Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clinton characterized his victory as a vote for a " new beginning " , and proclaimed : " I ask you to be Americans again , to be interested in not just getting but in giving , not just in placing blame but in assuming responsibility . " |
| 2 | Your tapwater will almost inevitably be at a pH on the hard side of 7 — but acceptable to most commonly sold tropicals . |
| 3 | The engineers are staggered at how well preserved the brickwork is . |
| 4 | Will 20 , 50 per cent or even the majority of shoppers be prepared to pay a little extra for more humanely produced foodstuffs in the caring '90s ? |
| 5 | Paying off the driver , she rang the bell and stood with her small amount of luggage at her feet , quite unaware of how totally lost and alone she seemed . |
| 6 | In this respect they were typical of most industrially employed women in Scotland at the time ( see Table 6b ) . |
| 7 | It was held in the circumstances that the defendant was negligent in not completely extinguishing the fire and that the Act of 1774 provided no defence . |
| 8 | I 'm delighted to once again have the opportunity of following the honourable member for Southend in a debate about European matters . |
| 9 | METALLICA are likely to only just break even on their double-header US stadium tour with Guns N' Roses following guitarist James Hetfield 's recent injury . |
| 10 | In all cases , however , Standard English has been present for long enough to have had a substantial impact on the language practices of the communities in question . |
| 11 | The more I puzzled about how best to paint the outback the more I realised the Aboriginals had got it right , making spiritual maps on the ground or on bark stripped from eucalypt trees . |
| 12 | The Christian Church is alone in no longer having prescribed ritual to do with childbirth and menstruation . |
| 13 | Mr referred earlier to the views of the Association for the Disabled on proposals and that is very very important and I think increasingly it will be the committee 's concern to if you like have very s acute listening ears to , to what is needed and what is , what is wanted in the community and organizations like this can be very important in not just lobbying in the crude sense but providing a real medium of communication and I think that that would be helpful . |
| 14 | For example , Turnock ( 1968 ) in a study of northeast Scotland found that depopulation in the area was not only a function of a retreat from hill farming but also a process of concentration into fewer but larger settlements , and Johnston ( 1965 ) in a study of northern England found that village size was important in not only retaining the existing population but also attracting newcomers from nearby towns . |
| 15 | Alzheimer 's Disease ( AD ) is particularly pernicious in apparently gradually destroying the very essence of personality . |
| 16 | Women seem unable to ever quite give up their wish for a penis , and they usually begin analysis with the hope they will acquire one during it . |
| 17 | This was due to no longer having the flexibility and autonomy most secondees had enjoyed , and the involvement in the wider world which had particularly pleased them . |
| 18 | For if prices are rigid in the McCallum sense , the main results of the flexible-price models carry through : in particular , systematic attempts to stabilize real output , employment and other real variables will fail ; whereas if prices are sticky over long enough to permit policy adjustments by the government , the case for the type of stabilization policy advocated by Keynesian economists is restored even if expectations are rational . |
| 19 | What gauges there were stayed in the green , the engine kept going , and I quickly discovered the ‘ Airknocker ’ to be a surprisingly agile machine , capable of very tight turns on a wingtip if required . |
| 20 | The forests that had looked cool and shady from above now seemed menacing . |
| 21 | Research by Volvo shows that drivers become far less alert at even slightly raised temperatures , making potentially fatal driving errors much more likely . |
| 22 | In our temperate climate , land use can be divided into four main categories : arable areas , where crops such as cereals and legumes can be grown , generally well drained and fertile with relatively easily worked soils ; at most times in the past rotation was employed , alternating one crop with another , and crops with pasture where cattle , sheep , goats , horses and so on grazed ; meadowland where hay was grown for winter fodder ; and woodland to provide the wood and timber . |
| 23 | The Saturn-Pluto ‘ square ’ of March 20 and October 9 will cast a shadow over coming months , making you highly aware of how much influence you can bring to bear and how circumstance and other people can block you . |
| 24 | Some of my friends have been frightened into no longer wanting to smoke , others have faced the facts but are reconciled to being fonder of smoking than they are afraid of cancer , but I myself yield to the temptation to smoke although convinced that I ought to abstain . |
| 25 | I hope you are pleasantly surprised at how much further you are now able to stretch compared with the early days of the programme . |