Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only half understanding the significance of it , Constance realised as she stood watching the rain that her mother had a secret , separate life in a grown-up world from which she was excluded . |
| 2 | These papers were not so much creating a new market as servicing an established public interest . |
| 3 | After Colonel Charles Maynard died , his widow remarried to the Earl of Rosslyn and found herself ‘ not on cordial terms ’ with her ex-father-in-law : so much so that he cut her out of his will , leaving all the family property to his granddaughter Frances , and so much embittering the family that Frances 's mother ‘ feared the abduction of myself and my baby sister . ’ |
| 4 | In suggesting that the idea of higher education is hinged on self-criticism , I am not so much developing a personal concept of higher education , therefore , as drawing to the surface our common ( though largely hidden ) understanding of higher education . |
| 5 | My problem in Dalmellington was not so much getting a drink , but in actually devising a means of drinking it . |
| 6 | In her case , perhaps , it was not so much leaving a group that hurt as leaving a stage . |
| 7 | The great challenge is not so much describing the physiological and anatomical properties of the cells in these streams but understanding their functional significance . |
| 8 | They can be exhausting and exasperating , and parents often feel they are not so much raising a lamb as training a tiger . |
| 9 | They are used principally in forecasting , where the aim is not so much understanding the nature of the effects but predicting the net change that will occur in Y if X goes up a unit . |
| 10 | So y I 've got to weigh up whether I 'm actually going to make a profit over four years or whether it 's going to be , but I 'm not doing it for that it 's not so much making a profit as the fact that I can secure the loan for four years and know that I have n't got any extra to , to find , and when you 've retired , if you 've got say seven years on your mortgage and you 're thinking well if mortgage rates go up erm I could get stuffed you know if they doubled again then you could actually fix on that assumption . |
| 11 | The presentation ceremony would take place in Orange and only those completing the march would be entitled to wear their white képis . |
| 12 | The ban , initiated by the State Department and announced on 11 March by the Immigration and Naturalisation Service , is expected to affect fewer than 500 of the approximately 3000 Libyan students at American universities , and only those studying the proscribed subjects . |
| 13 | It is the drastic reduction in kinship links , and especially those supporting the elderly , consequent upon the fall in fertility brought about by the one-child policy , which makes the project significant to the ageing process in the world 's oldest political society . |
| 14 | Family friendships are becoming increasingly important to you , especially those involving the young fry , so make the most of this camaraderie and enter into the spirit of things . |
| 15 | WHENEVER we deal with Local Authorities on sensitive issues , especially those concerning the environment we must HAVE considered these aspects and have the answers before we get the questions . |
| 16 | Hedges and ditches , especially those separating a ridge crest from a valley side or channelling water safely along a valley floor , are often in critical positions to stop runoff . |
| 17 | Too many commercials , especially those following the well-loved technique of building suspense before revealing the brand name , run the risk of losing their viewers long before the brand is identified . |
| 18 | Like Bradford and Rugby they encountered difficulties with the new Laws , especially those governing the ruck . |
| 19 | In the evening she teaches both boy and girl the laws and customs , especially those governing the moral code and general rules of etiquette in the community . |
| 20 | ’ The stores we install at are generally those having a shopping crisis , he says . |
| 21 | It is also crucial that vulnerable young girls understand clearly that having a child at sixteen does not usually result in getting a passport to new-found freedom . |
| 22 | Certainly the promise of sixth form reaching appeals to some staff but numerically those teaching the 16+ age group remain a very small minority . |
| 23 | a letter from a grant awarding authority confirming eligibility for a mandatory award ( students not receiving an award , e.g. those repeating a year , should provide evidence that they have previously been eligible for an award ) ; |
| 24 | Look it says here that bridging the Watford Gap . |
| 25 | All full-time employees ( ie those having a normal working week of 20 hours or more , or 25 hours for directors ) who are with the Company or any of its subsidiaries which the Directors have decided will participate , and who have at least two years ' service to complete before retirement , may be eligible to participate at the discretion of the Directors . |
| 26 | The illuminated manuscripts known as Books of Hours , produced in the Lowlands during the fifteenth century , particularly those containing the Office of the Dead , not only show how corpses were dressed at that time but also indicate how the limbs were positioned . |
| 27 | It is strong where personal liberty or property rights are affected , but has been said to be weaker in the case of modern statutes , particularly those establishing a sophisticated regulatory regime , such as the FSA . |
| 28 | People briefed on the plan say they expect sharp cuts on older Compaq models , particularly those using the 80386 microprocessor , and overall cuts of between 10% and 20% on most existing models . |
| 29 | By the time the discussions took place , the various dilemmas which had been reflected in the series of signals between 5 Corps , Eighth Army and AFHQ between 22–23 May , particularly those concerning the " use of force " , could be taken fully into account . |
| 30 | Population growth in the 1980s was dominated by shire counties in the southern half of England , the ‘ rural South ’ , particularly those forming an arc in and around the western and northern parts of the South East region . |