Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Housework is defended as ‘ real ’ and ‘ hard ’ work , a defence made all the more necessary because of the low status and value conventionally accorded to it . |
| 2 | Inability to buy oil is widely interpreted to mean inability to sustain even the very low level of industrialization already achieved . |
| 3 | Oh mum rings up every now and again , father is driving me batty |
| 4 | Lang 's success at a ministerial level has not a little to do with the excellent relations he has with the President on both a personal and political plane . |
| 5 | But as around 1,000 mourners shivered through a ceremony made all the more moving by its simplicity and brevity , there was little bitterness evident — only bewilderment . |
| 6 | MR MAJOR took full advantage last night of his election mandate to carry out the most extensive Government reshuffle since the Conservatives came to power 13 years ago . |
| 7 | The building industry has today an appreciably larger number of men at work than in the years immediately before 1939 , though probably rather a smaller percentage of the total are building new houses . |
| 8 | Besides which , there are some artists whom it is a pleasure to know even a little better from their letters . |
| 9 | Fakrid 's neck rose just a little . |
| 10 | His entrance stirred up an even larger excitement , and the crowd surged forward — Mala among them — for a closer look . |
| 11 | Gina 's confirmation came just a little too fast , as family pride forced the lie to her lips . |
| 12 | She held up her axe to ward off a murderously diving spar , and split it in twain . |
| 13 | They entered so late that Pitt had had plenty of time to prepare to attack them , and his expeditions captured Havana and Manila ; as a result Britain took the Spanish colony of Florida , an area with a loosely defined western frontier lying somewhere a little east of New Orleans . |
| 14 | Further , that in recognition of this , you will see fit in this world of ever-growing gratuitous violence to help just a little by keeping your pages free from any future commentary or reportage of this activity which in no way deserves the name ‘ sport ’ . |
| 15 | But even when he managed a very convincing Frankie Howerd imitation — eyebrows raised , cheeks sucked in , mouth open in a little ‘ oh ’ of mock surprise , Mr Kinnock seemed not to notice . |
| 16 | He became aware of the wind getting up a little more , sending the small clouds scudding across the face of the moon . |
| 17 | Miss Jennifer Honey was a mild and quiet person who never raised her voice and was seldom seen to describe , but I shall make some attempt to do so a little later on . |
| 18 | The seemingly ingenuous children discover that as a model of reality , narrative can have explanatory force to rival even the most powerful scientific theories , and indeed that narrative has many of the same characteristics as the concepts on which modern science is founded . |
| 19 | The research examines how the newly introduced service sets about its job and how effective it is in reducing variations . |
| 20 | Did he imagine it , or did that shapely but rigid mouth tremble just a little ? |
| 21 | Runways were usually grass , while a flying boat needed only a reasonably calm stretch of water [ preferably without driftwood , which tore terrible holes in the thin hulls of these planes ] . |
| 22 | With luck ‘ Mummy ’ might disbelieve the dire tale , especially if the bruise went down a little before she saw it . |
| 23 | Then he turned , and with a little gesture of farewell crossed the highway and headed back towards Lima , a small , shambling figure glancing back every now and then in search of a truck that would give him a lift . |
| 24 | The American film industry took on a more highly integrated personality and its package of entertainment now universally referred to as ‘ Hollywood ’ moved into a position of cultural dominance in America itself and into a position not far short of that in other English-speaking countries . |
| 25 | By the start of the 1990 season membership had increased to twenty and the club took on a more professional approach . |
| 26 | Mr Lang urged the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland and the SMMB to put together a submission showing how the OFT 's findings were flawed and said he would pass it on to the OFT and the president of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine . |
| 27 | The far less frequently heard ( and recorded ) Fantasia goes with a swing — the members of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir adding their contribution with not only enthusiasm but also some subtlety — and the Overture rounds off a generally recommendable disc . |
| 28 | The result rounds off a very successful season for Tracy , who returns to her studies at Newcastle University later this month . |
| 29 | Wind moves faster a little above the ground than it does close to the surface , so a breeze blowing across the top of the chimney sucks out the stale air within the tunnel and draws in fresh air through the lower entrance . |
| 30 | Overnight , the fighting calmed down a little but it picked up again the next morning and raged on throughout the day . |