Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This share changed little during 1971–81 because all three types of zone outside the cores gained population roughly in proportion to their original shares , each growing by about 9–10 per cent . |
| 2 | God you 'd 've laughed they were on about that as well at same time and he says to Steve what do you reckon to idea , he says it does n't sound bad , he says what do you reckon to idea as I says no . |
| 3 | erm arguing and er they was going on about this because if Mrs went to a farm and then said that she saw some hens there that did n't look particularly fit erm and said they 'd got to be culled and if the farmer thought otherwise then we got into all sorts of tangles because we knew nothing about poultry . |
| 4 | He shook his arm vigorously for more than a minute , but it was impossible to tell in the uneven twilight whether it dropped out or not . |
| 5 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 6 | Even when played clean , the notes ring on for longer than you would believe possible . |
| 7 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
| 8 | Other remedies will be needed if Aconite does not suffice and the condition lingers or continues on for more than a day or so . |
| 9 | A routine was established which went on for more than a year . |
| 10 | This has always been strongest in the southern States , with their history of slavery and the implicit belief , well-established in the local culture , in black inferiority — a belief capitalized on for more than a century after the Civil War by the Democrats ( see below ) . |
| 11 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 12 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 13 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 14 | More young people are staying on after 16 than ever before . |
| 15 | It was a little after ten-forty-five as Manville walked in to his office , in a foul mood . |
| 16 | Wherever you are , precious dollars can be saved at dinner by remembering that American portions are huge and often quite enough for two if not more . |
| 17 | But this was not good enough for French as he had to consider the Wallaby players who had a fixture 24 hours later against Eastern Province and the test with the Springboks four days later . |
| 18 | But he 's the sort who wo n't worry too much about that as long as he follows the course he believes will revitalise Liverpool . |
| 19 | worry too much about that because I often wished deliberately , where I could be doing something more productive for the lord . |
| 20 | Different authors may define corporatism differently , but we should not worry too much about this since corporatism is a highly complex phenomenon and different dimensions , or aspects , of it are covered by these diverse conceptualisations . |
| 21 | Ian , I wish we could go on talking endlessly about this because I find the subject quite fascinating and we have n't really talked about the details of your research . |
| 22 | CL can not be used alone for other than general interpretations of cement histories . |
| 23 | For a girl who before her recent adventure had never been away from home alone for more than a weekend , the prospect which this room and Madame Chardin 's rules evoked was a daunting one . |
| 24 | Cos there 's there was , there used to be fe feed put down for that as well . |
| 25 | They may bear grievances about the fact that they are locked up in prison , perhaps for longer than they feel they deserve or for longer than other offenders whom they regard as comparable . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , we understand less about temporal than spatial processes in development . |
| 27 | When the Tories briefly took control of the council , they implemented current Conservative philosophy — to sell council homes and encourage what for them represents the truest democracy , a property-owning democracy , which is less about one-man-one-vote than every man a home-owner . |
| 28 | If these underground emotions came to the surface all at once , they would shatter our existence , but fortunately they come upon us gradually — more so for some than for others . |
| 29 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 30 | Only three of the whole group had worked since redundancy , and only one of those did so for more than half of the time between redundancy and interview . |