Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Social elitism , it is frequently asserted , effectively squeezes out working-class interests .
2 Little wonders Early miniature bulbs bring a breath of spring to the garden ; Anne Swithinbank shows that good things come in small packages .
3 They make a thing of this strong-box business , but ours mostly has rather dull securities and family papers in it .
4 Sign language is a particularly obvious stigmatising feature for the young deaf child , and so produces very negative feelings in the teacher ( as exemplified in appendix 1 ) , and thereby in those , such as parents , influenced by the education process .
5 Wandering around the cavernous warehouse that contains the Neighbours sets in Nunawading , Melbourne , she fondly points out various props which have all played a part in shaping the history of Ramsay Street .
6 This naturally produces very large degrees of freedom meaning that even relatively small correlations may be significantly different from zero .
7 The University only accepts suitably qualified applicants interested in undertaking a research project in an area in which supervision is available within the University .
8 Yeah although it did n't , it did n't I w I was n't too concerned about it , I thought well you know I 'm resting er and er I 'm the sort of person who only needs about six hours , if I get six hours I 'm okay erm , you know , on a regular basis I 'm talking about .
9 For the moment , he obviously has more urgent tasks than writing plays .
10 The test not only has directly practical implications in the diagnosis of disease .
11 Time is running out because she is in her forties and has been told she only has about 18 months in which to become pregnant before she will be deemed too old .
12 At the opposite extreme of a pulse of extremely long duration , the Fourier spectrum only contains extremely low frequencies .
13 Indeed for any particular finite value set it will be possible to give a complete finitary rule based on the fact that , since any program only contains finitely many variables , it can be regarded as a finite state machine ( with a huge umber of states ) .
14 It is hung over the last ( open ) chamber of a filter , and apparently uses ultra violet frequencies that are guaranteed not to destroy filter bacteria — only to disrupt algae/hydra spores .
15 The Advertising Standards Authority not only monitors over 850 advertisements every months , it ensures compliance with the rules in the strict Code of Advertising Practice .
16 If variation in breeding success is calculated for stags of above a year old ( the age of sexual maturity ) , it greatly exceeds more realistic measures of variation in breeding success such as variation in seasonal success within cohorts or lifetime success ( see Table 23.3 ) .
17 The iconography necessarily shows rather small numbers of dancers ; generally the seals and rings only allow space for three or four figures , but we should assume that we are being shown only the nucleus of a larger religious ceremony .
18 But , if I ever have it done again I 'm going to buy those brass things , and , it only costs about five pounds more .
19 On paper this hardly looks a version competitive with those listed above ; in the event it has much to offer , which only shows how dangerous preconceptions can be .
20 He runs too upright , relies too much on sheer strength instead of evading defenders , and so takes too many hits .
21 Although Peter my friend 's he , he did that but er it did n't come to much , they 'd 've saved it or something , one job , cos he was made redundant about three times and er one , one place he was at they 're supposed to have kept it and paying him it now but I do n't know how they came about that bu because actually they we played him a dirty trick , they persuaded him to leave his job and then about nine years or probably less than that later you know and he was out again , redundant and , you know , I think they felt a bit guilty but he only gets about five pounds a week from , off that one , which is
22 ‘ After that , on each check it only calls up those items which have been active since . ’
23 It not only criticises nearly all forms of alternative treatment , but accuses practitioners of reluctance to submit claims to scientific examination .
24 Vasectomy is usually carried out under local anaesthetic , and the whole operation only takes about 10 minutes .
25 Only takes about five minutes .
26 The act of copulation usually only takes about five seconds , ejaculation occurring as soon as the male has entered the female .
27 What I do is I just get a bus at Hertford and walk to Hertford and normally it does n't take long it only takes about ten minutes
28 fix your diary , a lot of you were n't here last week , oh by the way P C is er coming along with a film , it broke down the other week , you all enjoyed the talk so I do hope you come along to see the film , it only takes about twenty minutes and it 's on er security , you know , it 's for your own benefit
29 The speed of separation — the solution only takes about 30 seconds to move through the outer tube — also prevents too much heating .
30 This is an Italian dish of pasta quills tossed in a hot and spicy tomato sauce which only takes about 20 minutes to make .
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