Example sentences of "of [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will be found collected in the case of the Direct United States Cable Company v Anglo-American Telegraph Company , L R 2 App Cas 394 , the bay there in question being Conception Bay , which has a width at the mouth of rather more than 20 miles . |
| 2 | The period since 1945 , a stretch of rather more than 40 years , may be considered as a whole . |
| 3 | Priced at 102p , they are to be redeemed in April , 2000 , at 100p — implying a capital loss of rather less than 0.25 p.c. per annum . |
| 4 | The figures show a similar fall in the share of social product taken by government between 1979 and 1982 , of somewhat more than 6 per cent , followed by a substantial recovery in 1987 . |
| 5 | Although US officials refuse to be pinned down on how long occupying troops will be needed in Panama , they talk in terms of sooner rather than later . |
| 6 | ‘ We would have caught him eventually but this time it was thankfully a case of sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 7 | Of the remaining 21 mines , 19 blew up German fortifications on a curving front of just less than 16km/10mls , running from St Yves to Mount Sorrel . |
| 8 | We would take the State benefits of just less than two thousand off that |
| 9 | Not just because of not just because certain men at a certain place were sinful and crucified him unjustly not just because of sin but he died for the sin of the world , taking our sin in our place . |
| 10 | From a therapeutic aspect , penicillin was marvellous because it cured many dangerous bacterial infections , but it was tiresome because it was inactive by mouth ( it was destroyed by the acidity of the stomach contents ) , it acted for a very short time ( it was rapidly excreted by the kidneys ) and so was of little value unless given by injection at intervals of not longer than 3 hours , and because , after a time , the normal processes of evolution led to the appearance of resistant strains of the microbes which had previously been sensitive to penicillin . |
| 11 | ( c ) Where a beneficial owner of a share in a recognised body dies , a member may notwithstanding sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) of this Rule , continue to hold such share for the personal representative of the deceased for a period of not longer than twelve months from the date of the death ; provided that voting rights shall only be exercised in respect of any share held in reliance on this sub-paragraph where the only personal representative in respect of the deceased beneficial owner 's interest in the share is a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body . |
| 12 | ( i ) where the specified event happens in respect of a member , any share registered in his name may , notwithstanding paragraph ( 1 ) of this Rule , remain so registered for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any such share while it remains so registered ; and |
| 13 | ( ii ) where the specified event happens in respect of a beneficial owner of a share , a member may , notwithstanding sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) of this Rule , continue to hold such share for the beneficial owner or , as the case may be , his trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator from a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any share held in reliance of this sub-paragraph . |
| 14 | ( c ) Where a beneficial owner of a share in a recognised body dies , a member may notwithstanding sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) of this Rule , continue to hold such share for the personal representative of the deceased for a period of not longer than twelve months from the date of the death ; provided that voting rights shall only be exercised in respect of any share held in reliance of this sub-paragraph where the only personal representative in respect of the deceased beneficial owner 's interest in the share is a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body . |
| 15 | ( i ) where the specified event happens in respect of a member , any share registered in his name may , notwithstanding paragraph ( 1 ) of this Rule , remain so registered for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any such share while it remains so registered ; and |
| 16 | ( ii ) where the specified event happens in respect of a beneficial owner of a share , a member may , notwithstanding sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( a ) of this Rule , continue to hold such share for the beneficial owner or , as the case may be , his trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator for a period of not longer than six months from the date of the specified event ; provided that no voting rights shall be exercised in respect of any share held in reliance of this sub-paragraph . |
| 17 | Clearly more than one period of fortification is to be implied , with the likelihood that a masonry wall was added to the front of an existing bank , the contemporary ditch of which had to be solidly filled in order to carry its foundations ; a date for the bank of not earlier than c . |
| 18 | Apart from re-iterating his belief , which is gaining support , that there probably should be a completely new major circuit of not more than a dozen tournaments , based round the Grand Slams and culminating in one end-of-season event , Becker said ‘ We 're not machines . |
| 19 | The conventional palaeontological view was , until recently , of an age of 10 to 15 million years , whereas molecular data suggested a time of divergence of not more than 5 million years ago . |
| 20 | She was intensely house-proud , though her home was mean and small , having a frontage of not more than twelve feet , and opening directly on to the street , with no garden before it . |
| 21 | They nodded and smiled , exposing a total of not more than seven teeth between them . |
| 22 | Discussion in small groups of not more than six ( see below for discussion questions ) . |
| 23 | On the other hand there are those whose speaking vocabulary contains only a few hundred words of not more than three syllables and their reading vocabulary not many more . |
| 24 | ‘ I think a small guerrilla unit of not more than twelve men would be most effective . |
| 25 | Having placed these matters on record in its minutes , the London committee proceeded to its own business : ( i ) a prize of 10 guineas was offered for the best description of not more than 20 cases of glanders ; ( ii ) the circularisation of honorary and subscribing members , asking for their ‘ communications on the veterinary art ’ . |
| 26 | km. ) , suggesting a county population of not more than 300 pairs . |
| 27 | It was the weekly delivery , the lifeline to this scattered old community of not more than five hundred souls all told , set in all these millions of hectares . |
| 28 | So in 1901 the committee agreed an extension to 18 holes at a cost of not more than 50 guineas and Braid was invited to do his stuff . |
| 29 | So we must divide it into sections of not more than 88 squares high . |
| 30 | 1 Prepare a script which shall meet the following requirements : the complete typescript to make a book of not more than 32 pages a complete list of any textual or illustrative copyrighted material to be included together with full information on source of such material supply a complete art brief for any illustrations required |