Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Esda is effectively negated because the plastic sheet ensures that no indentation is left on underlying pages . |
| 2 | It is also easier to defeat procedural motions rather than substantive ones , the Scotland and Wales ( Devolution ) Bill being effectively halted when the timetable motion ( guillotine ) was defeated by twenty-nine in February 1977 . |
| 3 | The euphoria of Donna 's phone call slowly evaporated as the evening went on . |
| 4 | Most of them did not escape from wartime secrecy and were not properly developed until the war was over . |
| 5 | Mauroy 's departure had been widely expected since the party 's extraordinary congress in December [ see below ] , which had failed to resolve personal rivalries . |
| 6 | In another case , the Court of Appeal held that a prosecution had been properly discontinued when a defendant had taken out a private prosecution for perjury against a witness who had given evidence against him at committal proceedings . |
| 7 | There followed a time of uncertainty and bloodshed which was eventually resolved when the republic developed into an empire with Augustus as its first emperor from 27 B.C. The Augustan period from then until his death in A.D. 14 was one of the great and successful ages of man and , architecturally , this is reflected in the many great buildings which were erected under the auspices of Augustus whose boast was that when he came to Rome it was a city of bricks but that he left it a city of marble . |
| 8 | Five national opinion polls in tomorrow 's newspapers are keenly awaited after a survey in London showed Labour 's lead slipping a couple of points . |
| 9 | You may be surprised , I know of at least 4 people that have only joined since the article was in TSB . |
| 10 | Consequently , the pattern of dividend payouts for firms which follow some target may resemble a ratchet effect which is only broken when the firm 's performance is bad for several consecutive periods . |
| 11 | The spell was only broken when the Captain looked over her head , saying : |
| 12 | No further assessment of papal revenues was apparently undertaken until the compilation by Benedict , canon of St Peter 's , some half century or so later , which was finished before the death of Innocent II in 1143 . |
| 13 | The receiver is not , however , obliged to fulfil existing contracts and because of this it is claimed that in this regard he is better placed than the company which of course must stand by its contracts . |
| 14 | In his well-known ‘ boutades ’ against politicians Pétain appeared to fear no one ; to Poincaré he once remarked acidly that ‘ nobody was better placed than the President himself to be aware that France was neither led nor governed . ’ |
| 15 | For shares , capital gains and losses are only recognized when the share is sold , and this is directly under the owner 's control . |
| 16 | However , this confidence is only justified when the check is done systematically and correctly . |
| 17 | These checks are only justified if the person is likely to be handling large sums of money or to be exposed to the possibility of bribery . |
| 18 | As a result , this is usually only undertaken if a band has enjoyed significant record sales . |
| 19 | Arthur Browning , the son of Stamford architect Edward Browning , who was at the school in the 1870's , reports that ‘ The initiation of the new boys kissing the face of the ‘ Old Man' ’ , which forms the keystone of the church door , was seldom practised ’ and J. H. Boam of the same period recalled that the ceremony was only undertaken if a pupil had done anything to dishonour the school . |
| 20 | It is a fact of life that a client who spends real money will be better treated than the rabble that does n't . |
| 21 | The slander spread like wildfire and was only checked when the drunk who invented it confessed in a magistrates court . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's only come because the press are here , ’ says the first fat lady . |
| 23 | Central administration tends to be heavily bureaucratic and it is interesting to speculate whether the deserving would be better served and the abuses of the modern system better curbed if the administration was returned to more local control . |
| 24 | They usually pose no problems but sometimes the upper tushes are high enough to interfere with the bit which should be especially considered if the horse is to wear a double bridle . |
| 25 | He wrenched himself from her arms , leaving her suddenly chilled although the night was still very mild , and paced away from her on the veranda , then circled back to stare down at her once again , his face set in a grim , frowning mask . |
| 26 | The use of an experienced Patent Agent is highly recommended if a patent application is being considered . |
| 27 | Rape is only committed where the man has sexual intercourse with the woman without her consent . |
| 28 | Early weaning is only recommended if the baby is suffering quite badly and you have exhausted all other possibilities . |
| 29 | We did n't see the Seychelles scops owl , which is nocturnal and usually only seen if a tape-recording is played at night , nor did we get the little Seychelles white-eye , but I am not concerned . |
| 30 | Obvious laminations were only revealed when a saw was used for core splitting . |