Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] your [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even after all these years my English is not so good and I like still honeycake better than your heavy Christmas pudding ! ’ |
| 2 | The result is that you often know your grandchildren better than your own children ! ’ |
| 3 | It is usual to grow on the cuttings for a year so that the stock stems become somewhat thicker than a pencil but rather less so than your little finger . |
| 4 | Steer more/turn right QDM less than your required QDM … |
| 5 | Obviously if your growing space is limited to a window sill you will not be able to grow some of the larger plants , but you could specialise instead in miniature work . |
| 6 | So if your regular weigh-ins start to yield disappointing news , you know what to do . |
| 7 | More so if your hard disk is yesterday 's technology ( there are still a good number of 65 millisecond access Seagates and Miniscribes in use ) , as the difference between memory and disk read rates is astonishing . |
| 8 | I certainly am , especially if your secondary pair is drilled to the identical screw positions of your primary pair so that you only need one set of bindings . |
| 9 | He derided those who thought it was ‘ all right to stay in opposition so long as your socialist heart is pure ’ , and argued it was not they who suffered , but the poor in Britain and in the third world : ‘ We are not just a debating society . |
| 10 | Write these in capital letters rather than your normal handwriting as this will be slower and more deliberate and you are therefore more likely to remember what you have written . |
| 11 | just one question that I was n't able to put on the Committee 's behalf , but I think it is something that we would be very grateful for a short written comment and that is the information that your members , that the members of the pension funds actually er rather than your annual members as well in that context actually receive annually and whether you feel that is satisfactory . |
| 12 | Rather than your black ones ? |
| 13 | This may sound a rather aggressive and mercenary way to go about things , but it is the philosophy to which I am referring , rather than your personal approach . |
| 14 | On a personal level , the New Moon on the 24th and the eclipsed Full Moon on December 9 enable you to sort out the wheat from the chaff and decide exactly where your true loyalties lie . |
| 15 | I 've been part of Jewish life — and so have Rainbow and all her kind , and all the other heretics and deviants and dissenters — far longer than your little cult . ’ |
| 16 | Use this sort of comparison in assisting where your turns will take you , and do n't get further away than your original sighting distance . |
| 17 | Just because your first relationship did n't work ? ’ |
| 18 | I do n't see why I should be made to feel embarrassed just because your bloody sister wants to show off with her new sewing machine . ’ |
| 19 | Do n't punish them for the way in which they behave today and let them get away with the same thing tomorrow just because your own mood is different , or the matter is n't worth ‘ all that bother ’ anyway . |
| 20 | Even worse than this is if you have a binge on foods you feel are bad for you just before your new regime is due to start . |
| 21 | Be prepared to centre yourself in revery , to give yourself up to your memories just as your sleeping self gives itself up to a dream . |
| 22 | I am authorised to tell you that my Government is very happy that your treatment has been successful and we hope that as soon as your medical advisers deem you fit to travel , you will mike arrangements and leave . ’ |
| 23 | And with ‘ perfumed strips ’ now impregnated into the pages of so many magazines , it 's possible to try new scents for a single day without venturing further than your friendly newsagent . |
| 24 | Look no further than your own garden to see the most interesting and often surprising colour combinations . |
| 25 | A simple rule — To use when making good the Inbound Track is : QDM more than your required QDM … |
| 26 | ‘ Put a sock in it , you old cow , you 've caused more than your usual quota of trouble today . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And I 'm offering you the job as manager at a pound a week more than your present salary . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ What is the matter , you Christian men , that you so greatly esteeme so little portion of golde more than your own quietnesse … |
| 29 | Take advice urgently if your intended course of action seems to be at all risky . |
| 30 | This is partly because eating foods you do n't like ( and avoiding those you do ) day after day is nigh-on impossible , and partly because your personal cholesterol level is as normal and natural for you as your shoe size , so your body has various feedback mechanisms to keep it at that level . |