Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet for the growth of the later strident and vigorous anticlericalism , the self-consciousness of the laity was a prerequisite , and on a national scale it is by no means certain that this lay identity would have come about so forcefully or so quickly had parliament not been ready to hand as a vehicle in which to rally hostility and an instrument by which to further it . |
| 2 | Quite early in their history some partly coiled or even tightly coiled species evolved , and the various coiling types seem to have coexisted successfully side by side . |
| 3 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 4 | They were thrilled when they suddenly realized that not only had Tom Mix and Gloria Swanson been in the audience on opening night but were in the same room with them at the party afterwards . |
| 5 | The next paragraph says that not only did Lord Young cut the published penalty clause for BAe from £650 million to £400 million as disclosed in the National Audit Office memorandum , but offered ‘ a private side-letter ’ waiving the penalty ‘ the text of which would be agreed with BAe in advance ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Did you enjoy seeing your father 's studio ? ’ she suddenly asked and it seemed to Jenna that not only did Alain stiffen alarmingly but Marguerite appeared to ice over . |
| 7 | During the following days it became apparent to Merrill that not only did Luke mean to keep Rob 's nose well and truly to the grindstone , but he did n't intend to take the pressure off her either — although , in fairness , she had to admit that Luke worked harder than both of them . |
| 8 | Indeed there are things which suggest that not only did vase-painting at Athens in this time move pari passu with free painting and sculpture but that the same person may sometimes have worked in more than one of the three crafts . |
| 9 | The point here is that not only did surrealists see art as being composed of signifying elements drawn from the real , but understood reality to be composed of signifying elements . |
| 10 | The other bad news is that not only did John Fullard get a letter for the wrong house in The Grove , he also got another on the same day intended for 27 The Oval . |
| 11 | Before long , he would be required to produce more than just carefully worded facts about the murder that everyone knew already from the grapevine . |
| 12 | Locally , it is estimated that more than half the 200 Health Authorities in England and Wales designated a responsible officer , and that there was a greater volume and variety of activity than ever before : traditional courses were supplemented by a new range of imaginative options , to which more managers than ever before had access . |
| 13 | It was a " social provision " in the most obvious sense that many more gained from it than ever directly drew dividends . |
| 14 | Our model also suggests that as long forked tails deepen , it becomes more likely that they are aerodynamically costly ( compared with shallow forked tails ; see Fig. 1 ) , and therefore increasingly probable that sexual rather than natural selection explains their evolution . |
| 15 | Zimmerman points out that ‘ it was at this stage that Soviet authorities permitted , tolerated or encouraged Marshal Sokolovskii and his colleagues to publish an awesome picture of American military might ’ ( Voennaia Strategiia , 1962 ) and that ‘ wide dissemination was given to statements declaring that never before had imperialism been so strong ’ ( Zimmerman : 1969 , p. 192 ) . |
| 16 | Lord Poulett recognised the dream jockey 's face , and right away made contact with him . |
| 17 | In a recent article in the California Management Review , Mr Reich points out that , as a bailiwick of the Ministry of Health and Welfare , the industry was out of bounds to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) and so never had bureaucrats helping or prodding it to export . |
| 18 | Although the ‘ swingingness ’ of the 1960s had been absent in the 1970s and 1980s , drug-taking had increased among young and old alike ( 'coke' if you were middle-class , glue-sniffing if you were poor ) , and so too had alcoholism . |
| 19 | Veneras 9 and 10 carried out less revealing analyses , and so too did Venera 8 , which landed rather further from Beta Regio than the other Veneras . |
| 20 | These will be large embanked areas , only half to one metre ( two or three feet ) above the road in most cases , with rounded corners and perhaps slightly hollowed centres . |
| 21 | She was carrying a small spear and only just had time to raise it and thrust it at the Scarag . |
| 22 | And yet it may still be true that he came within minutes of Jerome 's flight , found the man only stunned , stooped close and knew him , for then knowing was possible , and killed him , and only then took thought how to escape suspicion , and came running into the town , to me . ’ |
| 23 | She shrugged her shoulders , popped it back in , won the fight as well as the following three contests to take the title — and only then told Dr Ken Kingsbury , the English team doctor , of her injury . |
| 24 | He got Georgiades to bring his men to the Bab es Zuweyla and only then told Georgiades what he had in mind . |
| 25 | Pons agreed that Jones originally argued with the theoretical aspects of their proposal but later became convinced by them and only then offered cooperation . |
| 26 | And within three minutes they were out of the house and into the car , and only then did Henry ask , ‘ What 's it all about ? ’ |
| 27 | It was a happy time , and only occasionally did Richard see the old sadness return to Susan 's eyes . |
| 28 | The next elements in this column are the semiconductors silicon and germanium , with larger and less strongly bonded atoms . |
| 29 | I saw it and obviously so did Arnold , but nobody else could have . |
| 30 | And not simply Hung Mao , but Nordic . |