Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If word boundaries are inaccurate , this kind of approach may be the only way to find them , except perhaps using syntactic information as well . |
| 2 | Movement can be in any one , or a combination of five different ways , so allowing intricate shaping and undercutting with very little experience . |
| 3 | Pollution resulting from the growing number of cars will be partly offset by the replacement of highly polluting leaded petrol and two-stroke engines and improvements in engine maintenance . |
| 4 | Er in fact most of the radiation we get in fact is not from nuclear power , it 's from erm man made sourc it 's from , from natural sources eighty seven percent of the population as an average comes from our natural environment a lot comes from radon gas erm a small amount of radioactivity in our food erm we were discussing at er er lunch in , in fact the benefits of , of eating er low sodium salt salt is meant to be bad for you so the health er er er freaks say and it 's the sodium , therefore you should buy low sodium salt which is calcium chloride rather than sodium chloride what they forget to tell you of course is that potassium er sorry it 's , it 's potassium chloride rather than er than s than sodium chloride , what they forget , forget to tell you of course is that potassium is slightly radioactive it contains erm a small amount of , of a naturally occurring radioactive potassium so you get a small dose of radiation er to compensate for the fact you are n't eating any sodium . |
| 5 | According to the CCCS the hippies , for example , were a mainly middle class sub-culture ; the skinheads , originating in the East End of London , represented the ‘ rough ’ working class , whilst the mods , with their attention to appearance , represented the upwardly aspiring working class and lower middle class . |
| 6 | The view of human nature implicit in the sociology of the 1950S and early 1960S was one based on the assumption that man was a role-player constantly seeking social approval and status , and that people therefore conformed to normative expectations to gain approval from peers , superiors or inferiors . |
| 7 | Scalp Tightly drawn all over , only forming slight wrinkle when the dog is extremely alert . |
| 8 | At this stage , a supportive truss , which may help if the hernia is only causing slight discomfort and can be easily pushed back , will be of no use . |
| 9 | In construing the Act without reference to the Parliamentary proceedings , he treats it as decisive that in this case the taxpayers ' children were only occupying surplus accommodation and that it lay in the discretion of the school whether to grant such benefit to the taxpayers . |
| 10 | It was in the very nature of the constantly growing working class that full socialist consciousness , full understanding of the revolutionary destiny of the proletariat , could not be achieved simultaneously by all sections . |
| 11 | Suggestions about school-based strategies , including changes in schooling , emanating from researchers and Her Majesty 's Inspectorate will appeal to some teachers ; others will regard the law as rightly emphasising parental responsibility and in need of tougher enforcement . |
| 12 | Yet Ashton found ways of so moulding classical dance that the ladies even danced sur les pointes in so Edwardian a setting . |
| 13 | It is still open to the ECJ judges to differ from the Advocate General 's opinion and , according to consultants and actuaries Noble Lowndes , even when judgment is given it is unlikely to cover all the details so requiring national legislation or court action . |
| 14 | Hardly less damaging for the Church was clerical incontinency , which sometimes led to the son succeeding the father in a benefice or parish , as reported in the diocese of Worcester at this time , " so dishonouring ecclesiastical dignity and the canon law " . |
| 15 | So spectacular — perhaps involving great injury or death . |
| 16 | To illustrate this point the disability prevalence estimates for those living in private households generated by the GHS question on long standing limiting illness and the OPCS disability survey were compared ( see Figure 4.4 ) . |
| 17 | In reality , the household is a constantly changing social unit as members age and other members come and go ( Pahl , J. 1984 , p. 201 ) . |
| 18 | State Registration is the key to the door of a highly rewarding professional career and , after further training , appointment to higher grades is possible . |
| 19 | Then , a little higher , it surprised them , suddenly unveiling green pasture and rose bushes with delicate pink blossom . |
| 20 | Time limits are important and may well prevent a grievance from rumbling on , thereby causing ill feeling and low morale . |
| 21 | Margaret Forster is a novelist , biographer and critic whose new biography of Daphne du Maurier , an investigation into the mysterious and passionate personality of one of the century 's best-loved authors , is already generating lavish praise and attention . |
| 22 | She became a delightful patient , no longer demanding continual attention or disturbing the ward . |
| 23 | He meant by this that the areas of colour in his painting were not to be blended by the eye but were to be seen as acting on each other reciprocally , thus producing pictorial form and space . |
| 24 | Its the , its for the Oxford English Dictionary , its erm , what they 're doing is they 're making up a Dictionary for just using everyday collocation and they |
| 25 | At the end of a lesson , a hand-out can summarise important points thus allowing full concentration and attention during the instruction . |
| 26 | The monopolist produces an output Q M at a price P M thus equating marginal cost and marginal revenue . |
| 27 | There can be intentionally deceiving verbal behaviour that does not come under the heading ‘ telling lies ’ . |
| 28 | They were symbols of the fact that Osiris brought life by growing food — " the body of the god on whom one feeds " , thus providing eternal sustenance and the hope of eternal life . |
| 29 | This indicates that BMP-2 inhibits the proliferative response to FGF-4 and , conversely , FGF-4 also inhibits the effect of BMP-2 , thus providing direct evidence that the opposing effects of FGF-4 and BMP-2 can each be modulated by the presence of the other . |
| 30 | Both these objectives suffer from the same constraints — the uncompetitive nature of railfreight charges compared with road haulage , other than trainload freight , and the lack of private sidings in Britain on anything like the scale in France or Germany thus requiring intermodal handling and its resultant costs . |