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 | Before long , he would be required to produce more than just carefully worded facts about the murder that everyone knew already from the grapevine . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was a " social provision " in the most obvious sense that many more gained from it than ever directly drew dividends . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | Lord Poulett recognised the dream jockey 's face , and right away made contact with him . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She was carrying a small spear and only just had time to raise it and thrust it at the Scarag . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He got Georgiades to bring his men to the Bab es Zuweyla and only then told Georgiades what he had in mind . |
| 17 | Pons agreed that Jones originally argued with the theoretical aspects of their proposal but later became convinced by them and only then offered cooperation . |
| 18 | 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 ? ’ |
| 19 | It was a happy time , and only occasionally did Richard see the old sadness return to Susan 's eyes . |
| 20 | The next elements in this column are the semiconductors silicon and germanium , with larger and less strongly bonded atoms . |
| 21 | I saw it and obviously so did Arnold , but nobody else could have . |
| 22 | ‘ Dëkuji , ’ she remembered her Czechoslovakian thank-you , and smiled at the waiter — and just then caught Ven 's eyes on her . |
| 23 | As early as 1799 he formulated the concept of the classical fixed-wing aeroplane with separate mechanisms for generating lift and propulsion , and soon afterwards began experiments with a whirling arm rig to measure the lift of wings . |
| 24 | Distillery made a bright start and Micky Boyle put them ahead in the early stages but Gregg beat keeper Robinson in a race for the ball to level the scores and soon afterwards put Omagh ahead with a right foot shot . |
| 25 | At 6 o'clock on the evening of 15 February 1990 , police officers went to the home of Bridget Coffey as the result of a communication from her and shortly thereafter arrested Mr. Bell in the vicinity of Miss Coffey 's house . |
| 26 | Suddenly , at about 3 o'clock , a pall of thick black smoke could be seen rising from the town and shortly afterwards came flames and then loud crackling was heard . |
| 27 | On 27 November 1609 Bowyer succeeded to the office of clerk of the parliaments and shortly afterwards brought Elsynge to assist him in the House of Lords . |
| 28 | Charlie found he was continually spitting out mud and once even came face to face with a German who could n't blink . |
| 29 | In 1852 Paxton began work on Crystal Palace Park , Sydenham , and once again hired Milner as superintendent of works . |
| 30 | The year began with a remarkable realignment which transformed Korean politics and once again demonstrated Roh Tae Woo 's political acumen and ability to wrong-foot the opposition . |