Example sentences of "ever [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since its introduction in 1989 , the campaign has earned the highest awareness ever for Harp advertising . |
| 2 | Yet the way to respond to provocation must be cool and calculated , avoiding knee-jerk reaction and pressing the Government harder than ever for action , rather than words . |
| 3 | In fact , politics is as keen as ever for research . |
| 4 | In other words it 's not part of its standard employment allocation but it 's put it in the local plan so that people know , the locals know , that that field over there those fields over there erm are not guaranteed for ever as countryside but on the other hand they 're jolly well not gon na be released unless it 's for something extremely special for which there would be a statement carried through from the structure plan , elaborated on no doubt at local level , which set the rules . |
| 5 | At Calvary is found full cleansing for ever through faith alone in the finished work of Christ on the cross . |
| 6 | But he was concerned to prevent the system becoming a greater burden than ever through malpractice of the sort which the Worcester monk Hemming reports when he says that estates were sometimes taken even when the money due had been paid on time . |
| 7 | The widest choice ever of Air , Rail and Coach travel to Amsterdam All year round |
| 8 | Although there were fewer residents this year ( the Coburg Course was to follow shortly ) , the week was as full as ever of fun and laughter and top-notch Medau . |
| 9 | Roquelaure looked fresh and newly shaven , his suit as immaculate as ever with razor sharp creases . |
| 10 | Even then , apart from the two nights a week , when they would visit a cinema or call on friends , she was ever with Mother . |
| 11 | As ever with politics , these are not his enemies , these are his friends . |
| 12 | Now dad Brian needs him more than ever with Forest taking on Norwich at Carrow Road tonight reeling from three successive defeats . |
| 13 | She observes that the frequent indictments of theatre for encouraging sodomy are symptomatic of the anti-theatricalists ’ fear that gender difference is ever under threat of breakdown and , more generally , their fear that ‘ under the costume there is really nothing there or , alternatively , that what is there is something foreign , something terrifying and essentially other ’ ( ‘ Men in Women 's Clothing ’ , 135 ; see also Chapter 17 below ) . |
| 14 | It was in the reign of ‘ Farmer George ’ that drainage became more than ever in vogue , ‘ improvement ’ being all the rage . |
| 15 | And here came Aranyos , resplendent as ever in hussar uniform of scarlet , blue , green and gold , mounted on a grey of the Imperial Staff . |
| 16 | The first we step into we call the infant or thoughtless Chamber , in which we remain as long as we do not think … we no sooner get into the second Chamber , which I shall call the Chamber of Maiden-Thought , than we become intoxicated with the light and the atmosphere , we see nothing but pleasant wonders , and think of delaying there for ever in delight . |
| 17 | I wonder whether the officials of the FAA who saw the RLD representatives were the same people who rejected the NTSB recommendation or , if not , if they were ever in communication with each other on the subject . |
| 18 | Ours are just figureheads and that shows more than ever in wartime . ’ |
| 19 | She 'd robbed those stolen kisses of their delight , and if not ever in love , then why , what the hell had she meant ? |
| 20 | ‘ He never fell out of love with me because he was n't ever in love with me ! ’ she burst out vehemently . |
| 21 | At all times Flora is supported by her devoted cook Mrs Lodge , who has disquieting attacks of nostalgia for the country , but seems doomed to stay for ever in suburbia . |
| 22 | Winterbottom , who led England out in honour of his 50th cap , was as vigilant as ever in defence and always to hand in attack . |
| 23 | Now , from the mid-seventeenth century onwards , they were more than ever in evidence , as pamphleteers and propagandists ready to justify them grew in numbers . |
| 24 | But there was the rub , for Ben had , according to many , the most explosive start ever in athletics ' history and being with him at the three-fifths point in the race was , apparently , beyond the powers of the sprinters gathered in the Stadio Olimpico on this hot August day , Lewis included . |
| 25 | The great majority saw faithfulness as being as important as ever in marriage and condemned casual sex — more for women than for men . |
| 26 | But neither was ever in contention , as Chip Beck , one of last year 's American Ryder Cup team , regained the lead he had lost on Saturday to win by a stroke from Greg Norman and Mike Standly . |
| 27 | At the same time , he made a good contribution on the difficulty in which Labour will find itself , if it is ever in government , with its massive plans for overspending . |
| 28 | ‘ In the post-war years ’ , wrote Randolph 's son , ‘ Randolph remained for ever in debt because of his determination to live in the grand style to which he had allowed himself to become accustomed . ’ |
| 29 | If you were ever in doubt about the ‘ benefits ’ of the long-proposed Cardiff Bay barrage , you only need to go to Euston Station and look at one of the walls there . |
| 30 | As the front-man , ever in vision , I accept I 'm there to be shot at . |