Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you believe that women feel more empowered or less empowered now than they did last year ? |
| 2 | The next half-hour or so passed quietly but for the sound of happy munching and quaffing . |
| 3 | A further complication is that some plants , especially foliage houseplants , seldom flower in this country , or only do so when many years old . |
| 4 | They agreed that he had a discretion under the statute whether or not to do so but said that he was not justified in refusing if the result was to frustrate the policy of the Act of Parliament . |
| 5 | ‘ We could go and look at pictures , or walk to Florian 's for a drink , or just sit downstairs and talk . |
| 6 | ‘ Bouncing off the sides or front on to the ground , being hit by other children , or just falling awkwardly while on the inflatable accounted for most of the injuries , ’ says the report . |
| 7 | The disk is round or slightly indented interradially and doomed ; diameter up to 15 mm ; covered by large plates each plate carrying at least one stout disk spine . |
| 8 | Inevitably , the Church of England will sooner or later announce officially that it is acceptable to express love and commitment to another woman or another man in a sexual relationship . |
| 9 | The aim has been to ensure as far as possible employment opportunities are not lost or unduly constrained simply because there is a shortage of suitable sites . |
| 10 | But going back to work need n't mean full time , or even leaving home or baby . |
| 11 | This trend was then halted or even reversed thereafter as large companies especially in manufacturing transferred their excess labour into smaller subcontractors or satellite companies . |
| 12 | They may be vertical , horizontal , diagonal or even spelt backwards but all are in a straight line . |
| 13 | If I could only resolve that lower right hand panel though , he wrote , or even decide once and for all to leave it empty , then perhaps the boredom would disappear . |
| 14 | Problems are individualized or even suppressed rather than openly explored with all the possible difficulties that this entails . |
| 15 | Howard realised the importance of avoiding walking barefoot in public places such as swimming pools or on other people 's carpets , so he decided to walk barefoot on grass and on the beach whenever possible , or simply to sit outside and expose his feet to the elements . |
| 16 | Should I express a taste for wine he would order half a bottle , or sometimes say outright that it was bad for me and I should drink lemonade . |
| 17 | So if we can hurt them or certainly gang together if you like , cos unity is strength , and between the three workforces they 'll certainly slow down production and hopefully force things . |
| 18 | The capital shortage was exacerbated in the same year by a massive interest rate mis-match in the treasury book that eventually cost more than £300m . |
| 19 | It 's small links like this that only fit together if you are quite alert when reading the book and remember small factors such as a yellow ribbon in a drawer and a gold locket around someone 's neck . |
| 20 | He had never raced on an oval nor ever driven more than 200 miles in a race . |
| 21 | And although always implied rather than broadcast , this rejection of intellectualism is so well understood throughout the service that it has even affected those to whom Bramshill scholarships to University have been offered , and many turn them down . |
| 22 | The problem is not to find an alternative to a system that once worked well but no longer does ; the problem is to make it work efficiently for the first time in its 3,000-year history . |
| 23 | The enormity of this lie was so great that its ripples did in fact spread out one of the lower astral planes as far as the Magical Quarter across the river , where it picked up tremendous velocity from the huge standing wave of power that always hovered there and bounced wildly across the Circle Sea . |
| 24 | Although hardly challenging lyrically and far too glossy for most rock purists , they have to date sold 15 million albums worldwide . |
| 25 | Today , external links with , and influences on , domestic societies are extensive , although unevenly distributed within and between states . |
| 26 | A descent of the western slope over rough ground leads to a confluence of streams that now goes forward as Hell Gill Beck , still forming the county boundary and being accompanied by a track as it heads south-west . |
| 27 | As the rocks flashed into furnace heat he looked up at the dragon that now occupied more than half the cell . |
| 28 | The iron grip Guy had used to subdue her had relaxed into a hold that now cradled rather than constrained , and yet she could n't lift so much as a finger to defend herself , could barely summon the will to press her face harder against the bed in a futile attempt to escape that warm , spine-tingling touch . |
| 29 | In one of a series of flashy special effects that often intrude rather than enhance the action , Streep 's upper and nether regions instantaneously tighten as if bolted into an invisible vice . |
| 30 | He tried making snowballs as he had in Britain only to find that in these low temperatures he was left with a handful of flour-like snow that simply blew away when he threw it . |