Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adv] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a large warren complex it is possible for as many warreners to work independently as there is surface space for them to use . |
| 2 | By 4 January 1927 , the full force of Nizan 's anger , repressed for so many years , could no longer be held in check : The effect of the solitude at Aden is that I am storing up a violence that was unknown to me … |
| 3 | ‘ But if it 's the giants you 're wanting to fool , then it 'd be the grand old Draoicht Suan , ’ said Pumlumon , and the Gnomes nodded sagely and said that would be it , the Draoicht Suan it would be , the spell that had kept the Trees fast asleep for so many years now , and was n't it a powerful strong spell and Pumlumon the fellow to be spinning it for them all ? |
| 4 | There was no mention of hair , though Rufus knew hair could persist intact for far more years than those bones had been in the grave , and there was nothing about clothing . |
| 5 | Later in the same year the MWCo was instrumental in having a receiver appointed to run the railway — a move which may well have helped to keep the BCR alive for so many years . |
| 6 | Yes , but er I think that erm , before we champion er , or back er people like Mr Yeltsin and say that they rep represent progressive forces , I 'd like to be clear about where those forces see themselves going , because I do n't see nationalism as a progressive force in the er , in the last decade of the twentieth century , I think we need to be concentrating on those people who are trying to build a new international order rather than splitting things up in the Soviet Union in a way which may be catastrophic . |
| 7 | But we still are n't clear about how these concepts are formed . |
| 8 | However , I do feel optimistic that our growing understanding of our diverse cultures and histories , which exposes the myths and stereotypes we have been force-fed by the British for too many generations , will forge an increasingly powerful alliance in our struggle against racism in this country . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the whole event ( or at least our perception of it ) remains resolutely British with even more paintings than usual from the public , as the walls are to be hung up to four deep . |
| 10 | We 're now sitting down to pick a squad for New Zealand where things will be different in so many respects . ’ |
| 11 | Walking is really two separate transport modes , as travel on foot to access other modes such as car or bus is different in almost all respects from walking the whole way . |
| 12 | When we are privileged to know this in advance ( and I think that it is wrong in nearly all cases not to tell a dying patient ) it is a time for preparation and repentance , and ultimately of acceptance . |
| 13 | The space must not contribute anything to the reaction or else modern physics is wrong in so many issues ( which it was at the time ) . |
| 14 | You can not get interested in so many things . |
| 15 | Since a nonprofit organization exists to render services , users of its financial statements are interested in how much services of various types were performed . |
| 16 | Theorists sympathetic to AI , by contrast , are primarily interested in how such capacities are computationally possible . |
| 17 | For those of us who ca n't make Goodison I think R5 has full commentary on the match … infact they interviewed Wilko last night who was saying that he had n't thought about whether or not anyone could catch Scum , but he was only interested in how many points we could get ‘ it 's like the Grand National ’ , he said , ‘ plenty of favourites fall the seconf time round ’ . |
| 18 | Computationally-inclined psychologists or epistemologists , however , are more likely to be interested in how these things can be done , irrespective of which species manage to do them . |
| 19 | From as early as the 1860s , Western scientists have been interested in how these colours were produced . |
| 20 | If this conjecture is at all sound , then the distribution of occurrences of both in conjunction with a pronoun should be more prevalent in just those cases where plural references are in the minority , i.e. in the ‘ with ’ condition , and in the mixed description condition . |
| 21 | It is only small because a very limited number of Conservatives on the back benches are not totally reliable on too many occasions . |
| 22 | If something completely or partly false , however innocuous , can be shown as real for so many years , then anything false can be shown as real , and be believed … . |
| 23 | This pattern of behaviour , typical of so many dieters , is not just bad for physical health , it is detrimental to psychological and social well-being too . |
| 24 | I suppose we 're typical of so many families that split up over the changes . |
| 25 | The lane into the house was narrow and winding with too many gates so he parked the car on the wide grass margin beside the platform for the creamery cans . |
| 26 | One of the oddities of child development is that the word meaning ‘ mother ’ is so similar in so many languages . |
| 27 | One difficulty is that whereas in London , London English is felt to be appropriate in nearly all situations , Creole is appropriate only in some of these . |
| 28 | Although advances such as secondary high-limit thermostats , which cut off the power if the fryer overheats , are now fitted as standard on almost all machines , there have been plenty of other developments . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the rule is subject to so many exceptions that they have practically destroyed the rule . |
| 30 | A specifically military form of life was characteristic for practically all areas of southern Siberia . |