Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adv] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doubt about its legality was finally resolved by section 310 of the Companies 1989 Act which said companies may protect their directors and officers from the costs of liability for negligence , default , breach of duty or trust so long as this is declared in the annual directors ' report . |
| 2 | An even more radical view , advocated by those who favour less rather than more regulation of conflicts of interest , is one which is often attributed to the Chicago school . |
| 3 | The rule is that the two plugs fit together so that black wires are in the middle — if you are in any doubt then seek assistance or use a voltmeter to check the power supply . |
| 4 | One unexpected observation was that the carrion-eating bees have an exceptionally high proportion of queen to worker cells in their nests , apparently because their high-protein diet makes worker bee larvae grow much faster than those of other species . |
| 5 | If we care about other people — and if we want so far as possible to affirm other people — we shall walk warily before dismissing out of hand , discourteously or clumsily , what is deeply meaningful to them . |
| 6 | Traditionally reared animals grow more slowly than those reared under intensive farming conditions — they are therefore more mature and are hung for two or three weeks to bring out the flavour . |
| 7 | They have a pleasant , slightly sweet flavour and cook more quickly than other dried beans . |
| 8 | Turkle ( 1984 ) , for example , analyses how computers provide female-as well as male-identified cognitive experiences . |
| 9 | The jaws appear slightly longer than broad . |
| 10 | The jaws appear slightly longer than broad . |
| 11 | It would probably be true to say that most woodwork projects around the house , from making a child 's desk to forming a stud partition wall , involve straight rather than curved cutting of wood . |
| 12 | ( Send as soon as possible ) . |
| 13 | If you are interested in this new SIG , then please send as soon as possible your name and address with affiliation to Prof S Misbah Deen , University of Keele , Staffs . |
| 14 | The lenses will be as small and thin as possible and fit as loosely as appropriate in order to maintain the health of the eyes . |
| 15 | The objective is to start the budgeting process as late as possible in the preceding year while allowing budget-holders time to agree their budget before the start of the budget year . |
| 16 | Brown and McCormick 's skuas and Wilson 's petrels fly as far as temperate latitudes of the northern hemisphere . |
| 17 | In the human female fetal ovary the maximum number of pachytenes occurs at about 26 weeks , although they appear as early as 14 weeks and continue to about 30 weeks of gestation . |
| 18 | For instance , if examples in which females play an active role appear as often as those in which the active person is male , this may help counteract the prevailing view in society that mathematics is primarily an activity for males . |
| 19 | However , Lord Marshall 's letter says that because of the Government 's commitment to introduce competition into electricity supply as quickly as possible ‘ alternative arrangements for protecting the security of supply ’ would need to be made , involving a ‘ capacity deficiency scheme ’ . |
| 20 | Some parents leap forward eagerly and some must be dragged to the battle lines . |
| 21 | The likelihood is that such spare syntactic structures appear very infrequently as independent forms in actual use . |
| 22 | I mean longer ago than that . |
| 23 | As we consume little more than 10 litres of wine per person per year , Britons can hardly claim to be a ‘ wine-drinking nation ’ . |
| 24 | The frescoes allow more scope , but even they show little more than one event at a time . |
| 25 | Evans suggests — in one academic library study — that books selected by librarians circulate more freely than those selected by academic staff . |
| 26 | These saggy snaps show more clearly than any words could that Fergie has some weighty matters on her mind . |
| 27 | Among them there are two letters which show more intimately than any others the intricate web of monastic commitment , personal relationships , and politics , in which as archbishop he was required to work . |
| 28 | Maturities range more widely than those of sterling inter-bank loans , from overnight to one year and occasionally more . |
| 29 | Act early rather than late . |
| 30 | He deliberately used both brush and pen as boldly as possible to soften the mechanical nature of the process . |