Example sentences of "[subord] [det] [conj] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected slippers but he was more spruce than that and clearly businesslike in the way he ran this family hotel . |
| 2 | Of this day nearer than that because more important . |
| 3 | The HEARSAY project [ Erman et al , 1980 ] used this architecture and has proved to be highly influential ( albeit less than completely successful ) as an example of collaboration between different levels of processing . |
| 4 | She had also instilled into Yanto at an early age , that he was better than most and as good as anybody . |
| 5 | Woodland faunas , for instance , are distinct from grassland faunas , and tropical faunas distinct from temperate faunas , and when these and more precise distinctions are made it is possible to correlate and even define ecological zones by their small mammal faunas . |
| 6 | There is a terrifying slippery slope in the process , by which old people come to be regarded as less than fully human and are therefore not treated as persons deserving equal respect . |
| 7 | In view of the points above , it is hardly surprising that none of these was rated as more than moderately effective , and only the advisory staff were rated as significantly better than ineffective . |
| 8 | These rapidly accumulated round the fissure , building up into a conical heap , and then , as more and more new material emerged from the fissures , lava flows were erupted and began to stream down the ski-slopes . |
| 9 | As more and more stone-filled gabions were built in to reduce the erosion which the scheme had set in train , it became apparent that Pandora 's box had been opened , and that what might have worked as a piece of traditional river canalization in the cohesive sediments found downstream had proved a recipe for disaster when applied in the unstable gravels of this upland brook . |
| 10 | In 1979 , as more and more pressurised water reactors were ordered throughout Europe , EEC ministers decided to take over the project . |
| 11 | The situation changed steadily during the 1950s as more and more black men came to high office , and naturally the West Indian people could see no reason why the same should not happen on the cricket field . |
| 12 | On 19 June , however , things began to warm up again , and the plume of steam and ash , which had been showing signs of flagging , rose higher and higher as more and more powerful explosions shook the air . |
| 13 | From the mid-1970s local government spending was under severe pressure from the centre as more and more complex rules were developed to keep it under control . |
| 14 | Without a strategy which forces the researcher to make contrasts , there will be a tendency to slide into a more universal conception of social representation , as more and more diffuse phenomena become labelled as ‘ social representations ’ . |
| 15 | As more and more individual scientists , for a variety of reasons , are converted to the new paradigm there is an ‘ increasing shift in the distribution of professional allegiances ’ . |
| 16 | Living on income support is for many a very negative experience — the intrusive questioning about income and about personal relationships ; the difficulties of queuing with young children ; the problems when benefits are delayed or lost ; the lack of control over income as more and more direct deductions are made — all these and more contribute to the difficulties of bringing up children alone on a low income . |
| 17 | As more and more concerned organisations make their voice heard , the greater is our chance for a more informed society . |
| 18 | Now they are having to change their attitude as more and more public school kids rifle shops in London 's Kings Road and South Molton Street for the best in designer gear Because of their rich clientele , the shops have not previously used the tags and electronic security systems used in high street stores to protect themselves against the £1.5 billion-worth of goods lost through shoplifting each year But designer clothes are attracting designer thieves . |
| 19 | In the meantime fighting continued both in and around Saigon and , increasingly , as more and more French troops arrived , throughout Cochinchina . |