Example sentences of "and [adv] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The second kind of implicatures come about by overtly and blatantly not following some maxim , in order to exploit it for communicative purposes .
2 By absorbing these , the subject is then in turn able to impose them upon some new domain not previously encountered , and thereby immediately to assimilate this into its particular cultural order .
3 There has , however , been some debate in modern times about the motivation which lay behind this huge increase in Rome 's power : was it the constant aggression of neighbouring states which prompted Rome to take protective measures , and thereby incidentally achieve this new position , or was Rome an imperialist power whose expansion was internally motivated ( for example , by land hunger or aristocratic avarice for glory ) ?
4 Most random files start this way and most never get more than about 3/4 full .
5 Whilst Jack sat with them and had a beer and a photo taken , I wandered into the gloom of the shop and rather studiously examined some Portuguese washing-up bowls .
6 Lothar having tried for three days to do the dividing , said he " could not do so because of his ignorance of the places involved " and so finally left that task to his father .
7 ( If one refrains from oiling the gear teeth of a grandfather clock , the teeth will not only not collect the dust and so not grind each other away , but also become harder and more polished as times goes on and so last virtually for ever . )
8 The teacher who uses this aid will have to be particularly careful to keep it secret and so not publish any libel to anyone at all .
9 Everyday experience is generally highly predictable and so rarely offers such surprises .
10 Ellwood et al. ( 1980 ) , however , argued that when the maximum depth of burial ( estimated at 12 km ) and age are taken into account , the sediments underlying the Piedmont , though not as altered as the surface rocks , are likely to have been raised to the greenschist phase of metamorphism and so presumably have little remaining hydrocarbon potential .
11 In the early stages of migration , the peasants come from the richer and more developed rural areas and so frequently have more skills to offer when they reach the town , than those in the less developed areas .
12 Moreover , as a worker gets older , overtime , shift work and so on become less and less a physical possibility .
13 Decisions about them — their expansion , scope , and so on have such important economic implications that they can not be , and are not , taken simply in the light of our knowledge of social needs .
14 When I heard reports of the changing physical shape of German women , that they were becoming a different breed of women we 'd been told from the old , rather heavy , erm motherly plain sort of woman who characterised Germany womanhood before the Second World War , well now we read that their shape and their weight and so on corresponds much more to French or British and American norms .
15 The spread of political responsibility throughout the population to local councillors , school governors and so on informs more people about the nature of the financial choices that have to be made , and thus produces a more informed electorate .
16 Among those noting Xu 's habit of using just one board ( ingredients are so fresh and so quickly prepared that food poisoning is not considered a threat ) is Keith Mitchell , team captain of the British chefs competing at the culinary Olympics in Frankfurt next year , and head chef at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne , East Sussex .
17 Schleiermacher 's own account of Jesus relied heavily on such psychological study ; so , for that matter , did that of Liberal Theology ; and so too did those which saw Jesus only as a particularly heroic and noble representative of the human race , as did the immensely popular Life of Jesus by the Frenchman Ernst Renan ( 1823–92 ) .
18 Ministers are reluctant to believe that Your Majesty 's resolve is irrevocable and still venture to hope that before Your Majesty pronounces any formal decision Your Majesty may be pleased to reconsider an intention which must so deeply and so vitally affect all Your Majesty 's subjects .
19 Whether he was secretly glad to have her back , and perhaps even had some foolish idea that she might be back to stay , I ca n't say .
20 Mr Ceausescu has not allowed any Soviet forces to be stationed there , and long ago ordered all Soviet military advisers to leave .
21 y y i it can happen and apparently sometimes does that the young man will receive a recycled wife who is in fact the mother of a daughter who has married his father and so he calls her the daughter-mother , her actual mother is his wife .
22 Maybe whoever buys the house will set her up again where she can see Narcissus — and much good did that ever do the poor girl . ’
23 But Floy said , in an expressionless tone , ‘ Do go on , ’ and Caspar looked at Floy doubtfully , because he was not altogether sure of Floy yet and he had the feeling that Floy might very well be thinking and assessing and generally not revealing all his feelings .
24 Lord Home ordered his agents in Scotland to seize Brown as soon as he landed and to impress upon him ‘ what is very trew that if he oppose me he will dissoblige Prince Waldeck and all his officers ’ , and thus presumably ruin any chance which he might have of advancement .
25 Other behaviours that carry an intensity with them — and thus presumably overstimulate some parts of the brain 's wiring — can produce similar effects , though the synapses involved have yet to be charted .
26 The problem arises because it is thought that the positional errors and attribute uncertainties which are characteristic of all spatial databases , may be propagated and amplified by GIS operations and thus adversely affect some or all applications .
27 He had dishonestly and intentionally not fulfilled that obligation .
28 And you know , if we wait for God to baptize us in the Holy Spirit , can I suggest you 'll wait until you die and still not know that experience .
29 you could go to an area for the rest of your life and still not see any fighting .
30 Well I ca what I ca n't quite understand is , is that why anybody should have come through land reform and still only have that level of income .
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