Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] and [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long-term decline in the participation of older people , particularly older men , in the workforce can not be attributed to changes in the individual characteristics of older people themselves — their health , attitudes to work and so on . |
| 2 | For one unbelievable moment their eyes met and once again it was as if they had stepped back into their own circle of magic . |
| 3 | ‘ Not in so many words perhaps , ’ said Mark , ‘ but they do manage somehow to make their wants known and perhaps even more persistently than we do . ’ |
| 4 | Well-organised farmers with economic and political resources are frequently instrumental in getting their governments to organise and even partly fund conservation services , as in the predominantly German immigrant farmer community in Rio Grande de Sul of Brazil . |
| 5 | It is all too easy to feel that we know the answer to the problems presented and so precipitously give advice . |
| 6 | Are not all the pages numbered and therefore readily checked ? |
| 7 | This upper part of Saint-Jean also has sections of the old ramparts , which are quite tame as these things go and now thoroughly civilian , overlooking as they do the main street or else the minute gardens of the houses of the old quarter . |
| 8 | I walked — in amazing Cecil B de Mille film type downpour yesterday for tea with a young lawyer son of one of John 's contemporaries at Gordonstoun , so that he could help me finalise the leaflet for a seminar on 14th January in respect of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , which many think is akin to copyright and so on but it embraces much more than that nowadays , especially in respect of computers , TV and sound usage , collaboration in respect of research and development projects which eat investments budgets and so on . |
| 9 | Bill frequently got his fingers burnt and even now he wonders if his servicing procedure was strictly legal , but at least the navigator was happy . |
| 10 | Down there they will escape the buffetings of the storms to come and there too , where temperatures are much lower , their bodily process will slow down and so use less energy at a time in the year when there is little for these animals to eat . |
| 11 | I could say he had lost some documents , needed the dates and times of his attendance — patients visited , doctors consulted and so forth — to complete his records . |
| 12 | Included in the future home will be devices which will allow the owner to be welcomed home to lights switched on , curtains drawn and possibly even the dinner in the oven . |
| 13 | Obviously , these totals vary and indeed sometimes increase . |
| 14 | The smooth progression of the Safrane 's controls helped and once again we confirmed the value of an anti-lock braking system . |
| 15 | Again the curtains opened and once more the stage was empty . |
| 16 | On seeing me standing in defiance , arms folded and apparently so cool-looking , a hush descended . |
| 17 | They are much used by those on their way to shops , schools or work , especially in the summer months , but they do not meet the needs of large numbers of pedestrians in a variety of ways , such as their uneven or discontinuous walking surfaces , lack of lighting , limited destinations served and so forth . |
| 18 | When in her twenties , nothing could stop her and she was proud to remember marriages faltering and once even , Astrid 's , biting the dust . |
| 19 | Anyway , before I got round to it , my symptoms started and shortly afterwards , as you know , MS was diagnosed . ’ |
| 20 | Only four results left and so far Lenny Henry has just taken a clear lead from Victoria Wood . |
| 21 | Various combinations of the elements of the definition of subversion can result in lawful protesters being subject to Special Branch surveillance and records which in turn may result in injustice , for example public service careers may be damaged , government contracts denied and so on . |
| 22 | erm number of special needs students seen and so on . |
| 23 | The listings are ‘ descriptive rather than judgemental ’ and aim to convey something of each shop 's character as well as facts on opening hours , range of services provided and so on . |
| 24 | THE POPE and the European bishops have invited Christians , Jews and Muslims to pray and fast together in Assisi for peace in the Balkans . |
| 25 | Carl : ‘ No we 've deliberately shied away from doing remixes with Boys Own and so forth , because you 're really asking for a backlash for starters and also so many dance mixes sound really soft , like PWL productions . |
| 26 | Carl : ‘ No we 've deliberately shied away from doing remixes with Boys Own and so forth , because you 're really asking for a backlash for starters and also so many dance mixes sound really soft , like PWL productions . |
| 27 | In the past month , Malawi 's embryonic pro-democracy movement has seen its hopes rise and almost immediately fall , much as those of Iraq 's Kurds did last year . |