Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [conj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | International trade is complicated by the existence of sepa-rate currencies , each used as mediums of exchange within their own national boundaries . |
| 2 | One fan said : ‘ I have n't been this wet since Pavarotti in the Park and at least the burgers were cheaper there . ’ |
| 3 | Brompton , a new development with 20% polypropylene is an Axminster with 10 items some abstract and others with modern versions of Traditional Persian styles . |
| 4 | It is , indeed , this rounding and balance of his character and abilities that made Charles such a great ruler . |
| 5 | OK , they 're old fashioned games revamped , but I 'm an old fashioned type of guy , and anyway , they 're not so much old-fashioned as classics of their types . |
| 6 | Religious masterpieces such as the Messiah continue to exercise a fascination which is much more than enjoyment of good tunes . |
| 7 | Those gold mines had stolen much more than gold from Africa . |
| 8 | Excavations such as those of the German excavator Heinrich Schliemann ( 1822–90 ) at Troy and Mycenae , of the British archaeologist Arthur Evans ( 1851–1951 ) at Knossos , and of many others at this time began to prove that much more than objects for display in a museum could be recovered from these sites . |
| 9 | Navies had changed much more than armies during the nineteenth century . |
| 10 | Is it fair that some people earn much more than others in a market economy ? |
| 11 | Government and the HSE are well aware that the promotion and enforcement of safety demands much more than reliance on individuals and management . |
| 12 | Global competition is much more than rivalry among firms , for it involves the ‘ structural competitiveness ’ of states within the world system . |
| 13 | Capital provision to support these two areas is scarce and the 1990s are going to test even the most supportive administrations to meet urgent demands for library extensions and preservation/substitution programmes , neither of which has been an established part of institutional budget planning , nor likely to receive much more than sympathy from the funding councils , except perhaps in cases where enormous growth in student numbers have caused such pressures on space . |
| 14 | These grants , although valuable , were not much more than flourishes on an already diverse collection . |
| 15 | These grants , although valuable , were not much more than flourishes on an already diverse collection . |
| 16 | The constitutional issues thus become not much more than flourishes to a fait accompli . |
| 17 | The constitutional issues thus become not much more than flourishes to a fait accompli . |
| 18 | Dr ‘ Richards ’ There 's much more than medicine in it … we 're not general practitioners , we 're family doctors , which means you 're a family friend . |
| 19 | Before that happens Britain will be in no position to do much more than talk about the implications of new technology . |
| 20 | The oceans provide us with much more than pleasure for the diver and beautiful photographs for the photographer ; they also give us invaluable knowledge . |
| 21 | For the walk-in horses are better pack animals than llamas as they carry much more and cost about the same , but horses can not reach all the base camps . |
| 22 | Several important medieval and later pottery industries were located in such areas-Leafield and Nettlebed in Oxfordshire , Minety in Wiltshire , and Donyatt in Somerset , for example . |
| 23 | They are the product of a specific brief by land owners or developers , detailed ‘ design ’ by architects within that brief and approval by the local authority . |
| 24 | A reward was offered for the head of every Macgregor delivered to the laird ; families were encouraged to betray their own people with promises of pardon ; women were branded on the forehead ; children were sold as little better than slaves to Lowland and Irish cattle dealers . |
| 25 | It was all wrong and back to front , but no one could say the old baggage lacked for courage . |
| 26 | It was only natural that we should interpret all this as preparation for release , that we would go home looking fit and not too pale . |
| 27 | I am sure that we are all delighted that numbers in schools are now rising because it can be a very difficult situation in which to work when er a head teacher and governing body find themselves trying to manage a continuous decline . |
| 28 | The perceived insult to their self-respect angered many Japanese and calls for the subjugation of Korea ( seikanron ) increased ; some , concerned about the decline of traditional martial values at home , sought also to divert the samurai into foreign campaigns . |
| 29 | It 's all fine and dandy with me . |
| 30 | Thus the very vibrancy of Impressionist or Pointillist paintings may well result from the discrimination of thousands of similar bits of colour data , all emerging as dots of similar hue , brightness , size or shape so that each momentarily stands out as a mini-figure against all the rest . |