Example sentences of "[subord] perhaps [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where perhaps a defendant has been a passenger and is not accused of reckless driving . |
| 2 | This has largely occurred on the Downs , where perhaps the greatest changes likely to affect birds in Sussex have taken place . |
| 3 | No-one , except perhaps a few scientists , had any idea of the long-term effects the dropping of these two bombs would have on the unfortunate Japanese — and perhaps even the scientists were unsure . |
| 4 | If you have a power cut , try to switch everything off , except perhaps a light , in case the power comes back on while you are asleep or out . |
| 5 | Being a mother has a certain status after all , it makes you a grown-up person , something you ca n't feel , if , like a girl I met in Barnsley , you leave school , which you hated anyway , and did badly at , become unemployed , and there 's no job except perhaps a government scheme . |
| 6 | If she were truthful , she had never properly imagined Bella as anything , except perhaps a spiteful , over-painted tart , drenched in a cheap scent , who was beginning to put on weight and let herself go . |
| 7 | PCB residues in the blubber of the California bottlenose dolphin also exceeded previously published concentrations for cetaceans from all other parts of the world , except perhaps the Mediterranean coast of France , which have been reported to have a maximum concentration of over 2500 ppm . |
| 8 | But everyone ( except perhaps the SNP ) knew it would . |
| 9 | These requests ( except perhaps the ones for favourable examination results ) are passed on to the local prefecture , and the deputé has to show that he can deliver the goods . |
| 10 | In addition , the breed has been very widely exported and has played a major role in the creation or improvement of many other breeds : its influence has probably been greater than any other breed except perhaps the Friesian group and its adaptability is legendary . |
| 11 | And nothing in Italy — except perhaps the national football team — so titillates the Italian public as Ferrari . |
| 12 | During this whole period , conventional Christianity continued to occupy a central position in the lives of the great majority of English men and women of all ranks , except perhaps the vagrants and beggars at the very bottom of the social order . |
| 13 | In almost every society we know something about , except perhaps the very simplest , there are individuals who specialize in music or who are regarded as more skilled ; in this respect , notation brings about not a total change but an added stimulus , and even without it , there can develop — as in blues or in British ‘ folk ’ traditions — an idea of particular songs being attached in some way to individuals : ‘ that 's X 's song ’ . |
| 14 | As yet there is no morphological features which can distinguish them as separate species , except perhaps the features mentioned above but this needs to be investigated . |
| 15 | The educated Indian businessman will consult an astrologer as readily as the illiterate villager ; and no occasion , except perhaps the birth of a child , necessitates the consulting of astrologers quite so urgently as a marriage . |
| 16 | I doubt if there is any place where you could belong comfortably , except perhaps the sterile life you have built for yourself in England . |
| 17 | No one remained with strength enough to fetch a crowbar and lever open the flimsy chapel door — except perhaps the Mason , who was too bent on escaping the touch of the contaminated crowd . |
| 18 | All , it was pointed out acidly by the headmaster , fairly useless languages ( except perhaps the German ) , but that was his lookout . |
| 19 | Nothing could be more provocative to Tolkien than a word without a referent ( emnet , wodwos , Gandálfr , ent ) , except perhaps an ancient poem written off by modern scholars as hopelessly irrational . |
| 20 | Provided , therefore , that the basis of the distinction between and was originally geographical-and it must be emphasized that this is only one possible explanation , albeit perhaps the most tenable on-it seems likely that they had come into currency before the middle of the sixteenth century , before the distinction between the geographical locations of the medreses had begun to become blurred . |
| 21 | Cutters often come from broken homes , although perhaps no more often than attempted suicide patients in general ( Rosenthal et al. 1972 ) . |
| 22 | As to Mr. Cox himself , we obtained very little information that we did not already have , although perhaps a bit more detailed . |
| 23 | An example , although perhaps a rather extreme one , of the disadvantages of barter concerns the case of some construction work done in Iraq and Libya ( EP , 17 August 1987 ) . |
| 24 | Although perhaps a little detailed and daunting for the potential trainee , reading ( and understanding ) it will certainly speed the conversion process and consequently save time , money and unnecessary sweat . |
| 25 | Although perhaps a case can be made for self monitoring by patients treated with insulin , there is no evidence to justify this expensive and uncomfortable practice for most people with non-insulin treated diabetes . |
| 26 | It 's actually very effective , although perhaps a little slower in use than some of the more upmarket proprietary programs . |
| 27 | This sounds like one of his more severe remarks , although perhaps an ironical inflection has not survived its reporting . |
| 28 | Although perhaps the paradigm for the village school was some idyllic haven seen on a summer 's day , the report is still a good review of the position and can be related to other parts of Western Europe . |
| 29 | Even more streamlined for marine life were the ichthyosaurs ( 'fish lizards ' ) , which , as their name implies , include species that look remarkably fish-like , although perhaps the better analogy would be with the porpoises , a group of mammals that ‘ returned to the sea ’ , and may fill a similar role in modern seas to that of the ichthyosaurs in the Jurassic . |
| 30 | Again , such disorders can be mistaken for normal ageing , but can be readily rectified by eating liver , eggs and ‘ fatty ’ fish , although perhaps the best source is exposure to normal sunlight . |