Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only got that cos kindergarten . |
| 2 | While its petrol-engined equivalent must have unleaded fuel , the diesel catalyser will only become effective when sulphur levels drop . |
| 3 | Such a split in the Tory ranks had no precedent , and would only become imaginable when public outrage at Government policy was aroused to such a pitch of fury that large numbers of Conservative backbenchers felt obliged to break ranks . |
| 4 | These schools are protestant , though nothing else is perhaps to lie expected when protestant — loyalist teachers teach protestant — loyalist children . |
| 5 | I 'm writing a report on her former colleague , because suspicions have been voiced that she is the agent of some foreign power — though , I hasten to add , I personally regard this as nonsense , and am convinced he died simply because she somehow … |
| 6 | No one would say that the need only becomes immediate when rain is imminent ; the need is immediate from the start because rain is certain to fall some time . |
| 7 | In traditional critical study , questions about politics were rarely felt important since politics engaged with transitory activities . |
| 8 | These festivities were , however , soon cut short when news arrived that the Emperor 's third and fourth sons , Aurangzeb and Murad Baksh , had joined forces and were heading north . |
| 9 | Not as crazily experimental as Celtic Frost , not as overtly grunge fixated as Obituary , but for sheer controlled power , Cerebral Fix scoop the lot . |
| 10 | Not as crazily experimental as Celtic Frost , not as overtly grunge fixated as Obituary , but for sheer controlled power , Cerebral Fix scoop the lot . |
| 11 | We 're just watching this cos daddy 's excited . |
| 12 | The work which can be done is any work a solicitor normally does other than representation in a court or tribunal . |
| 13 | ‘ Well fashion is still faring better than advertising in the current page squeeze , but there are now less editorial pages to correspond with the fewer advertising pages being sold in magazines ’ . |
| 14 | The markets still remain unsure whether interest rates are rising to keep the economy in check by containing consumer spending or whether they are rising to protect the pound in the international market . |
| 15 | It is a notable achievement , especially for a left-wing ‘ class-firster ’ ; but Ms Magas understands that in places like ex-Yugoslavia — and perhaps not only there — nation still matters more than class . |
| 16 | From then on , the walk was far less interesting : we passed the Bishops Wordsworth School Sports Field then came a long dull stretch to The Rose and Crown , that always looked decrepit until renovation in the ‘ thirties . |
| 17 | Lamb 's achievement is the more impressive in that he hardly ever bats higher than No. 4 . |
| 18 | He just about could do , because as it turned out she only took a percentage , unlike the other two who got through the lot , but then Egan had more to leave hidden than Place . |
| 19 | Cooperation seems to be less of an immediate necessity with market-determined exchange rates , but coordination of national policies still seems desirable if conflict and economic stagnation are to be avoided in the long run . |
| 20 | Even if the Carlists were unlikely ever to possess more than nuisance value , the Falange , with its wider appeal and rapid growth-rate , was a different matter . |
| 21 | Nation usually speaks louder than ideology ; as a result , the generally accepted notions of government and opposition break down . |
| 22 | Victory gave Charlton their 11th away League win , but it hardly looked likely when captain Gary Bennett headed Sunderland ahead after 56 minutes . |
| 23 | Farm production is still increasing faster than demand , and farms will feel the squeeze as the EC tries to match supply and demand . |
| 24 | Worse , when resentment over exploitation is recognized , how did it ever get reinterpreted as illness ? |
| 25 | These are more clot specific than streptokinase . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're still investing more than HP is in development , so our bottom line profits are less , but this will be the first year for the RS/6000 that we make at least $1 net profit . ’ |
| 27 | Coal 's advantage still held good when account was taken of the cost of fitting flue gas desulphurisation equipment , said Mr. Clarke . |
| 28 | Badgers ' coats are also getting thicker as winter approaches and this put them at risk from diggers who sell their pelts to unscrupulous collectors . |
| 29 | I was about to contact the American lawyer acting for the defendants , Mr William Rogers ( later to become famous as Secretary of State under Nixon ) , when the telephone rang and it was the New York Times enquiring when I was going to meet him . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd rather starve first than work for a man like that ! ’ |