Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Record-breaking and the alleged mania for quantification can not properly explain the appeal of sport . |
| 2 | The ‘ spiritual sense ’ view of faith has given rise to a form of spiritual elitism in which the believer welcomes a position in which he or she has no common ground with the unbeliever , and thereby turns the sort of dismissive ‘ religious language is nonsense ’ approach of Ayer into a welcome acceptance of the divide between men and women of reason on the one hand , and those with faith on the other . |
| 3 | Although his attitude towards the French seemed to change somewhat before he died , Roosevelt had effectively delayed the French in their attempt to return to Indochina . |
| 4 | The materials which I designed myself as illustrative of a particular approach to teaching ( for example , Widdowson 1978 ; Allen and Widdowson 1973 ) , have been criticized on the grounds that they have not been subjected to evaluation and thereby given the seal of practical effectiveness ( Murphy 1985 ) . |
| 5 | The Morley/Penman project had a negative thrust — ‘ rockist ’ duly became a term of abuse as casually applied by pop fans as ‘ selling out ’ had been by 1960s rock fans — but its tone was relentlessly optimistic and Morley was duly rewarded for his faith in market forces ( and in Dollar in particular ) by being invited into Trevor Horn 's record label plans . |
| 6 | For the new system to be introduced properly involves a change of constitution and a further vote . |
| 7 | Much more seriously , the House of Lords in Grunwick Processing Laboratories Ltd v. ACAS ( 1978 ) effectively made the resolution of recognition disputes dependent on the co-operation of employers . |
| 8 | Much of the problem can be overcome by designing networks that meet people 's walking needs , thereby encouraging a level of activity that ‘ deters antisocial behaviour and offers the reassurance of help at hand if hassled ’ . |
| 9 | erm The social man , Proust says , rarely offers a key to the creative personality , and he 's anxious to keep a distinction between these two things , and I shall try to do something the same . |
| 10 | Now that he was left alone with the two women , both of whom ( he imagined ) rather admired him , Rupert felt a sense of power , though there being two of them rather limited the scope of what he could do — cramped his style , he might almost have said . |
| 11 | Patients presenting with metastasis of unknown origin have a mean life expectancy of only four months so most diagnostic methods occupy a large proportion of the patient 's remaining life and identification of the primary site only rarely influences the choice of treatment . |
| 12 | However , the House of Lords , when hearing the appeal in Davis v. Johnson [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 1132 , expressly affirmed the rule in Young v. Bristol Aeroplane Co . |
| 13 | Both at home and at school , methodologies may fundamentally obstruct the negotiation of meaning and , in doing so , reduce the likelihood of deaf children enriching their language skills . |
| 14 | She had duly registered the death of her father at the Council Offices that afternoon and the funeral had now speedily to be carried out in Buckinghamshire . |
| 15 | We stayed close to the radio and eventually heard a repeat of what proved to be Marshal Badoglio 's first and last broadcast to the nation , uttered in a mournful voice : |
| 16 | Of course , Irish clergy and laity are sometimes at the forefront of political religious change in other countries , and a lively Irish intellectuals ’ religion will continue : but whether or not it will eventually affect the structure of power is another matter . |
| 17 | So those who persistently demanded succour when they were no longer entitled to it and irritatingly pricked the conscience of the rich were particularly apt for denunciation as witches . |
| 18 | On the other hand , Whitaker avidly devoured the kind of Boy 's Own adventures typified by such heroes as Bulldog Drummond and any of John Buchan 's creations . |
| 19 | She stopped abruptly , almost as if she had metaphorically clapped a hand over her mouth . |
| 20 | Somewhere lay the sound of singing — I say lay for the voice seemed to float on the waters as gently as a slight mist . |
| 21 | Nadirpur 's hand delicately traced a line across Ahn 's perspiring brow . |
| 22 | This section will attempt to demonstrate how the Bank of England operates in the sterling money markets and thereby influences the level of interest rates in those markets . |
| 23 | He was granted a second term by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke in a move that effectively guarantees the existence of the Board for the foreseeable future . |
| 24 | In 1979 , for example , of the 80,000 full-time teachers employed in further education only just over 36,000 , or about 45 per cent , were trained in that they had successfully completed a course of professional training approved by the DES . |
| 25 | ‘ Offenders will have to satisfy the courts they have successfully completed a course before their period of disqualification is reduced , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The scholarships are now in their third year and a number of candidates have successfully completed a variety of courses . |
| 27 | I an authorised officer in nineteen sixty eight , so it 'd have been twenty years and er from there I became er an instructor in nineteen eighty four er having successfully completed a number of national run courses on firearms , firearms tactics at the national school of firearms er which are in the metropolitan district and er Lancashire and West Yorkshire . |
| 28 | Zimbabwean conservationists have successfully completed a programme of rhino de-horning , a technique first developed in an effort to reduce rhino poaching in neighbouring Namibia . |
| 29 | Whilst with JM Liz has successfully completed the Institute of Personnel Management examinations and is currently taking the Open University Effective Manager course . |
| 30 | While with Hofmann he had so successfully completed an investigation for Allsopps & Sons of Burton-on-Trent that they offered him an appointment as chemist at the brewery . |