Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Article 1 sets out its purpose , viz. ‘ to ensure the continuation of farming thereby maintaining a minimum population level or conserving the countryside in certain less-favoured areas … ’ |
| 32 | ‘ In order to ensure the continuation of farming , thereby maintaining a minimum population level or conserving the countryside in certain less-favoured areas the list of which is … ’ |
| 33 | It has two functions : ( a ) it acts as a point of orientation by connecting back to previous stretches of discourse and thereby maintaining a coherent point of view and , ( b ) it acts as a point of departure by connecting forward and contributing to the development of later stretches . |
| 34 | Now , if you make a cup very deep and turn the sides over , you eventually make a lensless pinhole camera . |
| 35 | However , feeding weekly mashes with different ingredients from the daily feeding routine is effectively producing a sudden change in diet , something we are continually told not to do because of the potentially harmful results . |
| 36 | Cheese is a protein of high biological value and a little goes a long way . |
| 37 | The other characteristic is that their influence seems out of all proportion to the amount present : a little goes a long way . |
| 38 | Although they can be expensive , essential oils are highly concentrated substances ; in practice , a little goes a long way . |
| 39 | It 's not cheap but the dispenser means a little goes a long way and it 's more hygienic than a pot . |
| 40 | I doubt if the soot would actively harm your fish , but a little goes a long way . |
| 41 | With leaves that are streaked with bright cream or marked in bold , gold blotches , a little goes a long way . |
| 42 | Yes , I have , but … but a little goes a long way . ’ |
| 43 | Yet a little goes a long way . |
| 44 | A little goes a long way ; too much is unbearably sentimental . |
| 45 | A LITTLE goes a long way with UNICEF . |
| 46 | On 1 March , 1986 , the 29.9% ceiling on the outside ownership of Stock Exchange firms was abolished altogether , thereby allowing a single non-member to own 100% of a member firm . |
| 47 | And here was the bonus : the positive charge of the proton is so effectively shielded that it will now be able to encroach much closer to the nucleus of a neighbouring atom without being repelled ; the chance of bumping into it and undergoing nuclear fusion , ‘ cold fusion ’ , thereby became a real possibility . |
| 48 | Still , they met us with fire trucks ; we were politely assigned an armed guard and warned not to take pictures . |
| 49 | The bright light — this was what had struck them first — issued from an old street lamp , leaning at a crazy angle , rather suggesting an amateur production of Tales of Hoffmann , fitted , in place of glass , with sheets of mauve plastic , and trailing a long cable which disappeared down the companion . |
| 50 | In contrast , the culture of precursors and purified epithelium alone remained small and was alymphoid , even though the epithelial cells had successfully formed an intact structure and still expressed a cortical epithelial cell phenotype , including MHC class II antigen expression ( b ) and ERTR4 ( ref.16 ) and 4F11E ( ref.17 ) expression ( not shown ) . |
| 51 | He had metaphorically shaken a large fist , impotently , at some looming energy-field , and got on with his work , his work . |
| 52 | The extent to which either the adult or child within plays a significant part in our lives depends greatly on our own upbringing . |
| 53 | Besides handling a substantial slice of Syria 's drug revenues , Haser and the Magharians also laundered drug profits for the Colombian cocaine cartels through a number of Swiss banks controlled by Arab interests . |
| 54 | If the Christians do eventually deliver a true case of satanic child abuse — and , who knows , God forbid , they may , for satanists are real enough and a bit of copycat crime is surely due after all this publicity — it will be seen by many to validate all their arguments . |
| 55 | These will be issued to students successfully completing a single area of study or a short course involving two or three areas of study , but not to those following a full certificate or diploma programme . |
| 56 | Instead it qualifies the property inherent in the noun used ( see Chapter 1 ) , thereby producing a complex property which is different both from the simplex properties and from their simple sum or union ; and it is this property-complex which is relevant to the relation of identification . |
| 57 | The House of Lords , while accepting that some elements of natural justice could apply to investigations and preliminary determinations , held that an opportunity to see the counter-statement was not required : no final decision was being made and if the taxpayer could comment on the counter-statement the Commissioners would wish to comment on those comments , thereby producing an endless succession of exchanges , bringing the administration to a standstill . |
| 58 | Straw is largely seen as a waste product but treatment with caustic soda , ammonia or urea can increase its nutrient content , thereby producing an economical animal feed which could supplement existing hay and silage feed systems . |
| 59 | If we can successfully compare a present-day situation to an historic one then we can use hindsight to tell us what may happen next . |
| 60 | ( She eventually got a third-class honours degree . ) |