Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MODERN methods of assessing the value of scientific research might just as well not exist as far as British policy makers are concerned . |
| 2 | The victim 's previous sexual history might also where possible be emphasised . |
| 3 | But no matter how erratic the behaviour of the monetary authorities becomes , the private sector will sooner or later latch on to what is happening . |
| 4 | Converting to pure petrol would more than double emissions . |
| 5 | Installing central heating will more than pay for itself . |
| 6 | Hoare was concerned that his grandson , upon succeeding to Stourhead , should relinquish all connection with the bank , because of his fears that the ‘ great National Debt must sooner or later be our ruin : if any public calamity happen , Stourhead should not be threatened ’ . |
| 7 | In any branch of government , civil or military , promotion always came easier to a man who could add political interest to ability , and on occasion the active support of a great man could more than compensate for very limited abilities . |
| 8 | It is necessary for the theory that they should , for otherwise poisonous prey might just as well be dull as brightly coloured . |
| 9 | In concrete terms , Miliband has argued that in a capitalist society , the interests of private capital will invariably and necessarily be taken into account in the development of public policy and so we should not expect to see business leaders standing on a soap box anymore than we should expect to see those who enjoy the ear of government organising on the streets . |
| 10 | Also , the Euboian cleruchy may actually and ironically have accelerated the revolt it was designed to prevent — because cleruchiea had a garrison function ; but if the cleruchy was installed as early as 450 it can not have been an immediate grievance . |
| 11 | The low 11.2 TW scenario would require the industrialized nations to halve their energy consumption by 2020 , while the developing world would more than double theirs . |
| 12 | Ultimate power must specifically and clearly be returned to the Council of Ministers who directly represent the interests of the various sovereign governments . |
| 13 | ‘ This spectacular discovery should once and for all prove what shape the original Globe was , ’ Martin Clout , the theatre architecture historian , said . |
| 14 | To me , the whole process might just as well be magic . |
| 15 | The commentator 's ingenuous query could just as well have been prompted , however , by an unrelated but somehow symptomatic display of the insensitivity and obstinacy that have come to be regarded as part of Kohl 's character . |
| 16 | It was a private lair , and though they 'd often wished to have a fire they 'd never done so — not because they feared for the dry wood of the spinney but because they knew that rising smoke would sooner or later be investigated . |