Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the HMIs , I have more or less avoided this question so far , mainly by talking about ‘ curriculum managers ’ . |
| 2 | As Aldous Huxley more or less said 40 years ago in The Doors of Perception , as he turned away from the exploding Red Hot Peppers : is n't alcohol a bloody awful drug ? |
| 3 | Continue writing this scenario for two or so double-spaced typewritten pages . |
| 4 | ‘ Now if he was dyslexic , or only had one leg . |
| 5 | Generally , these cash buyers seemed to have made a fair assessment of their chances , in that they were unemployed or already had great difficulty matching small incomes to their outgoings . |
| 6 | THE RALLY started on Sunday , 2 February at 10 am and the freezing cold morning saw many last-minute checks by various crews on all those things they had forgotten or already checked three times . |
| 7 | There is one large , wide , blunt or slightly pointed apical papilla flanked on each side by 4–5 oral papillae , which are pointed with the distalmost one being the largest . |
| 8 | Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales . |
| 9 | There is one long pointed apical papilla flanked by 7–10 rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae . |
| 10 | There is one large pointed apical papilla flanked on each side by 4 rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which merge with tentacle scales associated with the nearly superficial second tentacle pore . |
| 11 | The tentacle pores are quite large each is armed with a rounded or slightly pointed scale-like tentacle scale . |
| 12 | All deputies were either party members or carefully vetted non-party people . |
| 13 | Even though the defendant knew the names and addresses of all customers , the quality of contact was not of the degree required in order to establish that he was ever regarded as " being the business " or even had any influence over the customers . |
| 14 | Anna stayed in the paddock , and her only contact with people was when she was chased into a yard and chute for worming and branding , or else had two legs at a time strapped up to facilitate an occasional trimming of her hooves . |
| 15 | Acts done by a partner outside the normal course of the firm 's business will generally not bind the firm unless his co-partners have expressly authorised or subsequently ratified those acts . |
| 16 | Occasionally in the early months his subordinates deliberately or accidentally transgressed these rules and promptly had their knuckles rapped . |
| 17 | The perpetual spring Schorne had divined for his parish in time of drought came replete with gypsum , Epsom salts , and carbonic acid , and thereby lent considerable support to his posthumous reputation , principally as a healer of rheumatic and eye afflictions , but with an occasional talent in respect of dead oxen , the drowned , and the consolation of ‘ wretched , lonely boys ’ . |
| 18 | They appeared in parts over five years from March 1755 to June 1760 and eventually made two folio volumes . |
| 19 | It was mentioned by many of the Greek philosophers and writers , including Aristotle , Plato , and Seneca , and eventually drove pleasure-loving Epicurus , who was plagued by gonococcal stricture , to suicide . |
| 20 | To complete the picture of railways in this area one should add that the quite successful Leominster & Kington Railway was opened in 1862 and eventually had various extensions and branches , some of which were already under discussion when Kington was reached . |
| 21 | They queued up , and eventually got two cups of strong steaming hot tea . |
| 22 | In 1854 the Revd Andrew Reed [ q.v. ] , a friend of Little 's , established the Royal Hospital for Incurables , and Little became medical examiner and a member of the governing board . |
| 23 | The pre-1974 sub-regional tier , the Hospital Management Committee ( HMC ) , was responsible for running a hospital or a group of hospitals and rarely had specific responsibilities to ensure that the needs of a defined population were met . |
| 24 | Twenty-four swimmers , including staff from Manchester 's Gorton and Levenshulme Branches , took part and altogether completed 1,018 lengths , each worth at least £1 . |
| 25 | At the bottom , where the hotel drive met the highway , he halted and was watching the traffic on his left when Fabia , traces of amusement still on her face , looked to the right and suddenly felt all amusement vanish . |
| 26 | In 1904 Wolverton absorbed the Stony Stratford company ( No 7 ) and so became two companies strong . |
| 27 | And so began this friendship of 35 years , between the older and the younger man ( Layton is 20 years senior to Leonard ) ; between the master and the apprentice . |
| 28 | It was white , and so gave optimum visibility on the screen . |
| 29 | Perhaps the terms of reference were slightly vague , but the NZRFU probably considered that their lads deserved a break , and so gave general permission for the expedition to Italy . |
| 30 | In fact , Hunter saw Chaplin as ‘ the Dickens of the films ’ and so gave another reminder of how the whole world of silent movies was moulded in the idiom of the great Victorian writer . |