Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marulić also wrote in Latin , as might be expected from a man who had studied in Padua . |
| 2 | This appears to be an accurate assessment of the fact that although joining high speed roads almost always feels dangerous there had in fact been relatively few accidents recorded at that site in the three year period studied . |
| 3 | Which one of the following never stood for Parliament as a Liberal : Ludovic Kennedy , Robin Day , Richard Dimbleby , John Arlott ? |
| 4 | For a short while ( three months ) the family party remained within the crumbling Electric Circus walls but the talented and the lucky soon matured into pop stars and ambitious writers . |
| 5 | The agreement , subject to negotiation of final terms and conditions , provides that $8m , which was due on March 1 , will be due for repayment on December 31 1993 , and the other $8m on March 1 , 1994 ; Commodore and Prudential also agreed in principle to extend a March 1 $5m senior note repayment to December 31 , and the company said it paid as scheduled the remaining $12.5m senior note maturities due to Prudential and to another of its lenders . |
| 6 | It did not simply result in a situation in which the Liberals won 2.2 per cent of the Commons seats in return for 19.3 per cent of the national vote since Labour also sneaked into office with only 37.1 per cent of the votes cast — less than the Conservative total . |
| 7 | Our hinterland of the imaginary actually consisted of grass tussocks , brambles , a grove of willows , some hawthorns , a beech tree or two , drainage ditches , a slow and deep brook with steep banks , a weir , twin tunnels which took the stream beneath the main Derby to Nottingham road and , upstream , a wooden footbridge and wobbly stepping stones . |
| 8 | Vologsky suddenly exploded into action . |
| 9 | A patch of red soon appeared in retaliation at the other end of the ground but both were quickly silenced by the twin evils of an unimportant match and a cold , dull afternoon . |
| 10 | Liberal theorists such as T. H. Green argued in the 1880s and 90s that poor social conditions hindered the desirable growth of moral and communal responsibility among the poor , but Green also looked to improvement from increased voluntary exercise of responsibility and regarded state intervention only as a last resort . |
| 11 | Although originally based on the Greek ideal of Philosopher Kings , the mixture of academics , priests and the military actually led to decision making designed only to protect sectional interests . |