Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wintering population has increased considerably in recent years , but little change at other seasons is apparent . |
| 2 | The winter population has declined in recent years , but little change at other seasons is apparent . |
| 3 | For adult offenders the picture showed little change from previous years and indeed the number of sentenced adult male prisoners had increased . |
| 4 | Havis himself did most of the cockpit shots , and these are skilfully intercut into air-to-air shots of Concorde , including a beautiful head-on one ( used several times ) of the Great White Dart skimming the cloud-tops leaving a vortex of white in its high-speed wake . |
| 5 | When they were amongst themselves they used nicknames , but as these rarely appear in official documents the historian has a difficult task to disentangle one member from another . |
| 6 | Nor did the ‘ moderates ’ see much gain from Iranian films winning at international festivals . |
| 7 | Conversely there are herbivore grazers , of which parrotfish are a typical example , which inadvertently graze upon sessile invertebrates when cropping algae from coral rock . |
| 8 | But I think the problem is that you you only concentrate on little bits at a time . |
| 9 | The boundaries of physics constantly change as new discoveries are made , e.g. the discovery of new fundamental particles . |
| 10 | Only we British valiantly battle with elastic bands and hairgrips to control the frizzies . |
| 11 | These all fly at similar speeds and have rather light stick forces like a glider . |
| 12 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 13 | Mr Deputy Speaker , members opposite speak with forked tongues . |
| 14 | Improvements in our ability to forecast future trends in drug-taking and drug problems greatly depend upon theoretical developments in the social and human sciences , as well as upon the design and proper funding of large-scale , longitudinal research investigations . |
| 15 | AN instant testing kit for cancer will end patients ' agonisingly long wait for vital results . |
| 16 | The creation of a ‘ front ’ without sharing power may suffice to secure an agency 's legitimacy and respectability , but it may be necessary to share power and so succumb to external pressures . |
| 17 | If we concentrate only on Japan and the East Asian NICs , the choices , although somewhat inchoate between national strategies , do appear to have some common elements oriented towards re-casting the organizational and industrial relations arena in terms consonant with those which marked the 1980s revival of neo-conservative liberal analysis . |
| 18 | For the first time a non-aligned state provided not only support for Soviet warships on a commercial basis but did so without in the process tarnishing its non-aligned credentials . |
| 19 | Generally she finds only support from male paddlers to her on the water though when there is a separate ladies ' event at a rodeo it is not always taken seriously . |
| 20 | The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July , where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds . |
| 21 | only happen in holy books |
| 22 | These all look like important questions but , once again , the methodology of state-centrism serves to blur rather than clarify the issues . |
| 23 | You do n't want to lose what you have worked so long to achieve , so beware of hard-sell techniques . |
| 24 | Advisers constantly complain of lost files at the Department of Social Security , staff indifference and the difficulty of getting through on the telephone . |
| 25 | Right , so interpretate in different ways do n't they ? |
| 26 | However , if both are true , they obviously refer to different occasions of meeting Mary — a single occasion of meeting can not be both yesterday and today . |
| 27 | ( For the purposes of this paper , the words ‘ hautbois ’ , ‘ oboe ’ , or ‘ bassoon ’ merely refer to double-reed instruments , without invoking the question of whether these were shawms , Baroque-style instruments , or something in between on the evolutionary scale. ) 8 An examination of livrets for Lully 's ballets shows that the use of woodwinds in a group , as they are found here , is typical . |
| 28 | ‘ I expect you only know about rateable values an' that . ’ |
| 29 | The NORTH U21s , managed by Dave Parker , enjoyed their biennial pre-season tour to Marvejols in Central France where they were hosted for their week long visit by French families as the result of town twinning with Cockermouth , and the fantastic hospitality and often adventurous leisure activities were enjoyed not only by the players but also by referee Fred Howard , who officiated in the first two matches . |
| 30 | Creamy formulations do tend to crease more , so opt for matt powders . |