Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [prep] [det] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often they stay quite still when disturbed and for some time afterwards , making it even more difficult to spot them . |
| 2 | You notice immediately that it is different from other parts of the country , because the roads are very narrow and windy and the hedges well built and in most cases so tall they are impossible to see over . |
| 3 | Jespersen , for instance , is of the opinion that although " to had at first its ordinary prepositional meaning of direction … the meaning of the preposition has been weakened and in some cases totally extinguished " ( 1927 : 10 ) . |
| 4 | In fact in most of the experiments an infra-red filter was used and in this case only the tungsten source is relevant , as was explained earlier . |
| 5 | The new young secretary of the BFASS , Louis Chamerovzow , described the aristocratic group as one whose antislavery feelings ‘ had not simply been re-awakened but in many instances actually created by Mrs. Stowe 's work ’ , distancing such newcomers from those who had laboured long in the cause . |
| 6 | A working party concluded that the Resolution was unworkable if strictly construed and in any event so likely to lead to problems as to be impracticable . |
| 7 | Independence in terms of mobility and self-help will need to be encouraged and in some cases specifically taught . |
| 8 | The term ‘ elite ’ originally meant and in many contexts still means , the best , the excellent , the noble , or the crème de la crème . |
| 9 | Up to 32 lines will be read and on each line only the first 20 characters are significant . |