Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a principle that the PA has pursued consistently in time of crisis : successfully for books when sanctions were imposed on Rhodesia and South Africa , less so during the war with Argentina . |
| 2 | Furthermore , both I and my right hon. and learned Friend have made it clear that we want more education provided locally for adults than is currently available . |
| 3 | His way was blocked by the Ambassador and Culliman , talking politely about gardens as they came through' the french windows . |
| 4 | Souness often spouts on about deals when nothing is happening . |
| 5 | You 've no call to go whingeing on about morals when you 're making up to Adam in this very office . |
| 6 | We , all of us had er a bed-sitting room of our own which we kept on between cases cos we had to have somewhere to live and erm and then of course we , we 'd come back there and make up for lost time really . |
| 7 | The great strength of Antologia di Belle Arti , and indeed of its editor , is the ability to combine the zeal of the archiver with the eye of the curator , to ferret as effectively for documents as for objects , preferably objets de luxe , forgotten in palaces or bewildered in the marketplace . |
| 8 | In terms of war , AIDS looks more like one of those medieval struggles that dragged on for decades than a relatively swift modern conflict . |
| 9 | The question is how do you break into the cycle and make that happen , and I think the answer is , as I said , in two ways — one by making teachers more aware during their period of initial training , either at college or at university or polytechnic , and secondly by looking very carefully at the amount and type of in-service training erm that goes on for teachers once they 've left college and are in the schools . |
| 10 | The question is how do you break into the cycle and make that happen , and I think the answer is , as I said , in two ways — one by making teachers more aware during their period of initial training , either at college or at university or polytechnic , and secondly by looking very carefully at the amount and type of in-service training erm that goes on for teachers once they 've left college and are in the schools . |
| 11 | The worst damage to hulls etc. had been reported on arrival in the area after last night 's operation , and the troop 's attached REME Forward Repair Team had worked on for hours after most others had taken to their sleeping bags . |
| 12 | This immediately limited the number of towns that could be planned , for most English towns have developed from villages , and their sites had been partly built on for centuries before they developed into towns . |
| 13 | It can go on for years before families are forced to acknowledge the truth … |
| 14 | Labour was moving on as a renewed party — ‘ a party that cares as much about consumers as it cares about producers ; a party that wants to make the economy work as much as it wants to change the economy ; a party that embraces as much of the green as it does of the red ’ . |
| 15 | Typical observations were 300s in duration , giving an average signal-to-noise ratio of 500 at all frequencies , although the pulsar flux density varies greatly between observations because of interstellar scintillation . |
| 16 | ‘ They break the rules because Bawden cares less for rules than for the things he has to say about the feel of a summer morning , the watery sunshine of an April afternoon , or the flurry of a February snowstorm . ’ |
| 17 | He went on , ‘ Matt lived here alone for years before I came on the scene . |
| 18 | Four in five employees surveyed believed they had been turned down for jobs because they were too old , even though they had the right skills . |
| 19 | O much more complex perhaps for women as well , more choices there . |
| 20 | Her son Edward VII , though he knew far less about clergymen than his mother , continued the same trenchancy . |
| 21 | If a high gloss or mirror finish is required , then it is necessary to use either a grainfiller to fill the pores of the wood , or to apply extra coats of finish , rubbing down between coats until the grain has been filled . |
| 22 | Is n't it , but you do n't you think that 's more so for females than it is for males , the fact that it is such a dirty thing that , that applies more to females than it does , to males ? |
| 23 | I think it 's more so for women than for men . |
| 24 | To be married is life-protective for both sexes but more so for men than for women . |
| 25 | Women were interrupted less as bosses than as subordinates , but overall they were still interrupted more than men . |
| 26 | They do n't know the language so their choice of jobs is limited to the worst and least skilled ; they do n't know their rights so they can be intimidated , they do n't have much information about other , better off workers so they can be paid poverty-line wages . |
| 27 | He should have a glass of water with each meal , at least , and possibly in between meals if his environment is very warm , or if he is doing a lot of active therapy . |
| 28 | We pray first for our own country , and ask your blessing on those who lead us ; we pray for Elizabeth our queen , that You will bless and guide her in all her responsibilities in this land and in the Commonwealth ; we pray for the Prime Minister and all his cabinet , that they may have your wisdom in the government of the country ; we pray for the leaders of the nations , and especially for areas where there is strife . |
| 29 | A mining bargain such as this might include the setting in of timbers though the mine might provide someone to do this work independently . |
| 30 | Her knees rattled together like castanets as he helped her down on to the jetty . |