Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The argument for the suppliants was concerned only with whether the mistake under which they had paid the duty was one of fact or of law . |
| 32 | Consequently , setting up detailed financial controls based only upon whether an SBU is considered to be a ‘ star ’ , ‘ cash cow ’ or ‘ dog ’ is also simplistic . |
| 33 | However , despite that achievement in the national interest , the Government have sat idly by while the electricity supply industry has disregarded that massive increase in productivity . |
| 34 | Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting . |
| 35 | If electrons are sent through the slits one at a time , one would expect each to pass through one slit or the other , and so behave just as if the slit it passed through were the only one there — giving a uniform distribution on the screen . |
| 36 | She gasped , just as if the water had hit her in the chest . |
| 37 | The word is stressed just as if the affix was not there ( e.g. ‘ pleasant ’ , ‘ unpleasant ’ ; ‘ market ’ , ‘ marketing ’ ) |
| 38 | Otherwise the War Wagon is moved as indicated and if it collides with troops it comes to a halt and a round of hand-to-hand combat follows just as if the War Wagon had charged . |
| 39 | With her little black broom in her hand , Angela danced gaily out of the tent , and she looked just as if the Gnome on her Brownie uniform had come to life ! |
| 40 | Then , just as if the world had frozen and stopped for a moment , she saw the woman in the driving seat , face white , eyes glassy with shock , the mouth stretched in a grimace which looked like terror . |
| 41 | ( 6 ) The provisions of this Act and of any byelaws or regulations made thereunder , other than provisions relating to permitted hours , shall apply to the sale of alcoholic liquor under subsection ( 1 ) above as if the sale took place on licensed premises and to the sale of alcoholic liquor under subsection ( 2 ) above as if the sale took place in the registered club . |
| 42 | ( 6 ) The provisions of this Act and of any byelaws or regulations made thereunder , other than provisions relating to permitted hours , shall apply to the sale of alcoholic liquor under subsection ( 1 ) above as if the sale took place on licensed premises and to the sale of alcoholic liquor under subsection ( 2 ) above as if the sale took place in the registered club . |
| 43 | They recoil away as if the intruder were unpleasant to them — something more than simply shading them from sunlight . |
| 44 | Now , if you see a ploughed field today , it looks exactly as if a lot of pigs have been a-hoggin' and a-rootin' on it up . ’ |
| 45 | This additional angular motion imposed by the field is quantised , exactly as if the electron was constrained in an orbit around an atom . |
| 46 | Mrs Pember Reeves was ambivalent on the issue , commenting that it depended largely on whether the accommodation was above or below ground and on the absolute minimum that was allowed for food . |
| 47 | It was looking more and more as if the source might be Nazi Intelligence . |
| 48 | All researchers have to think carefully about whether the interviewer 's sex , class , race , or accent will affect the answers that are given . |
| 49 | The actual rate of return on a futures position depends both on whether the position is long or short , and on the amount of margin that has to be paid . |
| 50 | His head lifted sharply as if an idea had struck him . |
| 51 | It sounded now as if the storm must be directly overhead . |
| 52 | She was talking now as if the child were not present , but the child was present , and she spoke up : ‘ An hour a month ? |
| 53 | Church twisted his head sideways as if the writing were the wrong way round . |
| 54 | Whether there should be an inquest turns solely on whether the death was ‘ unnatural . ’ |
| 55 | Application packages and command driven data management systems are two attractive approaches — the choice between then depending mainly on whether the user wants an instant solution or a tailored system . |
| 56 | In 1965 Lyndon Johnson told Congress that ‘ If we stand passively by while the centre of each city becomes a hive of deprivation , crime and hopelessness … if we become two people , the suburban affluent and the urban poor , each filled with mistrust and fear for the other … then we shall effectively cripple each generation to come . ’ |
| 57 | The barbecue is always one of the more popular events , though where we do this depends rather on whether the wind has dropped or not ! |
| 58 | And it is looking increasingly as if the date will be as much Mr Mandela 's own decision as the government 's . |
| 59 | Seasoned observers of Angeleno politics can only just believe it , but it looks increasingly as if the fat-cat will win . |
| 60 | And yet the feeling of departure is still here for although the love is strong in the face of illness or old age , the bearer of that love must inevitably leave the poet when he dies . |