Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adv] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |
| 2 | Or with so many echoes of the world 's previous case study in economic and political error , the 1930s ( see pages 17–22 ) . |
| 3 | But the rest are too badly burned or in too many pieces to identify without DNA tests , and that 'll take time . |
| 4 | In an interesting study of recent US college writing handbooks ( which are especially good indicators of changing standards since they are revised extremely frequently ) Sharon Zuber demonstrates that the authors of these influential texts have moved from noting feminist objections to generic he , to suggesting nonsexist language as an option writers might consider , to recommending it — or at least some forms of it — as a norm . |
| 5 | Whereas the former attempt to generalize across all or at least some professions , the latter deal only with one field , such as medicine , engineering , law , social work , management or accountancy . |
| 6 | The minimum requirement for us to recognize an object as an animal or plant is that it should succeed in making a living of some sort ( more precisely that it , or at least some members of its kind , should live long enough to reproduce ) . |
| 7 | ‘ It would n't be unusual to find the staff — or at least some members — active participants . |
| 8 | She 'd progressed from a rather lowly start to her present place on the team with IMP just at the time when the true importance of the fuel companies and their technicians was beginning to be appreciated by the general public , or at least those aficionados who followed the world of Grand Prix racing . |
| 9 | It is possible to determine the most appropriate sub-disciplinary research method for each area , or at least those techniques most often used . |
| 10 | The block diagram is highly versatile as a spatial representation of any process at any level , that is the same process can be represented by one block or by very many blocks which provide more detail . |
| 11 | I was shocked to hear of her death and of so many others all over the country . ’ |
| 12 | Next to the secretary could be a good place , but in any case have a good view of the chairman and of as many colleagues as possible . |
| 13 | Ma Bombie had scratched round it with a broom as ancient as herself and with slightly fewer bristles than she had on her chin . |
| 14 | Maritime and continental Antarctica , recently planed by glaciation and with even fewer opportunities for recruitment , are poorer still . |
| 15 | And with even more riches going to the big clubs , then it follows that even less goes to the smaller clubs . |
| 16 | The 1981 Act in its basic conception found — and finds — favour , I believe , with the overwhelming majority of those in the field , and with almost all others , too . |
| 17 | Palace faced re-election at the end of our worst-ever season with a dismal playing record , and with as many players appearing in the side as there were goals scored — 33 in each case ! |
| 18 | He insisted on hearing her out , at whatever length and with as many digressions as she chose . |
| 19 | I want to do this thing as well as it can be done , and with as few deaths as we can manage . |
| 20 | And finally the other all London game between Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers ended without goals and with very few chances to either side . |
| 21 | A power-play goal by Searle half-way through the second period made it 5-4 and with so many minutes left on the clock , a decisive result looked certain . |
| 22 | With Josephine Butler [ q.v. ] for an aunt , and with so many relatives in literary , philanthropic , and educational circles , Violet was almost predestined to a life of social service . |
| 23 | And with so many publishers completing so many courses in 1993 , it will be very interesting to see what is published for whom next year , and whether it is the market or the applied linguist who call the shots . |
| 24 | One day , a tenant went out to work and found a hole in his garden ; hours later it was even bigger , and within yet more hours it became a twenty-foot pit . |
| 25 | This is quite common on newly imported Angelfish and in nearly all cases it cures itself with medication . |
| 26 | They were able to interview 139 of these service recipients , and in nearly all cases also interviewed their carers . |
| 27 | They start behind men in certain ways because of the sort of training they are getting in school , in the home I mean , and in so many respects I think schools have to try and compensate for that . |
| 28 | It seems to be happening far too often , and I wonder i I wonder what 's actually going wrong that this happening so often and in so many places , seems to be something that you know , perhaps we need to address it far more generally as a problem of housing management as a whole . |
| 29 | " He has done so so often and in so many places that neither employers , nor agitators , nor his sailors pay much attention to his words " . |
| 30 | This was a session packed with facts as well as emotion and delivered with skill and we are all grateful to Mr Dodge who supports the BIE so loyally and in so many ways . |