Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , straightening up as if already the burden of sovereignty weighed heavily on his shoulders , he made his reply . ’ |
| 2 | She was breathing heavily , as if just the strain of knowing was wearing her out , exhausting her physically . |
| 3 | as if only a god could be told |
| 4 | Bob looked at me as if only a muppet would ask a question like that . |
| 5 | Now it looks as if only the banking directive , adopted by the Council of Ministers in December 1989 , will be operative in time . |
| 6 | • for the part of the payment between the exempt amount and £50,000 , first calculate your income tax as if this part were included in your income and then your tax as if it were not ; the relief on this part is half the difference ; • for the part between £50,000 and £75,000 , first calculate your tax as if the part between the exempt amount and £75,000 were included in your income , and then your tax as if only the part between the exempt amount and £50,000 were included ; the relief on this part is 25 per cent of the difference ; |
| 7 | Evelyn Tubb 's delivery of ( track 3 ) , accompanied by three viols , and later of ( track 18 ) is marked by her attention to textual nuance , at times singing of love as if merely a narrator , and at others with the passion of somebody overtaken by emotion . |
| 8 | ‘ It seemed as if quite a lot of people had had the same dream — or a similar one , at least — there were similar elements in all of them . |
| 9 | Where a notice of expulsion or compulsory retirement is to be served pursuant to a unanimous vote the question will arise as to whether all the voting partners should be signatories . |