Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crowd gave a good send-off to the latter when he was substituted so I suppose he did well . |
| 2 | In the first half of the seventeenth century the traditional Elizabethan style carried on , unabashed by fashion ; then again there was the purely classical Queen 's House at Greenwich , built by Inigo Jones , as radically different to the former as chalk is to cheese . |
| 3 | He was guilty of no more than his usual exaggeration when , at the age of twenty-four , he announced to a friend that he had read ‘ almost every thing ’ . |
| 4 | Lukic was guilty of no more than a challenge for a 50–50 ball with the speeding Rob Jones around the 18-yard line . |
| 5 | I found that for tie problems such as ‘ 1+1 ’ , ‘ 2+2 ’ , response times were very quick and similar for the more and less able children . |
| 6 | For the next half-hour Roland worked haphazardly , moving backwards and forwards in the Vico , half-looking for Proserpina , half-reading Ash 's notes , which was not easy , since they were written in various languages , in Ash 's annotating hand , which was reduced to a minute near-printing , not immediately identifiable as the same as his more generous poetic or letter-writing hand . |
| 7 | For some time now , the SARA Executive has been seeking input more generally from the rowing population for the updating of its Development Plan , but what might have been a good idea to achieve this seems set for a less than successful conclusion . |
| 8 | She had been giddy in the mornings and tired at night ; her breasts felt different , she had been sleeping badly , dreaming dreams , longing all day for Tristram to come and take her in his arms and love her , when instead she had had to be content with no more than a covert glance from him when he came home from Knollys 's yard in the evenings , or a touch of his ankle under the table at supper time . |
| 9 | ( 5 ) A justice of the peace before whom a person is brought under subsection ( 4 ) above may … if of the opinion that that person — ( a ) is not likely to surrender to custody , or ( b ) has broken or is likely to break any condition of his bail , remand him in custody or commit him to custody , as the case may require , or alternatively , grant him bail subject to the same or to different conditions , but if not of that opinion shall grant him bail subject to the same conditions ( if any ) as were originally imposed . |
| 10 | But it may be a lot more useful for the latter than the former . |
| 11 | The MP 's report draws heavily on an earlier study by consultants , W. S. Atkins , which said that CHP and district heating schemes would be viable in no fewer than nine cities in Britain . |
| 12 | To assist the food and beverage manager run the department , there are between four and six assistant managers who are involved in the many and varied aspects of management — from running a food expediting line in the galley through which 1200 entrées will pass in 30 minutes , to being responsible for a small reception for some VIPs . |
| 13 | A sculpture entitled ‘ Esposizione Universale ’ by Giulio Paolini , whose work was present on no fewer than eleven stands inside , stood outside the entrance to the Grand Palais . |
| 14 | Most of the work and examples seem far more applicable to the former than to the latter . |
| 15 | The histories of science and social science demonstrate that empiricism is not so easily applicable to the latter as to the former . |
| 16 | The Divisional Court said that this did not matter and was not caught by section 78 , which the judges stressed was concerned with no more than the narrow question of the effect of the police practice on the fairness of the proceedings in court . |
| 17 | First , the sensitivity at the company level is complicated by the many and varied hedging policies UK companies will have employed . |
| 18 | Okay , go back to work , fully recovered , okay , if within six months of going back to work , they 're off again , due to the same or related condition as the last claim , then we wo n't install , or employ the deferred period , we 'll treat is as a continuation of the previous claim . |
| 19 | Well , where disability commences within six months of returning to work after a previous claim due to the same or related causes in which case no deferred period will apply , and so therefore your right answer is B folks . |
| 20 | But he grew rich on no more than a promise . |
| 21 | Yeah , sorry … to be honest I do regard you Irish as the same as me ( whatever that is ! ) . |
| 22 | O'Rourke 's voice was unruffled as ever , unmoved by the less than flattering reference to the Sixth Fleet , from which he was on temporary loan . |
| 23 | For this reason they are not so popular with knitters who have standard gauge machines and they do n't seem to have caught on for chunky machines , possibly because they are too thick for the former and not thick enough for the latter . |
| 24 | I was worried about the latter but I can assure you here that there is little cause for concern . |
| 25 | She watched him sprawl in a cane chair on the terrace , light a cigar , and pick up a book , uncaring of the many and varied insects homing in on the light above him . |
| 26 | The competition was extremely close with no fewer than five tipsters having seven correct selections and only one failing to make 50 per cent in the markings . |
| 27 | This does n't tell us much about North Yorkshire , but is excellent for the many and varied mill shops of the old West Riding and cutlery in Sheffield . |
| 28 | To write a novel is to conduct imaginary personages through imaginary space and time in a way that will be simultaneously interesting , perhaps amusing , surprising yet convincing , representative or significant in a more than merely personal , private sense . |
| 29 | This is a significant relaxation of both NNS and NN , where the hazard was assumed monotonic in the former and constant in the latter . |
| 30 | In , prior to ninety one ninety two which is three years prior to now , a married woman was entitled to the same as that , it was , they did n't call it basic allowance , the same amount only if she was married of course and working , it had to be earned income . |