Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , the book is limited to those media which most absorbed people 's attention in the post-war era , and which met most fully the criteria of a mass medium — television , radio and newspapers . |
| 2 | But everywhere else — equally in the madrigal , chanson , and German polyphonic Lied , in the music of the Roman Church , Lutheran hymn , and Calvinist psalm note-against-note writing , in chords rather than contrapuntal lines , met most fully the demand for verbal clarity . |
| 3 | Lloyd George and Kitchener have their biographies ; yet those who experienced most directly the turmoil , disruption and loss of the war have their information locked within their memory . |
| 4 | If there was one thing that got right up a nome 's nose , it was someone saying , ‘ Here is a really sensible idea . |
| 5 | But from my own researches it became plain to me that she was very much a person of her times , as compared with Beatrice Webb who became so much a critic of her times . |
| 6 | Assemblies met only once a year but set up permanent executive boards . |
| 7 | As a result the society became less specifically a group of the left . |
| 8 | Roirbak bundled Tammuz into the elevator and they rode halfway up the building in silence until Tammuz said : ‘ I ca n't believe this ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Are accounts produced only once a year ? ’ |
| 10 | Since the Libyan system allowed no formal campaign with a beginning and a pre-announced end , the agonistic element was concentrated in the ballot which became much more a contest between voters than one between candidates . |
| 11 | London became much more the capital of England and a centre of culture , of elegant houses and ‘ conspicuous consumption ’ . |
| 12 | Charles wandered slowly up the village street in search of his valise . |
| 13 | This involved most notably a stress on the power of economic forces to overcome existing divisions between States . |
| 14 | A few minutes after eight , as they watched , a black flag moved slowly up the post . |
| 15 | She moved stealthily down the hall to the kitchen , her hearing sharpened by fear as she strained to detect even the slightest movement in the old house . |
| 16 | Anglers Mail columnist Frank Barlow ( Wotsits Tackle ) drew right opposite a pub but some bites on stick float and maggots kept him rooted to his box and he finished runner-up with 11–7–0 of grayling . |
| 17 | FREEZING snow whipped our faces as we peered nervously down the slope . |
| 18 | But ahortly after the heavens opened and the river level rose so high the work had to be abandoned . |
| 19 | The causes he pursued so vigorously no doubt satisfied some deep , emotional void . |
| 20 | He stopped halfway down the passage , whirling about to meet her . |
| 21 | He moved swiftly down the line of the wall , slowing as he neared its end . |
| 22 | Each member contributed so much a week to form a common fund . |
| 23 | I tried just about every diesel and the Peugeots performed better than other manufacturers ' diesels I tried . ’ |
| 24 | If the terms of Bell 's inequality are calculated from the composite wave function I mentioned above then the inequality is found to be violated ; on the other hand , it is always satisfied for wave functions that are simple products . |
| 25 | It was a remarkable achievement for a company created just over a year earlier and which had had to pitch against some of the world 's largest train-builders , including GEC Alsthom , Siemens , and BREL , the dominant British manufacturer . |
| 26 | It was a remarkable achievement for a company created just over a year earlier and which had had to pitch against some of the world 's largest train-builders , including GEC Alsthom , Siemens , and BREL , the dominant British manufacturer . |
| 27 | Anyway , we did n't have much luck in the hollow either , so we moved further up the field . |
| 28 | It was not far enough , as there was still downward straggle , so we moved further up the ladder to cubes . |
| 29 | They paused a moment longer , then moved further down the gallery , inspecting each exhibit , checking any books which could be the hidden Grimoire . |
| 30 | Cram 's club-mate David Sharpe , looking for an 800 metres time inside 1 min 46.2 secs , moved further down the pecking order in the two-lap event after quick times by two of his rivals in Dijon : Wolverhampton 's Steve Heard , who was third in 1 mins 45.65 secs , and Haringey 's David Strang , fourth in 1:45.85 . |