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

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1 It must also be borne in mind that in 685 Ecgfrith was able to invade through Strathmore as far as Nechtanesmere ( Dunnichen ) , near Forfar , which will have been in the more northerly kingdom of Circinn ( between the Isla and the Dee ) .
2 The tsar had been enthusiastic about change so long as he remained in the orbit of Elena Pavlovna , but in St Petersburg his convictions or his courage deserted him .
3 Until you are within a minute or two of your ETA , there is no need to call for QDMs more frequently than at a half to one minute intervals .
4 And yet , encouragingly ( for fiction as well as for herself ) , she proved able to rise again : she became the established mistress of a cavalry officer , and by the time she died was the legal wife of an admiral .
5 It had nothing to do with his empathy , for shield as deep as she would , until the whole World became flatly three-dimensional , the conviction was still there .
6 We are very much aware that initiatives involving major revisions of the curriculum have significant resource implications for institutions as well as for SCOTVEC and , for this reason , we have decided that a phased introduction would be appropriate for the revision of advanced courses .
7 This allowed it to veer off course quite readily unless the steering or correction stroke was timed to strike when the kayak was perched on top of the wave .
8 ( Incidentally , most bureau will buy in typefaces for clients so long as either the client pays for it or there is going to be sufficient volume of work to justify it . )
9 And there will be plenty for fans as well as for musos , with events ranging from big shows at Birkenhead Town Hall and the Floral Pavilion to Sunday brunches at the Mersey Ferries booking halls and late-night concerts at Birkenhead Priory .
10 First , the process , as outlined in the diagram , is a scheme for research as well as for teaching conventionally considered : each is seen as a concomitant of the other , and it is this which provides for the professional development of the teacher .
11 Gold was certainly used as a decorative inlay for bronzes as early as Shang times , but precious metals only began to be highly valued in China comparatively late and then as an outcome of influence from inner Asia and the west .
12 As long as you can stay reasonably flexible a well-planned interview structure will make comparisons between candidates much easier because all candidates will have been put through more or less the same hoops .
13 Education departments in the 1950s and 1960s , faced with rapidly rising school populations , were able to win the battle for funds locally just as the ministry did nationally .
14 Paul ‘ popped round ’ for tea more frequently than was decent for a visiting lecturer , and he seemed to get on very well with everyone .
15 They 've got no use for words back there where we 've come from .
16 And then , without caring what the headmaster might think , he ran after Maisie as fast as he could .
17 ‘ I 'm sure Miranda 's looking after things really well while they 're gone , ’ said Xanthe , giving her a steady look .
18 The MATIF 's other French products , namely the Paris Interbank Offer Rate ( PIBOR ) contracts and the CAC 40 index future , trade at adequate volumes , though by no means as vigorously as the Government Bond derivatives .
19 He was not going far , by no means as far as Longner , but far enough to be absent when the immediate danger threatened .
20 More generally on durability , it seems that the requirement that the goods be of merchantable quality is a continuing requirement that they will continue to be of merchantable quality for a reasonable period after delivery so long as they remain in the same apparent state as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear .
21 She had pleaded for help as eloquently as she could .
22 The widower will receive many more invitations out to meals in other people 's homes in the early days too , and he will have the advantage of never having to feel trapped in the isolation of an empty house in the evenings ; for if his emotional condition after his wife 's death is reasonably steady and he feels the need of company , he can always stroll out to the local pub for a drink , where he can remain in complete control of the amount of conversation he wants , or can endure , and can head for home again just when he feels like it .
23 The only thing she could do was tell him so and leave for home as soon as possible .
24 It is indeed the case that both of these " new branches " professed an orthodox Arminian theology and regarded themselves as movements within rather than against the Church of England .
25 ‘ The reading of it has been a good preparation for Lent as far as I am concerned : for it shows me ( through the heroine ) the special sin of abuse of intellect to which all my profession are liable , more clearly than I ever saw before .
26 Teams of journalists , just about to go home around l0 p.m. , were told to work through the night as fresh editions were prepared for issue as late as S a.m .
27 This alone would have been sufficient grounds for divorce as far as my Pop was concerned .
28 He was the first Roman Catholic director-general of the BBC , taking over at a difficult time , when the Ulster issue was posing serious dilemmas for broadcasters as well as for politicians .
29 I promise to sing for Hochhauser as well as I can .
30 Iveco requests that the process of European integration should advance to the point where suitable pan-European structures will be established for companies as well as for markets . ’
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