Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was the boy outnumbered in this predominantly female household — he had the additional problem of having to contend with a rather cumbersome and unusual first Christian name : Marwood James Henry Titford had presumably been named as such by way of homage to the vicar of Curry Rivel , the Rev. Charles Marwood Speke Mules . |
| 2 | But it has since been recognised that this was wrong and that what is termed ‘ sub-maximal ’ exercise is beneficial to health , protects against heart attacks and is an important aid to recovery after them . |
| 3 | It has since been accepted that this kind of arrangement can not be accommodated at most other council buildings . |
| 4 | The sphere of influence has suddenly been increased and another 300 000 people are likely to be attracted towards Hull . |
| 5 | Although there are cases where a significant field difference has only been found when some form of retention interval has been imposed on the subject ( e.g. Dee and Fontenot , 1973 ) it is unlikely that these are the only circumstances in which reliable effects occur ( Schmuller , 1980 ) . |
| 6 | It has long been argued that this gives great advantage to the ruling party because of its ability to manipulate the economy for the desired results on election day . |
| 7 | It has long been accepted that this exclusive jurisdiction prevents the courts of the land from dealing initially with issues falling to be decided by the visitor , and prevent an appeal from the visitor to those courts . |
| 8 | It had long been recognized that many species are protected from predators by colouring that provides camouflage . |
| 9 | This requires diagnostic skills normally associated with doctors , but it has long been suspected that this responsibility is generally left entirely to the DN , so this section begins with an analysis of DN responses to the question : ‘ Who decided on current treatment ? ’ before examining that treatment . |
| 10 | It had long been known that some metals gave colours to flames ; but this was an unreliable test , because colours are hard to describe exactly , and because they are usually masked by a brilliant orange-yellow . |
| 11 | It had long been thought that many seventeenth and eighteenth century blocks in Rome were of a type of construction essentially Medieval or Renaissance , but Ostia shows that the basic plan of these is Roman . |
| 12 | There is a wind of change blowing through the corporate environment these days , one that has long been predicted but that few expected to actually see . |
| 13 | Unless , as I say , it 's all been microfilmed and these are just garbage . |
| 14 | The report admitted : ‘ There are problems associated with this since it is difficult to ensure that feral pigeons only are taken since some birds may be ringed and belong to pigeon fanciers . |
| 15 | ‘ It could be that it 's just something that Bob is allergic to , but it had better be investigated and some sample testing done in case we need to get on to the manufacturers . |
| 16 | This stance is premised on the view that effective change depends on the genuine commitment of those required to implement it , and that commitment can only be achieved if those involved feel that they have control of the process . |
| 17 | Government grants to farmers to minimize pollution should only be made where such waste management strategies were in place , the NRA argues . |
| 18 | It was always our contention that justice should not only be done but that justice should be seen to be done by the due process of the public inquiry . |
| 19 | Liability could only be incurred if this failure amounted to a breach of an international obligation , or , to put it another way , if there was a duty on the member States to ensure adequate supervision of the organisation they had created . |
| 20 | The chest has three different padlocks and can only be opened when all three keyholders , the vicar and the two hospital wardens , are present . |
| 21 | The cashier holds the other key and the safe deposit box can only be opened if both locks are operated at the same time . |
| 22 | On this basis , knowledge of God could only be established if either God himself were immediately accessible to our awareness , or ‘ God ’ were a category demonstrably necessary , like those of space and time , to the ordering and shaping of our understanding . |
| 23 | But their limitation has been that they can only be used when all the well data is available — after it has been drilled . |
| 24 | I suspect that the proposition that broadly the price of housing will rise at least as fast as inflation could only be falsified if some pestilence almost on the scale of the black death were to occur so that supply vastly exceeded demand or significantly exceeded demand . |
| 25 | It can only be deduced that most young people learn about homosexuality from the negative and misinformed images in the mainstream media . |
| 26 | Even in such cases references in court to Parliamentary material should only be permitted where such material clearly discloses the mischief aimed at or the legislative intention lying behind the ambiguous or obscure words . |
| 27 | Safeguards would have to be built into the use of post-selection , pre-placement medical examinations , which should only be permitted if all successful applicants are subjected to such a medical examination . |
| 28 | Night work for women could , however , only be introduced if both employers ' and employees ' representatives for the relevant industry in a given country reached agreement on conditions . |
| 29 | An SPR can only be closed once and should only be closed when all necessary work has been completed . |
| 30 | An SPR can only be closed once and should only be closed when all necessary work has been completed . |