Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a hospital patient is unable to perform the activities of daily life for him- or herself , staff are on hand to help ; such staff are called ‘ nurses ’ , though in reality ward staff do little that requires a skilled qualified nursing background . |
| 2 | If dogs survive in the wild , they often have effects on the flora and fauna ; so that has a conservation effect and perhaps other effects on species in the environment . |
| 3 | Ultimately the most memorable lines in this volume must be those penned by Bonnard to Matisse in January 1940 : ‘ When I think of you , I think of a mind cleansed of every old aesthetic convention , and it is that alone that permits a direct view of nature , the greatest joy that can befall a painter . |
| 4 | Of course this has always been the case for all entrants , for there are only forty-three chief constables and the same number of deputies , so few have a chief officer 's truncheon in their knapsack ( to paraphrase an old army chestnut ) . |
| 5 | 8 Perhaps this offers a useful framework to think about the work that has been produced over the last quarter of a century . |
| 6 | Perhaps this has a certain symbolic significance : the farm worker has become more isolated from his fellow workers , but more attuned to the world beyond the farm gate . |
| 7 | Obviously this caused a great deal of distress for all concerned , not least the hospital team . |
| 8 | So this makes a terrific partner for Chinese food . |
| 9 | These papers were not so much creating a new market as servicing an established public interest . |
| 10 | In suggesting that the idea of higher education is hinged on self-criticism , I am not so much developing a personal concept of higher education , therefore , as drawing to the surface our common ( though largely hidden ) understanding of higher education . |
| 11 | Together these produce a powerful effect , and , after reviewing them and the way they work , it becomes very much less surprising that the semantic essence of syntactic constructions has proved so elusive in the past . |
| 12 | The reconstruction 's producer , Jayne Topping , said : ‘ Normally these generate a huge response , somewhere between 100 to 300 calls from the public . |
| 13 | Clearly these share a dismissive or topic-closing quality , but the details of what is implicated will depend upon the particular context of utterance . |
| 14 | I mean we could probably both do a royal visit ourselves , I 've done several |
| 15 | A study is underway that includes a large number of patients and their specific clinical and laboratory findings . |
| 16 | It 's something you use to get you from A to B , I guess , and right now that seemed a long way to me . |
| 17 | James Diamond and Thamesdown Council say they 're confident a solution will be found — right now that seems a long way off . |
| 18 | Now that makes a refreshing change . |
| 19 | B , smoking status , alright , now this caused a little bit of upset , and I think we just like to clarify that . |
| 20 | Often these have a good range of plumbing supplies and some are , in fact , plumbers ' merchants in disguise . |
| 21 | Nearly half the bottom band drew a parallel line , not a perpendicular one , and as many drew a diagonal line when asked for one at right angles . |
| 22 | Andy does his best by us , and overall most get a fair deal . |
| 23 | Well each has a particular history erm each has a particular culture and pattern of doing things , structure of government as I 've mentioned but also of course we have common interests so in foreign policy we sometimes draw differences between what we would regard as the direct interests of each state and what we can call common interests of mankind . |
| 24 | I 'm sure you know that the Bank of England the Bank of England have made a very strong point that on balance there should be more non-executive directors than executive directors in the company and , er it is felt very strongly that to get a good mix of non-executive directors really does protect the shareholders ' interests and , er I think we 're very much following the lead , er , of the Bank of , of England , erm , in this particular respect . |
| 25 | Not surprisingly this produced a strong counter-reaction . |
| 26 | Presently all make a valuable contribution but generally events are not planned in a co-ordinated way taking into account the work of other agencies . |
| 27 | All full-time employees ( ie those having a normal working week of 20 hours or more , or 25 hours for directors ) who are with the Company or any of its subsidiaries which the Directors have decided will participate , and who have at least two years ' service to complete before retirement , may be eligible to participate at the discretion of the Directors . |
| 28 | It is strong where personal liberty or property rights are affected , but has been said to be weaker in the case of modern statutes , particularly those establishing a sophisticated regulatory regime , such as the FSA . |
| 29 | Stockbrokers , particularly those offering a cut-price service , will generally only deal with proof of ownership , such as letters of allocation . |
| 30 | Generally , this is adequate for most buyers , particularly those purchasing a modern property . |