Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] they [adv] [vb base] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people say these methods work well — I 'm not sure whether they effectively counter strong negative messages from early years . |
| 2 | For one thing , they are perceived as essentially punitive since they ultimately involve criminal prosecution or the ‘ sanction ’ of a care order . |
| 3 | Badgers smell musky , which is not surprising because they habitually deposit tiny amounts of musk , a smelly fluid secreted from a gland near the anus , to mark the home territory and individuals within that territory . |
| 4 | As it has been seen in Buxtehude that drivers take about six months to change their driving style and attitude , further falls in emissions are possible as they increasingly adopt defensive driving in third gear as an appropriate style rather than the aggressive driving in second gear that characterises their responses on first encountering Tempo 30 zones . |
| 5 | Patients identified as having multi-infarct dementia represent a distinct clinical subgroup within the study sample , but it is debatable whether they accurately represent all patients with this disease in the population . |
| 6 | But the essays are most demanding and ultimately most productive when they too occupy that position of liminality between the discourses that uneasily constitute us and our knowledge of the world . |