Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Before she could ask whom he intended to marry this time he said , ‘ After you left and I had that final bust-up with Marc I rang Marianne and told her she could do better than marry a penniless school-kid . ’ |
2 | She knew better than to take a wanted man near the Welsh gate ; but the castle gate was the one land approach to the town , the eastward and inviolable gate , overshadowed by the bulk of the castle and the strength of its garrison . |
3 | ‘ At least I 'm old enough to know better than to buy a crappy kitsch china schweinhund like this , ’ he retorted . |
4 | He knew better than to expect a detailed answer . |
5 | And it does so while providing a perfect fit . |
6 | At the meeting Eduard Shevardnadze , the Soviet Foreign Minister , proposed the " decoupling " of the internal and external aspects of unification so that the former could be completed swiftly while allowing a unified Germany 's security status to be resolved over a number of years . |
7 | The falconer had authority and poise , she remained in control of the whole operation , and her attention was with the bird at each second of its flight — all while delivering a running commentary ! |
8 | Sheffield Wednesday 's makeshift striker has all but clinched a big money move to Ewood Park at the second attempt just three weeks after signing a new four-year contract at Hillsborough . |
9 | It is indicative , too , when a mistle thrush changes his tune , forgets to repeat his challenging spring song and slips down self-consciously into the lower boughs of a larch to all but whisper a softer , lazier , persuasive serenade . |
10 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
11 | We can draw anything in the world if we know what it looks like , but only when drawing a human being can we truly say we know what it feels like . |
12 | We can draw anything in the world if we know what it looks like , but only when drawing a human being can we truly say we know what it feels like . |
13 | People with families , sometimes where both partners are working , are very busy people , often talking to each other only when doing a hundred and one other things too . |
14 | ‘ Maybe we should breed men an inch high so as to live a million years . ’ |
15 | More significantly , the organisation was now free to manage itself so as to give a better service to patients . |
16 | The items were selected so as to give a quick overview of performance in relation to a range of topics including number concepts , measures , spatial concepts , algebra , graphs and number patterns . |
17 | persuading a supplier 's lorry driver not to deliver so as to disrupt a commercial contract ) is protected if the attendance is lawful under the 1974 Act , but there is no protection for ‘ secondary picketing , ’ i. e . |
18 | He concluded , in the language of the time , that the early sea-urchin was a ‘ harmonious equipotential system ’ in the sense that the parts all functioned so as to generate a normal organism . |
19 | The internalized dialogue that it brings acts on the mind so as to generate a continuing cycle of reflection and intellectual advance . |
20 | I 'm quite sure she did n't believe a word of this , but in Oxford it is considered good manners to take an adversarial position so as to generate an interesting conversation and allow both parties to display their intelligence , knowledge and eloquence . |
21 | It therefore becomes imperative that the scriptures be interpreted so as to form a consistent whole . |
22 | The edges of adjacent planks were not fastened together mechanically but stood open so as to form a V-shaped groove . |
23 | Narrowly dyadic relationships of this kind show no tendency to proliferate outwards so as to form a wider network , and , since they are usually short-lived , anthropologists have not often given them much attention . |
24 | We hope that you will build upon these so as to form a continuing association with your University . |
25 | Then great standing stones brought to mark the way at intervals , and on a bank leading up to a mountain ridge or down to a ford the track cut deep so as to form a guiding notch on the skyline as you come up . |
26 | Immediately underneath the stone lay a cist containing several rude cinerary urns , and alongside of it were found a gold fibula and an armilla of a peculiar type made from a broad band of gold beaten out so as to form a convex centre , on each side of which was a fluted ornamental border , and a raised rim returned at the edge . " |
27 | They considered that a building or product can not be regarded as a complex structure if it has been wholly constructed or manufactured by one person , so as to form a single indivisible unit . |
28 | The best argument for the statue being a fixture was its careful siting in the West Lawn so as to form an integral part of the architectural design of the west elevation of the house . |
29 | Indeed , we have delayed publication so as to incorporate a large part of the ASH detailed brief on the subject in the paper . |
30 | ‘ if it is demonstrated by reference to authority binding on this court , or by reference to clearly established principles of the common law , that the appellants were rightly held to have committed the actus reus of contempt of court , this court can not apply directly the terms of the Convention so as to reach a different conclusion . |