Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He declared that " the Loire must remain a free and living river , where only its excesses are brought under control " . |
| 2 | I came to the end of the bridge , where technically my territory stops , and stood still for a while , thinking , feeling , listening and looking and smelling . |
| 3 | He was then given an application form for a job in another department where hopefully his asthma would n't be aggravated . |
| 4 | Talking softly the whole time , he slowly ran his hands over her , caressing , gentling and scratching up and down her mane where once her mother would have lovingly nibbled her , then progressing to her back and flanks . |
| 5 | Where once their plants were collected from more exotic climes — euphorbia as a seedling from the Marquis de Sade 's derelict castle in Provence , alliums from the Professor 's botanical expeditions to Iran and Afghanistan for Flora Iranica ] — the Hewers now rely on a comprehensive collection nearer home . |
| 6 | Like many hirsute men he had thinned a little on top where once his black fur had been extravagant , but he had a plentiful and prickling black beard , and his body was still compact and very heavy . |
| 7 | She will begin in a single room , where both her health and aptitude for prison life will be assessed , but may then be moved to a dormitory . |
| 8 | He had visited the place in 1937 and it must have been on this occasion that he took photographs of the village and of St Michael 's Church there ( where later his ashes were to be interred ) . |
| 9 | crowded rooms Where even our eyes ca n't |
| 10 | Erm , so I was constantly getting rises , less my service pay and erm it got to a state there where sometimes my service pay was more than what the erm salary I would have got at home was and my wife had to pay to keep my superannuation live . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm no stud , to be used to settle a score against another man , and my brain is above rather than below my belt , despite any present evidence to the contrary ! ’ |
| 12 | They do n't bother anyone , except perhaps their parents at times . |
| 13 | And the image , the public image , is not wholly false , although naturally its firm talismanic outlines conceal a great deal of past pain and confusion , of dirty bargaining , of occasional childishnesses , of outright disagreements : and the present is not wholly peaceful . |
| 14 | For the purpose of this guide these terms will be used as they are in themselves descriptive of the types of valuation report we may be asked to prepare , although naturally our clients will not use this terminology . |
| 15 | Oswald 's best season at the Palace was probably 1933–34 , when he topped our list of appearances with 39 games , although perhaps his finest display for the club was in that season 's 2nd round FA Cup tie at Stockport , when the Palace came from behind to win 2–1 . |
| 16 | ‘ People become Christians as a wave of decisions for Christ sweeps through the group mind , involving many individual decisions but being far more than merely their sum . |
| 17 | So much time does it take , day after day after day , and nights too , nights in cars , that it becomes your life rather than merely your occupation , especially for those who winter abroad and accordingly know of England little other than cricket . |
| 18 | We have at least the mental equipment to foster our long-term selfish interests rather than merely our short-term selfish interests . |
| 19 | a focus on both statutory and non-statutory social services in selected localities in an attempt to explore part of what Rhodes calls ‘ Community autonomy ’ , rather than merely his notion of ‘ local discretion ’ ; |
| 20 | More than enough my girl , that 's a , more than I 've got . |
| 21 | Although not my cup of tea , I must admit Manchester United is a whole new ball game . |
| 22 | We shall accept Halliday 's three functions , although not his precise interpretation of them . |
| 23 | George actually did spend the morning with solicitors although not his own . |
| 24 | A few of these associations have been providing homes in rural locations , and although individually their impact has not been great , collectively it is growing . |
| 25 | AS THE talk develops , the strikers reveal their belief that there is more at stake than just their rights . |
| 26 | In keeping with the original aims of the National Fun Run , we want to encourage clubs to enter teams which reflect their whole membership , rather than just their fastest runners . |
| 27 | The significance of these environments is more than just their friendly appearance to the user and their use of graphics rather than text standards . |
| 28 | Many of them used their homes as collateral for their loans and stand to lose more than just their jobs if Monktonhall fails . |
| 29 | A pub , like any other old building , is far more than just its principle facade , or its four walls . |
| 30 | Based on popular lectures at Boston Science Museum , 13 Massachusetts astronomers present their personal slants on research problems ranging from heating of the solar corona to Einsteinian gravitation , emphasising the complex interplay between theory and observation and the problems and frustrations of research , rather than just its outcome . |