Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where better than the south of France , which she knew like the back of her hand ? |
| 2 | This was particularly apparent in all arts areas at ‘ Pope John Paul ’ , where even though the music and drama departments did not have any formalized assessment pattern , the degree of interaction between staff and pupils produced a very high level of self-awareness and understanding among the children about their work . |
| 3 | It 's a matter of fact rather than rather than rather than a matter what is shown on the one inch map . |
| 4 | Peter was able to take his test a year earlier than most because the law allows disabled people to pass their test at 16 . |
| 5 | It looked the same as the other one to her , except perhaps that the knuckle bone of the little finger was more prominent than the rest and the finger itself rather stiff . |
| 6 | Thus , in 1973 , we are no wiser than we were in 1948 : the experience of twenty-five years has shed no more light upon the question , does the death penalty deter ? than was available at the beginning — except perhaps that the neutrality of the evidence , which I have explained I find so logically impressive , has been reinforced . |
| 7 | Contrary to some popular images , normally this does not seem to be reversed in a significant way during the last years of life of the older generation , except perhaps where a person receives substantial personal care , but is not in a position to repay it through bequests after their death . |
| 8 | Export growth over the same period has shown an increase of only 36 per cent which , although better than the world average growth of 28 per cent , is clearly not sufficient to cover the large increase in import demand . |
| 9 | To an extent tha they er offset each other as you can see , since the erm underlying operating performance , although less than the total in operating profit er was , was , was quite varied . |
| 10 | The report suggest that deficiencies in the radio/navigation equipment may have led the crew to descend on a spurious glidepath ; this was possible , although only if the crew did not keep " the normal continuous mutual check on the basic navigational instruments and the marker control " . |
| 11 | It is significant that in the following year , in his dissenting speech in Reg. v. Warner [ 1969 ] 2 A.C. 256 , 279 , he , while agreeing with the general rule , was prepared to consider an exception from it although not that the time was right to do so . |
| 12 | If the affidavits suggest that it is more likely than not that the defendant would succeed in establishing a statutory immunity that is a weighty factor in favour of refusing to grant an injunction . |
| 13 | It was held that the plaintiff had to show it was more probable than not that the injury was due to faulty manufacture . |
| 14 | Not only would any subsequent residential development be wonderfully placed to take advantage of the new route into the heart of the city — thereby making the houses attractive to those whose business was in the city centre — but past experience had shown more often than not that the railway barons could well pay a fortune for any land they needed . |
| 15 | Chantries were more popular in London than elsewhere and every City church could boast at least one . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh except possibly that the business at Barnes has made me eager to volunteer for more active participation in the war , sir . ’ |
| 17 | As Richard Sennett ( 1974 ) puts it , ‘ A feeling can be conveyed more than once when a person , having ceased to ‘ suffer it ’ , and now at a distance studying it , comes to define its essential form ’ ( p. 112 ) . |
| 18 | This message is as relevant now as it was in 1940 and is more urgent than ever as the myth of material progress loses its power . |
| 19 | Rachel had always thought that dodgems were inappropriately named , and that day was no exception , for as they cruised round there were many more bumps than dodges , accompanied by screams and shrieks as the guitars throbbed louder than ever and a siren wailed above them , |
| 20 | Today she looked like being later than ever and the excuse was beginning to look a bit thin . |
| 21 | And they were grown apiece while he was away and they were better than ever and the deal was been that he had was gon na give them the best two cattle you see and this was this was the best two animals he had . |
| 22 | Unemployment was higher in Torbay than nationally and the DHA had provided few opportunities for work , most of its effort going into the operation of a light industrial unit at Newton Abbot . |
| 23 | Ernest Bevin 's entry into the wartime coalition made it even less likely than before that the bulk of trade-union officials would tolerate the Communists let alone support them . |
| 24 | She felt Fand grip her arm ; the white face turned , whiter than before as a gust of fire passed . |
| 25 | Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions . |
| 26 | The practice started when postmortems were more common than now and the intention was to protect the ‘ outsider ’ from the smell . |
| 27 | It is important to note here than even if a parent is gripped by those negative fantasies that the textbooks claim to be real and universal , she is also immediately capable of embracing a critique of the values she is confronted with . |
| 28 | This year we have treated many more patients than previously and the service is in financial balance . |
| 29 | Modern agriculture requires investment to survive , but investment has fallen by more than half since the Government took office . |
| 30 | THERE are always horses at Edelson House in Gainford if only because a part of the garden is a horses ' graveyard . |