Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not doubt the intention of such a one to mock our normal human relationships and diminish the value which we properly accord to each other . |
| 2 | The English still play golf for exercise , while Scottish amateurs , whose inner conceit about inventing the game holds them back , mostly suffer from little inclination to practise . |
| 3 | The wintering population has increased considerably in recent years , but little change at other seasons is apparent . |
| 4 | The winter population has declined in recent years , but little change at other seasons is apparent . |
| 5 | For adult offenders the picture showed little change from previous years and indeed the number of sentenced adult male prisoners had increased . |
| 6 | The lysates also contained several immunoreactive polypeptides with smaller M r s , which presumably correspond to proteolytic degradation products of the two native PLCs . |
| 7 | Besides , the biggest disincentive to spend is fear of the dole , and Mr Lamont raised little cheer in that regard . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Rainout occurs when material is incorporated into cloud water droplets or ice crystals which eventually grow to sufficient size to overcome gravity and fall to the ground . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Most Englishmen I know , no one would sleep with , they presumably sleep with each other . |
| 12 | If you do not intend to return to nursing employment in the near future , then you can only remain as up to date with nursing theory as possible in anticipation of your planned return , and hope that the evidence you eventually provide of recent study is sufficient to convince the Board of your readiness to return . |
| 13 | Cooking is especially suhject to this limitation , although it is in theory one of the most liked activities . |
| 14 | Despite the agreed arrangement between the Russian and American Presidents to have direct contact by means of the hot-line , there existed much distrust between those powers and every possible means was used to spy on the other , including space satellites and high flying aeroplanes . |
| 15 | Nuisances and abominations of all sorts are without scruple committed to the streets at any hour of the day of night , to await the morning visit of the scavenger to remove them : and happy indeed is it for the humble pedestrian if his eye and nose alone suffer from these ejectments ; happy indeed if he comes not in contact with them , as they make their unceremonious exit from window or door … |
| 16 | You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now . |
| 17 | Nor did the ‘ moderates ’ see much gain from Iranian films winning at international festivals . |
| 18 | It is noticeable that overgrowth cements only develop on biogenic carbonate grains , and do not form where the skeletal wall has been heavily bored by fungi or algae ( thus forming a ‘ micrite ’ envelope ) . |
| 19 | Innate behaviour repertoires only change through natural selection over successive generations and , although their range of tolerance , their capacities , can be extended , their capability in responding to rapid day to day environmental shifts is clearly limited . |
| 20 | Offpiste spring snow is easy to ski and smooth so concentrate on regular breathing ( in as you start the turn , out as you complete it ) , think ‘ light ’ and fly like a bird . |
| 21 | Conversely there are herbivore grazers , of which parrotfish are a typical example , which inadvertently graze upon sessile invertebrates when cropping algae from coral rock . |
| 22 | The TSB 's new Family Bonus plan allows up to eight in a family to pool their nest eggs and so qualify for higher rates of interest . |
| 23 | Can I thank you for coming today , th th the media often has lots of comments from the chattering classes , saying unhealthy , British democracies , cos they only concentrate on this place . |
| 24 | But I think the problem is that you you only concentrate on little bits at a time . |
| 25 | Soon to be all change on this route : the French company , SNAT , pulls out towards the end of April . |
| 26 | [ 6,7 ] They naturally concentrate on older children who begin to use words but who need translators and guides so that their words and behaviour are understood by adults and so that the actions of well-intentioned doctors and nurses can be made less threatening to the child . |
| 27 | The boundaries of physics constantly change as new discoveries are made , e.g. the discovery of new fundamental particles . |
| 28 | They perhaps correspond in some ways to those of our new friend , Mr Bodenland . |
| 29 | Only we British valiantly battle with elastic bands and hairgrips to control the frizzies . |
| 30 | In toto , these constitute an image of a world filled with dangers , human and non-human , known and unknown , which constantly menace from all sides , and against which the lone individual is helpless . |