine to prepare their main compo meal of the day , check equipment and attend to the usual rituals of washing , shaving and boot and weapon cleaning . |
| 26 | erm I think first you have to relate to so many teachers erm as a parent of a secondary school child , and this is obviously a much more complicated procedure and also I think parents , many parents feel that they know a little bit less about what their children are doing at school at the secondary stage , it 's all that little bit more advanced , that little bit more different perhaps from what they had in their own education . |
| 27 | Mr Purves revealed on March 13th that the bank 's property holdings had been revalued in the group 's balance sheet at HK$13.8 billion ( $1.8 billion ) — over twice most analysts ' estimates . |
| 28 | I 'm actually concerned that if we , did anybody know about this issue earlier on because I think this has been going on for quite some time erm probably over the last two years and if anyone did know then why did n't they address it before and if anyone did n't know , why not ? |
| 29 | I signed for yet another year 's work , Social Psychology . |
| 30 | Having just shelled out for yet another year 's subscription to fabbo Guitarist magazine , I was raisy-eyebrowed to see under ‘ Postscript ’ in September 's issue : ‘ … will not only win that automatic free year 's Letter of the Month subscription … blah , blah , blah , blah … ’ |