Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [subord] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was acknowledged that some of the party 's previous policies had been potentially divisive , and the review was widely seen as both an attempt to attract new voters and as a means of attracting potential coalition partners from among the opposition parties . |
| 2 | In so far as these subordinated forms of racism are granted some relative autonomy , and are not treated as simply an echo of the dominant ideology , the argument usually reverts to the classical tenets of a ‘ necessary false consciousness ’ . |
| 3 | They soon learned not to talk when just a look would do , and even when separated , each seemed to know instinctively when the other was in trouble . |
| 4 | Voluntary work was no longer seen as either a stepping stone to bigger and better things or as a part of a women ‘ s mission , but rather as the exclusive province of married women . |
| 5 | The judges ' first meeting was not held until nearly a fortnight after their appointment , and even then the only business was the election of a chairman . |
| 6 | ‘ Being reminded that she 's actually married always comes as rather a blow , ’ Luke commented , watching her go . |
| 7 | This was not least because of the respect and affection in which , as I found , Eliot was so clearly held as both a writer and a man . |
| 8 | Terry Scott played a sergeant ( and then disappeared until quite a bit later in the series ) . |
| 9 | Indeed , according to Ralph Shepherd , the NEB was ‘ widely perceived as just a mouthpiece of the industry ’ . |
| 10 | Educational technology is therefore offered as almost a synonym for systematic thinking in education . |