Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First published in 1962 and now in its 4th edition ( 1980 ) , this fulfils a role as a reference text rather better than a student text , in that it has hundreds of references but no problems . |
| 2 | a page designed primarily for speaking or writing activities based on the story so far and the developing mystery |
| 3 | He is allowed to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 4 | He 's allows to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 5 | Subsection ( 2 ) contains the critical provision so far as the present case is concerned . |
| 6 | progress so far and the commissioner to investigate both your bypass and |
| 7 | A big hand must go to the Canadians who took part so wholeheartedly and the many other international representatives . |
| 8 | However , Mr Major made his frankest admission so far that the Tory campaign had been dogged by the recession . |
| 9 | Growth in earnings per share is the key short-term measure so far as the City is concerned . |
| 10 | Arcadelt was more successful than Verdelot in catching Italian dolcezza e soavita , particularly in such pieces as ‘ O felici occhi miei ’ , although of course less so than the native Italians : for instance , Festa in ‘ Cosi suav' è'l; foco et dolce il nodo ’ , and Domenico Ferrabosco , earliest of a whole dynasty of musicians , in his very popular setting of Boccaccio 's ‘ Io mi son giovinetta ’ . |
| 11 | The brain manages the anger response so quickly because a set mental process is involved . |
| 12 | Hotspur 's lance , steadily lowered as he came , selected its target , the foremost knight on the tallest horse , and struck the uplifted shield so strongly that the shock flattened its bearer back upon his horse 's crupper ; but he kept his seat gamely , rolling under the lance as it flashed by , to recover dizzily and swing a vehement though ineffective stroke with his sword , before the lurch and sway of the press carried him away . |
| 13 | She defended her case so well that the prior gave judgement in her favour . |
| 14 | Could the government not spend the money better now that the Soviet Union , the last obvious threat to Swiss independence , has gone away ? |
| 15 | They take the stranger to their heart less easily than the familiar friend . |
| 16 | It too articulated social reform , but in spite of popular appeals to the people and to the common good , its narrow sectional base was sharply exposed by discourses around the struggles of the unemployed , The Alliance advocacy of cuts in relief undermined its support so drastically that the ground it lost on the council was never recovered . |
| 17 | The classic response to this situation is to take from the rich and to give to the poor on the grounds that the poor spend their money much faster than the rich . |
| 18 | The species of angler fish that lives in the Sargasso Sea is blotched and betasselled in a way that matches the floating sargassum weed so closely that the angler is virtually invisible to the eye of a human being , just as it is to that of a small fish , a shrimp or any other marine creature that might drift through the surface waters of that stagnant sea . |
| 19 | It is impossible to describe in a few words , but one thing that many knitters do not realise is that it can be worked from either left or right and that some people find one side much easier than the other ( not necessarily related to whether you are right or left handed either ! ) . |
| 20 | By the summer of 1943 the Americans were getting into their stride so far as the war in the Pacific was concerned . |
| 21 | And their mother had screwed up the tube of toothpaste so tightly that the lid would n't budge . |
| 22 | However , the statute does not confer protection on one who was not at fault so far as the origin of the fire is concerned but who was negligent in letting it spread . |
| 23 | Orlando , which is adapted from a novel by Virginia Woolf , is her biggest-budget movie so far and the subject of a Scotsman premiere at Edinburgh 's Cameo tonight . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , Ted 's small workshop was crammed full of other assorted engineering tackle and as the arrival of a larger workshop was imminent we decided to sheet the engine side down outside until the new workshop was erected . |
| 25 | And lastly , are you an optimist or a pessimist so far as the future 's concerned ? |
| 26 | A figure much better than the 100,000-plus constantly bandied about by some financial commentators . |
| 27 | Consequently , in order to assert its prevalence , the Court of Chancery began to issue common injunctions which , although directed at the litigant personally rather than the common law courts , had the effect of limiting common law jurisdiction … |
| 28 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 29 | Jenkins ( 1987 ) describes effectiveness research so far as a ‘ limited concept , primarily relating to the intervention process ’ and with little validity in the ‘ macro area ’ . |
| 30 | However , notice of this election must be given to the Inland Revenue not later than the time of the appeal made against the Schedule E assessment containing the disputed benefit figure . |