Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [be] [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speed came on for White and did n't seem to have many problems although that 's prob- ably because he did n't touch the ball much . |
| 2 | A plaintiff could proceed by means of the actio iudicati if he wished , although this was available only where the judgment had been given in a sum of money . |
| 3 | Note that this is possible even if there are a minority of individuals ( perhaps the strongest person in the queue ) who do not benefit . |
| 4 | The fact that this was credible only if the youth was retarded made the moral crux which followed rather pointless . |
| 5 | Although Uzell reckons there are no real dominant players , he divides the competition into four main areas : computer vendors , such as IBM Corp and ICL , which he reckons have the geographical scope and financial muscle to deal with the global demands of systems integration projects , but are unlikely to be independent , are often too hardware-oriented and lack the relevant software expertise ; management consultancies , such as Arthur Andersen and Price Waterhouse , which he believes do have the necessary business knowledge , but generally lack implementation skills and have little experience of large-scale project management ; telecommunications suppliers , such as AT&T Co and France Telecom , which again he reckons are too hardware-oriented and short of software skills ; and software houses , such as Electronic Data Systems Corp and Cap Gemini Sogeti SA , which he recommends for their independence and expertise , but feels that few are international enough or have the necessary financial clout to handle large deals . |
| 6 | Not something to be removed as quickly as possible so that all is decent again and the proper rituals of mourning can begin . |
| 7 | I reckon the best place is Finn Mill , cos that was a lot cleaner , see your river , now cos that 's polluted now and er all you get in the river now is you get flounders or eels , that 's what you get . |
| 8 | And this is possible only if they have control over the processes that convert raw materials to products of value . |
| 9 | On the one hand , the Institute wishes to be seen as a professional body , and this is possible only where entry is restricted by academic qualification . |
| 10 | The lower-level subskills involved in word recognition can become automatised through practice , and this is necessary so that the reader 's mind can be left free to attempt alternate integrations in order to calculate the writer 's intended meaning . |
| 11 | His interest in the precedents is exhausted , for this purpose at least , once he is satisfied that according to his conception of law they establish only that mothers at the scene have a right to recover , and this is clear immediately and with no reflection about larger underlying principles whose nature is a matter of dispute . |
| 12 | It is true that 8 exemplifies a recurrent semantic contrast , but this is possible only because of the presence of m — in both sentences . |
| 13 | These CDs cost more than the major company ones , but this is fair enough since the higher costs have to be spread over a smaller volume . |
| 14 | It is very doubtful whether the occasional smack meted out against a background of a loving , accepting home , does anyone much harm ; but this is true only if the punishment is not too severe or excessive . |
| 15 | Darwin converted the whole world to evolutionism — but this was possible only because the general idea of evolution could be exploited in so many different ways . |
| 16 | There are , it is true , many points of contact between disciplines , for example , between biology and chemistry , physics and medicine , psychology and sociology , but these are local rather than overall points of contact . |
| 17 | Erm er , my name 's , an ordinary shareholder for long-standing erm , it would be very interesting , I do n't know whether this is possible now or maybe following on from what the speaker has said , if we had some idea of the American system which is er , I only know very little about it er I , just how that works because we have presidents and vice presidents and , er I think it work rather differently . |
| 18 | It was room 48. 48 was a good number ; not as good as 32 or 64 , but better than , say , 49 , and much better than 47 ( though that was interesting too because it was a prime ) . |
| 19 | The village as such is ordinary perhaps but its setting is sublime , in one of the most pastoral of the cirques or rings of mountains of which there are some dramatic examples in the high Pyrenees ( see Plate 4 ) . |