Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It most expressly includes a responsibility within the family circle . |
| 2 | In this analysis er , if you set aside the effect of our sale of Elsivir er , the variance was forty nine million seventy percent of which relates to the U K. The drop in profits from our newspapers was the biggest and probably the most widely expected a substantial proportion of their costs are fixed and , er , they therefore are particularly sensitive to , er changes in volume . |
| 3 | IBM Corp yesterday stepped up its pitch for OEM business , most strikingly offering an enhanced version of the 9371 microprocssor-based Personal/370 Adapter/A co-processor , so that designers can build 370-compatibility into workstations via a co-processor.The company 's Entry Systems Technology — Personal Systems business unit is also offering some of IBM 's handwriting recognition products to third parties , including technology that recognises both script and block capitals ; and in addition to the currently available PenPoint version , ThinkWrite will be available this year in versions that run under OS/2 and Windows for Pen Computing . |
| 4 | The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches . |
| 5 | The conduct of the by-election was investigated by the central Election Commission , which , in an unprecedented decision on March 7 , countermanded the by-election on the grounds of electoral malpractice , thereby effectively ordering a full re-poll . |
| 6 | This one stayed back , unzipped her anorak and from somewhere inside produced a silver metal can . |
| 7 | On the other hand , do n't make a habit of shouting every time you do something : this will cause the panel to switch off , and thereby perhaps miss an actual score . |
| 8 | From somewhere below came a great rending and echoing squeal of torn metal . |
| 9 | From somewhere below came an enraged crashing and bellowing . |
| 10 | Most only need a small angle of bank , as the rudders on gliders are not very powerful . |
| 11 | The primary products in which the UK has most obviously become a net exporter are oil and gas . |
| 12 | Take the crack through these then traverse delicately leftwards to reach a good ledge . |
| 13 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 14 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 15 | The idea was that this was a way of ironing out minor disputes , but the clause was worded widely enough to cover a dispute arising out of wrongful termination of the contract . |
| 16 | Right so have a look , . |
| 17 | Last year there were some , so the Liberal Democrats took the view that we could only properly set a budget at the capping level and that is a level at which we set our budget and it was a level at which we set our budget back in December and right through to this date . |
| 18 | The very fact that I had only properly discovered a foundation of happiness when separated from the world should have shown me that the tendency of the world was to flood and destroy such a thing . |
| 19 | It should be noted that just as all deputies combined a school-wide responsibility with teaching a class , so most combined a major school-wide responsibility from the first list above with one or more of those from the second list . |
| 20 | People only rarely make a positive choice , weighing up one credit arrangement against another . |
| 21 | I sometimes turn the possibility of this over in my mind , but only rarely does a suitable piece of information present itself . |
| 22 | But whereas calypso now only rarely contains a political message reggae almost always does . |
| 23 | Secondly , though such a society may exhibit the tension , already described , between those who accept the rules and those who reject the rules except where fear of social pressure induces them to conform , it is plain that the latter can not be more than a minority , if so loosely organized a society of persons , approximately equal in physical strength , is to endure : for otherwise those who reject the rules would have too little social pressure to fear … |
| 24 | Doing so presumably gives a director complete control over the performances , but surely at the expense of the final result . |
| 25 | Pascale Bachmann and colleagues , of the Institut fur Polymere in Zurich , have apparently successfully devised a series of elegant systems that would appear to fulfil the criteria of simple chemical autopoiesis . |
| 26 | The Cartesian cogito — cogito ergo sum ( I think therefore I am ) — conventionally if somewhat simplistically marks a major point in the emergence of Western individualism . |
| 27 | ‘ But she had always wanted to be in uniform , so eventually became a policewoman . |
| 28 | I 'd much rather have a plain name I know what they 're talking about then . |
| 29 | But he 'd still much rather have a new pair of football boots at Christmas . |
| 30 | So I 'd much rather seem a bit weak with Mrs Joe than shout at her , or hurt her , or hit her . |