Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where once upon a time there had only been fishing boats , now bobbed the magnificent yachts of international millionaires . |
| 2 | Following the extensive tour , our visitors joined all the JMSA employees for lunch which was held in a marquee overlooking our soccer field , where later in the afternoon a Wadeville team was to do battle against a team from the Germiston plant . |
| 3 | Where earlier in the day had prevailed an exercise in organised pandemonium — the sawing of wood for an extra set buttress , the clanking of lights being swung into position , and everywhere the ringing cacophony of cross conversation — now there is almost a deafening silence , broken only by the odd apologetic cough as the minutes tick towards 8.30 . |
| 4 | No trace of Auchnasheal exists , although somewhere beneath the moss the stones must still lurk . |
| 5 | His immediate superior and his superintendent had departed ten minutes before for a conference at Lewes and he was more than somewhat at a loss . |
| 6 | There was nothing I could do for it this time' ) , but ‘ Is She Really Going Out With Him ? ’ , formerly ditched , now finds itself reinstated , although apparently in a setting designed to tease out its reluctant humour once and for all . |
| 7 | There were now , albeit only for a minority , alternatives to invisibility . |
| 8 | The effects of the net changes in social class have been modelled explicitly for the university sector in a number of forecasts ( Diamond and Smith , 1982 , 1984 ; Diamond , 1985 ; AUT , 1983 ; Collins , 1983 ) as well as implicitly by the DES ( 1984a , b , 1986b ) .4 These effects have been the most important single factor for which data have been available at a national level albeit only for the university sector . |
| 9 | Then there was the reality that yes our three tropical experts had flown through the questionnaire stage and impressed the producer more than sufficiently at the interview stage and they would now be appearing in front of 14 million viewers , battling it out with another team , unknown until the actual day . |
| 10 | Only a fraction of those who know the Oberland are acquainted with the Bernest Mitteland — except perhaps for the capital city , Bern itself , which lies near the centre of it . |
| 11 | But Elizabeth Gould 's self-concept hardly refers to her domestic situation at all — except perhaps for the statement ‘ I am hard working ’ . |
| 12 | Since nobody on the summit of the Ben required a ticking off , except perhaps by the fashion police , it was back on to the tourist path for the descent . |
| 13 | Although desfoutre is a perfectly proper grammatical construction , it is , of course , in real-world terms impossible to be " unfucked " , except perhaps in the mind of a naive woman who imagines that a second foutre can annul or return the first … or does she ? |
| 14 | The solution was found by looking inwards at the character and operations of our own Group rather than outwards at the way other organisations had approached the problem , and then asking two questions . |
| 15 | But Gabriel trudged on up the ladder , knowing only that he preferred to be with Izzie and her father than alone in the chapel with these stony figures against its walls , all staring with stony eyes , and all too lonely to touch one another . |
| 16 | Responsibility for developing standards will also require a greater interest than hitherto in the effectiveness of clinical care ( Williamson , 1990 ) , something that will require considerable briefing . |
| 17 | Having viewed the replacement external fresco and the church — although only through a haze of overhead tram wires — from the little square where Via Mazzini crosses Via Falcone and several other minor roads , go inside and see the real one which stands above the main altar , beneath Bramante 's masterly pseudo-apse . |
| 18 | Radiation may induce diarrhoea by a non-inflammatory mechanism such as bile acid malabsorption ( although only as a feature of late radiation damage to the small bowel ) . |
| 19 | The Windows for Workgroups beta included software to permit a DOS machine to hook up to a Windows for Workgroups network , although only as a client , so it 's safe to assume that the same Workgroup Connection software will find its way into version 6 . |
| 20 | If you leave your home to someone else who later decides to sell it , then he/she may be liable for CGT when the property is sold ( although only on the gain since the date of death ) . |
| 21 | Expansion and contraction of awareness may be interdependent , so that ‘ Be aware ’ would not , for example , pronounce waking good but sleeping bad ; when exhaustion is blurring awareness one can go so far as to say ‘ You ought to go to sleep ’ , although only for the sake of waking with refreshed awareness tomorrow . |
| 22 | Some normalization of the security situation in Knin began on Aug. 21 , although only after a demonstration by several thousand residents had secured an undertaking from the local police chief that no disciplinary action would be taken against policemen who had sided with the insurgents . |
| 23 | The authors , stress on cognition has the advantage that it leads to an appreciation of the importance of the distribution of knowledge about what goods should represent , rather than merely of the distribution of the goods themselves . |
| 24 | Of course , if such a procedure were adopted by the House it would be better to have it subject to agreement between the usual channels than merely on the diktat of the Government . |
| 25 | Unfortunately some of this work was done without a proper appreciation of the fact that the presence of tree growth , and the shade it gave , prevented or at least discouraged the growth of water weeds , the existence of which could form an even greater obstruction than much of the tree growth . |
| 26 | One of the main differences comes about through contact with Scotland , through seasonal emigration : it has left its mark both in technical features ( in the bowing , for example ) and in the repertoire of tunes — and to my ears , brought up in Scotland to ear fiddling at many Highland gatherings , the Music does have a more familiar ring than much of the rest of Irish music . |
| 27 | Heavy Wealden clay made wet-weather travel an unenviable experience , but it was often little worse than much of the rest of England . |
| 28 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
| 29 | It 's irritatingly easy to crash at first , as the pushscroll is only activated when you 're more than halfway across the screen , giving you little time to see and avoid hazards . |
| 30 | How would you feel if someone flew more than halfway around the world to say to you , ‘ I am at a loss . |