Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To counteract this , an individual generally benefits from continual changes in the type of task being performed as well as continual updating on how well or badly the task is being done . |
| 2 | ‘ The market is a dynamic one and it seems to prove that there was a latent demand for sea travel , but the prices or perhaps the product were not right . ’ |
| 3 | Or perhaps the world is just full of patterns . |
| 4 | Perhaps consistent wins in the obedience ring or in trials by a breeder 's dogs inspires you to want to own a great working dog ; or perhaps the reason is just recommendation from a trusted friend . |
| 5 | Perhaps Sparta , who helped to eject the Cypselids , and tended to favour oligarchies , was better able to influence Corinth , which was closer than Athens ; or perhaps the explanation is just that 506 is much later than 585 when the Cypselids fell . |
| 6 | His quarry might not be back yet , or perhaps the bell was n't working . |
| 7 | Perhaps she did or perhaps the mine is a gathering-together of memories — of being shut in , starved of air , of light , of freedom of mind and body . |
| 8 | After a year or so the rope was taken up from the lower floors and wound on to a cleat on the top storey . |
| 9 | The average surface temperature on Venus is also much higher than on the Earth , 730 K instead of 288 K. The troposphere extends up to an altitude of about 60 km , and in its lower 50 km or so the lapse-rate is adiabatic . |
| 10 | It was the paralysis which caused her death in the end , or so the doctor was to certify ; she died there in the workhouse , aged 70 , on 12 September 1849 . |
| 11 | Parties will then negotiate as to whether once the limit is exceeded the full amount or merely the excess is claimable . |
| 12 | Next time , you , your daughter , your grand-daughter or just a neighbour is pregnant , you could think of the thirty-odd years that the NCT has spent safeguarding the interests of parents and babies , and you could get out your cheque book . |
| 13 | If during this period breath hydrogen increased by 100% or more the test was considered abnormal . |
| 14 | However unless birth control methods are used , sooner or later the woman is likely to get pregnant . |
| 15 | Even though things can look bleak for the unemployed , Mr Scott 's advice is to take the long-term view — sooner or later an opportunity is bound to arise . |
| 16 | It does not really matter how long or wide an aquarium is … it is depth that gives water pressure . |
| 17 | I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion . |
| 18 | Even for roles such as lector , the layman or even the boy is preferred . |
| 19 | Explicitly or implicitly the suggestion is that women are children or lunatics or whichever other company they keep . |
| 20 | Whether Golitsin was a KGB plant or simply a fraud is irrelevant . |
| 21 | He suffered a flashback , an out-of-place reel from an old dark house horror movie , or maybe a nightmare being offered for psychoanalysis to Ingrid Bergman . |
| 22 | Or maybe the pinkie was skragged as a trophy ? |
| 23 | One source of interest can be a description of where the interview has taken place , perhaps a studio , or maybe the artist 's home . |
| 24 | Or maybe the landscape was his mirror , and he was just seeing himself . |
| 25 | Or maybe they were more aroused because of the flashing light , or maybe the light was affecting their visual system in some way . |
| 26 | Commonly not exceeding a couple of pounds , the church stock reached an exceptional £7. 6s. at Waddesdon , Bucks. , though as often as not it was nil , or else no figure was given , some certificates consistently omitting it . |
| 27 | Either things came out too harshly , heavy , muddy and dull — Mauve called it his ‘ yellow-soap style ’ — or else the tenderness was n't tender enough . |
| 28 | Or else the Devil was there , that particular night , sitting with him . ’ |
| 29 | For thirty minutes he pressed the horse hard , always hoping that his flight would persuade the Dragoons to abandon their pursuit , but the Frenchmen were stubborn , or else the chase was a welcome break in their day 's tedium . |
| 30 | The Weaving Mother must know the beginning and the end of the process , or else the middle is just a meaningless jumble . |