Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [be] [adv] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very recently , in the 1950s and 1960s , there have been the Rex cats and the Scottish Fold cat , and even more recently the Somali and the Burmilla , although these are little more than crosses . |
| 2 | and he said and , and , and Pam said when Elaine asked Keith he said if she ca n't come here and pick one up , she do n't get one , I said and that is as much as Keith thought about any of you |
| 3 | And that is as much as I can sort of remember . |
| 4 | Repeat nuisance calls are a frightening experience for 200,000 people a year — and that 's just those that are reported . |
| 5 | I 'd say it was a dog but it 's very , very old and that 's as much as I can tell . |
| 6 | And then we went on to and parked at the start of and walked up one side and back down the other side and that 's as much as I saw of it . |
| 7 | You completely the wife actually what erm another good point was that you got in are , are there dependants there were certain close questions again , the fact that the wife smoked a pipe gave you the opportunity to turn round and say well that 's , that 's good , that 's a benefit because she could be classed as a non-smoker there 's just wee er opportunities there and that 's as much as I had if anyone else wants to add to these comments . |
| 8 | And that was rather less than the effect these fashion fancies had on Third World local economies . |
| 9 | The food filled a hole and that was as much as anyone could say for it , or maybe anything would have tasted like sawdust right then . |
| 10 | He would then pass through the kitchen to say an abstracted ‘ good night ’ and that was as much as he said to Melanie , nowadays , although he had never said much more . |
| 11 | But there was sufficient sex feeling left over to need an outlet and this was often more than could be successfully sublimated into a mere exuberance of energy in reading or games or any other form of camp activity . |
| 12 | No party can hope to win all of the seats in a constituency , even if these are as few as three . |
| 13 | A number of them were about 10% up on last year , and several were as much as 20% up . |
| 14 | Although the variety of brachiopods in the Jurassic and Cretaceous is somewhat less than in the Palaeozoic , they are still very abundant and varied fossils . |
| 15 | ‘ But that 's hardly more than I paid for it ! ’ protested Edward Crumwallis , his voice high with outrage and fear . |
| 16 | We help each other out , and suggest things to each other , but that 's as much as we talk about work or TV . ’ |
| 17 | A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said : ‘ We can confirm the centre is under offer , but that 's as much as we can say at this stage . ’ |
| 18 | Er , I mean , we have met him , once or twice , but that 's as much as I can say , and it 's been er su such a span of time , that I do n't even know now , whether I would recognise him walking along the street . |
| 19 | Train fares and free board and lodging were offered , plus pocket money ‘ where necessary ’ , but this was never more than a pound a week . |
| 20 | Under Section 3 of the 1921 Act ( amended by the 1983 Act ) , the C. and A.G. can also be required to audit certain accounts by direction from the Treasury ; but these are relatively few and any direction must be approved by the House of Commons . |
| 21 | A few senior officials , including a former prime minister and the former head of the secret police , SAVAK , have been arrested on the Shahs orders , But these were little more than futile , almost feckless , gestures of appeasement ( and personal betrayal ) by the Shah . |
| 22 | Resources were obtained from central government under the 1952 Town Development Act and the 1961 Housing Act which subsidized the importation of an over spill population , but these were far less than would have been provided to a designated New Town where all infrastructure costs would have been borne by central government . |
| 23 | Most of the deadlines that must be met for the new pay and file tax system are at least nine months on from 1 October 1993 , but one is already less than a year away . |
| 24 | One may doubt whether this was ever more than a schoolboy game . |