Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Personally I ca n't help thinking that we might be better off waving goodbye to these Sacred Brides and Divine Mothers and starting over with women and mums .
2 DTI 's Open Systems Technology Transfer Programme , with the aim of promoting widespread awareness amongst UK enterprises of the need for , and benefits of , Open Systems , is now just over half way through its three-year life .
3 We are now just over half way through our year long programme of fund raising in aid of Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund and the efforts of JM employees past and present and their families to raise money for this most worthwhile cause have been quite fantastic .
4 So just over half way in a year .
5 Climbing painfully up monolithic shafts of blue crystal .
6 It is normally said that as one goes further up this ascent of languages , the code becomes progressively more like a natural language such as English .
7 Yes , I am indeed a Labour member of this Local Authority , and I certainly would argue that both national and local governments need at local government level need to take much more up front stances about the encouragement of equal opportunities for women , both in the labour market and in all educational and social spheres .
8 Follow a track and turn right up another drive to the eastern side of the dam .
9 CRYSTAL PALACE aim to put the record straight on two fronts in tonight 's BSkyB televised clash with Arsenal at Selhurst Park .
10 We left Canjuers on the Monday morning and arrived later on that day at a small village , from where we would march back on foot to Orange .
11 Erm first of all can I put the county on notice to er respond later on this afternoon to the thesis expanded by Professor Lock that er it might be tenable to start calculating employment land requirements based on numbers of employed or numbers in employment or desired ai or employment levels to be aimed at , er and coupled with that , is there anything in the figures which they have produced in either their submission or and and its appendices which actually might form a basis for that sort of calculation ?
12 Unsuccessful at first , southern whaling began to flourish from the first decade of the 20th century , based initially at shore stations on South Georgia , later on pelagic fleets of factory ships and catchers .
13 To achieve a smoother finish when painting nails , stroke carefully down each side with the brush , followed by one stroke down the middle .
14 The simple statistical confirmation that the majority of them were from 1984 onwards — and probably from that particular Friday , though one can not be certain — in the skies above the Pacific Ocean was ( for me and I suspect for most who came to know ) the first and final affirmation that from now on this part of the world was the centre of things .
15 He made the point that enthusiasts , such as himself , whose principal interest was working main line steam , now have very limited scope in this Country and have to look increasingly to far off under-developed countries for this form of traction .
16 But seated half-way down one side of the table and with no one opposite her sat an old lady .
17 Taking a deep breath , he than walked slowly and sedately down one side of the lane , keeping to the shadows , praying that none of the neighbours would report a suspicious man creeping along the back of the houses .
18 For daytime , make-up artist Judith Pallan suggested she try Colourings ' foundation and powder in one compact ( £5.75 ) to even out darker skin under her eyes .
19 From then on conservation work on the Firefly was stepped-up with three more volunteers joining Ken and Herbie .
20 She tore across the dealing room , then up three flights of stairs , screaming that she had closed Sir Willie , and that she had made several thousand pounds in that one day .
21 Politicians , uncomfortable in the spotlight , publicly back some sort of reform package that might take away a few of their perks .
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