Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [noun] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The devaluation debate also needs careful examination before Labour or Livingstone set off down another dead end . |
| 2 | Either I 'd counted wrong or Cawthorne walked faster than I 'd thought . |
| 3 | However , the diary makes it quite clear that Beatrice did not want to be associated with what she viewed as primarily a celibate woman 's cause . |
| 4 | The terms of this description make it absolutely clear that Polygnotos did not adhere to the single ground-line but placed his figures up and down the field with some rudimentary indication of setting ; and a few Athenian vases which must have been painted around the sixties show the same thing . |
| 5 | So it is clear that Bukharin did not make the elementary mistake that Rosdolsky attributed to him . |
| 6 | Discounting such judgments of the moment , it is clear that Baldwin fought skilfully , and certain that he fought successfully . |
| 7 | It is quite clear that Rome did not have a policy on catholic schooling at this time , and certainly not one requiring attendance at such schools as a religious duty . |
| 8 | From paintings like ‘ The Peasant Boy ’ in the Tate Gallery it is clear that Modigliani did not patronize or talk down to his models . |
| 9 | It is clear that Wagner became genuinely fond of Nietzsche , but for all the young professor 's admiration of him as a person , Wagner — it is a notorious fact — was a supremely egocentric man ; it is easily inferred that he glimpsed in Nietzsche a means of gaining respectability in hitherto hostile academic circles , and that it was this glimpse , as much as anything , that encouraged his fond feelings to grow . |
| 10 | It seems clear that Branwell had so much potential , he might have been as successful as his sisters . |
| 11 | It is clear that Coenwulf did not dare to risk ecclesiastical sanction by proceeding against Eadberht until the papal position on the matter was made quite clear . |
| 12 | Yet it seems clear that Eisenhower acted only when he was convinced that delay or vacillation might prove even more dangerous . |
| 13 | But it is also clear that Denning started off with a presumption that everyone involved was innocent and that at some stage he had personal doubts as to whether this was indeed so . |
| 14 | From the high response levels it was clear that IPSENTA rated highly on Client Satisfaction , was strongly recommended by both sponsors and informed community members , and compared favourably with other LEAs in terms of the numbers of new start-up firms and their survivability . |
| 15 | Thus it is clear that Castro had deliberately moved to implement socialist and pro-Communist policies before there was any question of Soviet involvement in Cuba and , indeed , before any decisive deterioration had taken place in US-Cuban relations ( see pages 66–9 ) . |
| 16 | The point was hammered home by the arrest of Hedilla , when he refused to accept a position on the Party Political Committee ( appointed on 22 April ) ; by the conditions for negotiation communicated by the Nationalists to the Basque government via Cavaletti , which made it abundantly clear that Franco did not want a " separate peace " but total surrender ; and , finally , by the blitzkrieg bombardment of the Basque market town of Guernica , historic cradle of Basque nationalism , on 26 April 1937 . |
| 17 | On closer examination , however , it was immediately clear that Franco did not trust the Falangists in the areas most closely related to the exercise of real power ( i.e. to the control of the force of arms ) : all three defence Ministries were in the hands of military men well known for anti-Falangist political sympathies . |
| 18 | The chamber was empty so Corbett went straight to his room , threw himself down upon his cot and fell into a deep and dreamless sleep . |
| 19 | This was clearly sensible so Fenella did not argue . |
| 20 | Throughout its history , the Auld Alliance had worked best when French and Scots did not try to live together , and particularly when the French kept out of Scotland . |
| 21 | Robin-Anne searched for a silent dark hole in which to hide , Jackson Chatterton scowled at us , Ellen looked exasperated and Thessy appeared just plain scared . |
| 22 | She just lay , sore and afraid until Anthony came back . |
| 23 | Brook , small , breezy and soft-spoken had already been padding among the assembly , shaking hands with a grip curiously flabby for one whose theatrical identity is so startlingly defined . |
| 24 | The fresh and crispies went on to receive a great deal more acclaim than The Chorus who were hardly noticed , even within their hometown . |
| 25 | The Gnomes thought this very funny and Caspar laughed loudly but Inchbad and the giants missed the point . |
| 26 | Tension ran high and fighting broke out among the spectators as well as among the players . |
| 27 | Oz formed his face into a solemn mask that would have been funny if Jinny had not been trying to keep him happy . |
| 28 | Along the entire front the British and French struggled up out of their trenches and advanced in successive waves . |
| 29 | Surely the British and Prussians had not fed ? |
| 30 | ‘ It was quite wet and Imran went quite far down the wicket — he may be a great player but he 's not a great runner — before sending Inzamam back . |