Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | put it in the shop window in New York on St Patrick 's Day along with forty shades of green paperweights , the lacquered shillelaghs , and the wonderful world of deedeelee eedeelee eedeelee Irishness ; skipping dancing jolly little leprechauns in bright buckled shoes and battered hatted bow legged bright red drunken faced gombeen men with little devils in their laughing Irish eyes , mischievous gossipy white haired old women with shawls , pure white skinned colleens skipping carefree through green fields dutifully ready to return in an instant to domestic chores , strapping athletic lads with fine belts and sturdy boots ever willing to put in a fair day 's work or hit each other a clout . |
| 2 | The scene is rather that portrayed in such modern masterworks as Yes , Minister , a key text of late-twentieth-century English political thought , and novels like Michael Dobb 's House of Cards — Mr Dobbs being appropriately enough , Deputy Chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi , the advertising agency , and a friend and colleague of Christopher Patten . |
| 3 | Presumably this refers to domestic difficulties . |
| 4 | Effectively this happened in two stages — the first in the 1920s and 30s when British colonialism wanted to create an intermediate class in East African countries , and the second after World War II when Britain in common with other Western European countries was faced with a chronic shortage of labour . |
| 5 | Inequality in health , especially that based on social class or occupational status , is a topic which has been subjected to considerable scrutiny . |
| 6 | Captain Cook material remains in demand as so little survives outside public collections . |
| 7 | First , the absence of specialist alcohol training on qualification courses means there is no emphasis on screening , so little occurs in later practice . |
| 8 | At the time the L & B railway was built there were no railway carriage building firms so that underframes for original stock were constructed at Euston or , as it was then called , Euston Grove Station , while bodies were built by a West End road vehicle builder and carted from his works to the station . |
| 9 | I think perhaps this applies to all children , adopted or home-grown . |
| 10 | Wolpe , at a different end of the political spectrum , has only this to say about higher education : |
| 11 | Extensive use is made here in this chapter of his posthumously published work ( Bulmer , 1986 ) because it has so much to say of immediate and striking significance to our theme . |
| 12 | Black Michael looked blacker than ever today — because you and the Princess had so much to say to each other . ’ |
| 13 | J. did n't work nights and we had so much to talk about that it seemed a shame to waste precious time in sleep . |
| 14 | The three found so much to talk about that they did not think of tea till nearly five o'clock . |
| 15 | ‘ You must have so much to talk about that you ca n't possibly want a stranger , ’ said Julia . |
| 16 | The exhibition has brought together a well-chosen and representative selection of the art which Susan Beattie did so much to bring to critical attention with the publication of her book The New Sculpture in 1983 . |
| 17 | While you are on the roof there is so much to look at that it is easy to miss some important feature . |
| 18 | On all sides the air is filled with music and a mixture of languages as young people from all over Europe get together to enjoy the pleasures of this picturesque resort that has so much to offer in such a small space — last year we counted over 15 different hostelries , none more than five minutes walk from each other ! |
| 19 | I really can not come to terms with the fact that I am … there 's lots of interesting work to do — there was in the job I did — and I want so much to identify with that rather than just sit back here and say ‘ I 'm a housewife and I 'm happy ’ … because I could n't be . |
| 20 | There 's so much to experience in this beautiful region which is seemingly untouched by time . |
| 21 | If together these amount to 30 per cent or more of the target 's voting rights there might be a breach of the timing restrictions contained in Rule 5 of the Code , or an obligation might be incurred to make a mandatory offer under Rule 9 . |
| 22 | One oath could be overlain by another ; obligations could conflict when a man had acquired successive lords — as so many had between 837 and 841 . |
| 23 | If you 're energetic there 's a choice of so many land to water-based sports and activities , too numerous to name — and almost too mind-boggling to make a decision on . |
| 24 | There was little glory for Italy in dying on the Russian front , as so many did in 1942 . |
| 25 | Opportunities to be creative as an architect are limited , so many look for other artistic challenges , she explained . |
| 26 | The two approaches to the study of the mother and child relationship we have discussed so far-that based on physical care and that dealing with attitudes — each originally hoped to reveal the major determinants of children 's personality development ; neither , however , has succeeded in this task . |
| 27 | Only those convicted of criminal offences and President Ibrahim Babangida himself remain banned from standing in the elections . |
| 28 | The sticky seeds of V. loranthi adhere to many plants , but only those attached to other mistletoes develop . |
| 29 | The growth of user-subcultures takes on enormous importance , and not only those associated with deviant youth groups : the British audience for American Country music , the Adult-Orientated Rock audience , successive rock 'n' roll revivals , swing band enthusiasts , and many others , would repay attention , for often they use mass-media products , perhaps radically shifting the original meanings . |
| 30 | But only those applying for small amounts of shares are likely to see their allocation met in full . |