Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adv] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may also be a degree of self-deception , or at least lack of clarity , on the crucial issue of the distinction between means and ends : is growth seen as a means to long-term profitability , or are profits required as a pre-condition of growth ? |
| 2 | In their defence the managers are entitled to protest that the pressure for success , or at least avoidance of failure , comes from the boardroom and ultimately the supporters . |
| 3 | And for just £2.50 per month all your eligible children could be covered too and receive half the adult benefits stated . |
| 4 | ( AND FROM ONLY £99.02 PER MONTH . ) |
| 5 | The equity proportion of financing has risen to 43% for deals below £10m in the last 18 months and to over 40% for deals above £10m . |
| 6 | Cantal is entirely within the LFA and at least 80% of Powys is included within the Welsh LFA ( before its extension in February 1984 ) . |
| 7 | His campaign has led to him being held in two jails , Strangeways and Pentonville , and at least £2,000 in fines for public order offences which he stubbornly refuses to pay . |
| 8 | During 1992 , the proportion of female to male company secretaries and investor relations officers rose by 1.5% to 7% and by over 4% to 17% respectively . |
| 9 | In 1991/92 , spirits accounted for 35% of all excise duties on alcoholic drinks , which totalled £5bn , but for only 24% of consumer expenditure on alcoholic drinks . |
| 10 | The specification is fine for the bundled software , but with only 2Mb of RAM and 40Mb hard disk , you wo n't get too far with Windows . |
| 11 | The next example shows how the reported form may sometimes have the reporting clause embedded as a parenthesis , so that the whole sentence resembles , in word order , the structure of quoted speech , but with only commas for punctuation : |