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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In any large , structured company , some people are better motivators and better at getting on with the work force than others . |
| 10 | ‘ I really enjoy my job and especially like keeping up to date with all the modern styles , ’ says the enthusiastic young stylist from Hampshire . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Distracted also by his own uncertain future , he began to spend less time on Lake Street and more on getting back into journalism . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The dress is particularly ideal for trans-seasonal wear , and also for dressing up with accessories for socialising after work . |
| 17 | The dress is particularly ideal for trans-seasonal wear , and also for dressing up with accessories for socialising after work . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Delegation is about power sharing and also about handing out work tasks . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | And thank you so much everybody and mainly for putting up with me . |
| 24 | And now for picking up the bits . |
| 25 | And now with opting out … ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In short , someone who is , as it were , drinking well now and well worth laying down for the future . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | His new habit of sleeping on and on to rid himself of as much time as possible and then of staying up drinking alone until very late only left him with none of his natural good time and hour upon hour of his bad . |
| 30 | If you do find that you have recorded an unsatisfactory shot , cut your losses there and then by reversing back to the beginning so that you can over-record with something better before continuing with the rest of the shoot . |