Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb base] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now , however , good-quality large-scale canvases rarely fetch more than $4 million ; and there have been problems with forgeries . |
| 2 | Overlap of turns occurs in only about 5 per cent of conversation or less , strongly suggesting that speakers somehow know exactly when and where to enter ( Ervin-Tripp 1979 ) . |
| 3 | These realities , pressures and residual doubts probably add rather than detract from Soviet incentives to favour a pre-emptive , lightning offensive , carried out with a minimum of warning and consultation . |
| 4 | British homes now contain more than 20 million cassette recorders . |
| 5 | Moreover , fraud trials generally take longer than other criminal trials , due to the sophisticated and complex nature of many frauds , and they often stretch over many months . |
| 6 | Yet human parents generally stay together until their offspring are fully grown — and may even cohabit until the end of their lives despite the fact that they bear no more offspring together . |
| 7 | The , the point as says , one has to bear in mind is that , okay , in general fostering are the successful parents , but the parents probably have more than one offspring . |
| 8 | Raw fruits also keep well if stored in the fridge , where they will remain fresh for several weeks . |
| 9 | For example d-Block elements often form more than one stable cation . |
| 10 | ‘ When you realise that turnover for 80pc of small firms is often less £100,000 and many small businessmen often earn less than £10,000 a year one realises the difficulties many small firms are facing . ’ |
| 11 | Five working sites currently produce less than 0.1m tonnes per year . |
| 12 | America 's airlines alone have more than $130 billion-worth of aircraft on order . |
| 13 | Soil films probably react differently because of partial oxidation , heat modification or drying out of the uppermost layers , forming a ‘ case hardened ’ skin which protects the body of the soil . |
| 14 | The town 's factories now produce more than three quarters of all the wooden chairs made in Britain . |
| 15 | After all , dogs actually sniff regularly where others have soiled , around lamp posts for example , so this is certainly no deterrent . |
| 16 | Our experience shows that stud males only mate efficiently if they are used regularly but not more frequently than alternate nights . |
| 17 | One simple distinction is between layered nets which learn by back propagation , in which the search optimises each node 's output locally , and nets such as the Boltzmann machine which optimise a global feature such as the quantity called C. Local optimisers usually learn faster than global optimisers . |
| 18 | Virtually all synthetic strings today have more than one strand of fibre in them — therefore they are multifilament . |
| 19 | The Russians now have more than 150 major factories building ships , aircraft , missiles , armoured vehicles , artillery , ammunition and explosives . |
| 20 | Our stress levels suddenly rise markedly when we go through a major life event such as perhaps a divorce , serious accident , or death in the family . |
| 21 | Bear in mind that rabbits always net better when they are running downhill , so take advantage of that if possible . |
| 22 | In the case of ritual performance the details sometimes vary simply because the actors have forgotten what ought to happen next ! |
| 23 | The monomers then redistribute so as to restore balance in what is termed the first relaxation . |
| 24 | The two cities indirectly hold more than 17 per cent and 10 per cent of MBB which could be enough to stop the merger , observers said . |
| 25 | This is one reason why sons are so important in some countries : girls usually leave home when they marry , so no longer contribute to their parents ' income . |
| 26 | Neither Orcs nor Goblins are particularly technically minded , but they build fast and strong so their devices usually work even though they may appear crude in comparison to human constructions . |
| 27 | Officially reported cases of gonorrhoea , syphilis and other venereal diseases now number more than 375,000 , which surely understates things . |
| 28 | Over the medium term , however , the new Teachers ' Pay Review Body is likely to make teaching markedly better paid — nearly half of all secondary school teachers now earn more than £20,000 a year — which will take much wind out of the NUT 's sails . |
| 29 | Swarms and mating flights seldom rise more than two or three metres off the ground ; aerial mating may be replaced by mating on surface vegetation . |
| 30 | ‘ But players never say never when there is still something to fight for . |