Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [prep] [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1880 , that figure more than doubled to 14 and continued to rise . |
| 2 | It is no coincidence that 1974 , the year in England and Wales which saw the end of the decline the proportionate use of imprisonment , and the beginning of a major economic crisis during which the numbers of male unemployed more than doubled by 1976 and increased by a factor of 5 by 1984 , also marked the beginning of the end of the welfarist consensus . |
| 3 | The question is then , wrote Harsnet , whether to settle for less or start again . |
| 4 | Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post |
| 5 | Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post |
| 6 | Multiplying by 12.5 is the same as multiplying by 100 and dividing by 8 . |
| 7 | Also basing his work on media language , written as well as spoken , Bell ( 1985 ) studies in real time the spread of a process of determiner deletion in noun phrases which has become common in news reports , as demonstrated in 35 as opposed to 36 : |
| 8 | Discarded vinegar or wine casks also make excellent small-pool containers , when sawn in half and waterproofed inside with bitumen paint . |
| 9 | My last question is is really again about making children do things , as opposed to encouraging or helping them to do things . |
| 10 | My last question is is really again about making children do things , as opposed to encouraging or helping them to do things . |