Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Cochrane et al. ( 1985 ) , the land-use practised depends mainly on how well or badly the savannas are drained . |
| 2 | To counteract this , an individual generally benefits from continual changes in the type of task being performed as well as continual updating on how well or badly the task is being done . |
| 3 | As we were hearing from Rupert just now , you know , you start if you travel to the States and spend two or three weeks wandering around there , you get an impression of the travel industry as a consumer , and you come back and go to a hotel here and you find that it seems a bit more expensive , or perhaps the meals are n't quite so good , or , as Rupert pointed out , the service is n't quite so good . |
| 4 | It was oddly heavy — or perhaps the horses were very tired . |
| 5 | ‘ The market is a dynamic one and it seems to prove that there was a latent demand for sea travel , but the prices or perhaps the product were not right . ’ |
| 6 | Or perhaps the world is just full of patterns . |
| 7 | Perhaps consistent wins in the obedience ring or in trials by a breeder 's dogs inspires you to want to own a great working dog ; or perhaps the reason is just recommendation from a trusted friend . |
| 8 | Perhaps Sparta , who helped to eject the Cypselids , and tended to favour oligarchies , was better able to influence Corinth , which was closer than Athens ; or perhaps the explanation is just that 506 is much later than 585 when the Cypselids fell . |
| 9 | His quarry might not be back yet , or perhaps the bell was n't working . |
| 10 | Perhaps she did or perhaps the mine is a gathering-together of memories — of being shut in , starved of air , of light , of freedom of mind and body . |
| 11 | ‘ Another person ’ means other than the driver , therefore where only the driver is injured this section is not applicable . |
| 12 | Mad , gay Paris , where only the river is Seine , the English used to joke . |
| 13 | This endorsement should be applied to policies covering properties which are leased out but where only the Contents are covered . |
| 14 | After a year or so the rope was taken up from the lower floors and wound on to a cleat on the top storey . |
| 15 | The average surface temperature on Venus is also much higher than on the Earth , 730 K instead of 288 K. The troposphere extends up to an altitude of about 60 km , and in its lower 50 km or so the lapse-rate is adiabatic . |
| 16 | That , together with the 20 per cent or so the socialists were hoping to pick up , plus a few more votes taken from the Communists and the Centrists , could have made a respectably sized movement . |
| 17 | It was the paralysis which caused her death in the end , or so the doctor was to certify ; she died there in the workhouse , aged 70 , on 12 September 1849 . |
| 18 | Parties will then negotiate as to whether once the limit is exceeded the full amount or merely the excess is claimable . |
| 19 | Next time , you , your daughter , your grand-daughter or just a neighbour is pregnant , you could think of the thirty-odd years that the NCT has spent safeguarding the interests of parents and babies , and you could get out your cheque book . |
| 20 | The Branches have to depend upon the voluntary support of the membership to fulfil what many see as their prime role , and where once the polytechnics were able heavily to subsidise a service of CPD seminars or even help run an ‘ in-house ’ programme , they can no longer operate in this way and have to charge for the events on a full cost basis . |
| 21 | When the sun came out a rainbow formed and the air was so clear that each pine tree on the distant mountains , where usually the forest is a shadowy blur , stood out separate and distinct . |
| 22 | If during this period breath hydrogen increased by 100% or more the test was considered abnormal . |
| 23 | Sooner or later the diaries are published , and another military reputation is destroyed . ’ |
| 24 | However unless birth control methods are used , sooner or later the woman is likely to get pregnant . |
| 25 | Even though things can look bleak for the unemployed , Mr Scott 's advice is to take the long-term view — sooner or later an opportunity is bound to arise . |
| 26 | It does not really matter how long or wide an aquarium is … it is depth that gives water pressure . |
| 27 | I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion . |
| 28 | Even for roles such as lector , the layman or even the boy is preferred . |
| 29 | Explicitly or implicitly the suggestion is that women are children or lunatics or whichever other company they keep . |
| 30 | Whether Golitsin was a KGB plant or simply a fraud is irrelevant . |