Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obesity increased equally in all groups over the 20 years or so of follow up , despite sustained medical advice but without help from a dietitian . |
| 2 | It 's not clear how many people participated in the event in Britain or elsewhere by carrying out local ascents , raising sponsorship for the ten lifeline projects designated by the United Nations . |
| 3 | Trainees should obtain nine points or more before moving on to Goal 4 . |
| 4 | ‘ My chances of making an honest marriage or even of keeping up my business would be less than dust without the good will of my neighbours . |
| 5 | Potential clients made contact through their GP or simply by calling in to the project 's information and advice shop on Dalry Road . |
| 6 | Through heavy dressings of nitrogen these produce bulky crops for grazing , silage , and eventually for ploughing in . |
| 7 | Last night a Vauxhall Astra careered up and down outside crashing down the garden fence . |
| 8 | Funny how turning points can visit in plain clothing and only on looking back is the impression found , an impression made by the weight of a moment so apparently modest it 's hard to recall . |
| 9 | It is most important that arts teachers see themselves first and foremost as teachers and only after carrying out their duties in this respect to see themselves as artists . |
| 10 | In any large , structured company , some people are better motivators and better at getting on with the work force than others . |
| 11 | ‘ I really enjoy my job and especially like keeping up to date with all the modern styles , ’ says the enthusiastic young stylist from Hampshire . |
| 12 | It has to work through the agency of its possessors , and especially by picking out the weak points of their characters — possessiveness in Bilbo , fear in Frodo , patriotism in Boromir , pity in Gandalf . |
| 13 | It was Rosa Luxemburg , with the strong support of the German leadership , who defended the position of the German Social Democrats in the name of internationalism , urging the Polish worker in Prussia ‘ to give up national utopias and to accept that his national interests are best taken care of by Social Democracy , and not by taking up a separate position as a Pole in the wake of nationalist parties ’ . |
| 14 | Green was greatly encouraged by West 's suggestion that he should become an artist himself , and soon after going back to Manchester began taking painting lessons . |
| 15 | The claims of the opponents of monopoly turned out to be reasonably justified ; more and more slaves were shipped across the Atlantic by the independent traders , and the government found itself drawn further and further into keeping up the forts that provided English traders with a base of operations in West Africa . |
| 16 | Distracted also by his own uncertain future , he began to spend less time on Lake Street and more on getting back into journalism . |
| 17 | So if an unexpected rise in demand occurs , they meet it partly by producing more and partly by running down their stocks of finished goods . |
| 18 | The dress is particularly ideal for trans-seasonal wear , and also for dressing up with accessories for socialising after work . |
| 19 | The dress is particularly ideal for trans-seasonal wear , and also for dressing up with accessories for socialising after work . |
| 20 | The UN 's outer-space division wants to spend $500000 next year on schemes for training and also on setting up an advisory service for Third World space engineers . |
| 21 | Delegation is about power sharing and also about handing out work tasks . |
| 22 | The government , indeed , had made careful preparations , both in conserving fuel stocks and protecting the power network with the aid of other European nations , and also in building up the co-ordinating powers of the police nationally to deal with mass picketing . |
| 23 | I am sure that he is right in saying that the reduced pupil-teacher ratio provides children with an advantage , and also in pointing out that the quality of teaching and the ability of teachers is at least as important . |
| 24 | For example , attempts to introduce marginal cost pricing ( Treasury 1967 ) or ‘ verité des prix ’ ( Dubois 1975 : 31–2 ) are undermined by simultaneous government concern with inflation and hence with holding down public enterprise prices ( and there are problems in principle with the application of marginal cost pricing ) . |
| 25 | And thank you so much everybody and mainly for putting up with me . |
| 26 | And now for picking up the bits . |
| 27 | And now with opting out … ’ |
| 28 | Toby Marten , Dead Certain 's owner , paid only 5,800 guineas for her and even after stumping up £10,000 to supplement her for yesterday 's race , he is still well over six figures in the plus in prize money , not to mention Dead Certain 's enormous intrinsic value . |
| 29 | In short , someone who is , as it were , drinking well now and well worth laying down for the future . ’ |
| 30 | PANAMA 'S military government yesterday stepped up its verbal assault against enemies at home and abroad after putting down a coup led by some of the country 's most senior officers . |