Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We use the most advanced techniques to assemble our clubs , which have the best designs in the world . |
| 2 | Whereas previously people wanting to travel abroad had had to overcome a range of bureaucratic and political obstacles , the new regulations only required citizens to present their passports . |
| 3 | ‘ He held down three jobs to keep his family together . |
| 4 | It 's only good manners to make your guests feel at home and give them a go now and again , but Swindon were a little too kind just before half-time . |
| 5 | He went to exceedingly great lengths to keep his name out of the public eye , but , as with Lawrence , an extreme desire for secrecy and public contempt for ambition were accompanied by a morbid fascination with the power of the will . |
| 6 | Software Etc Stores Inc , Edina , Minnesota software retailer , got its offering of 800,000 shares , all new , away at $15.50 per share and intends to use the $12m or so net proceeds to accelerate its store expansion programme — opening 60 to 70 new stores in each of the next two years to add to the 42 currently open . |
| 7 | Two departments rely mainly on a single source for their forecasts with perhaps slight alterations to incorporate their own views . |
| 8 | Soaring land prices throughout Europe have made it more and more difficult for less viable farmers to enlarge their farms along the lines of government and EEC structural policy . |
| 9 | Many employ highly qualified environmentalists to lead their tours . |
| 10 | It took Everton only 15 minutes to get their noses in front when Mark Ward made the opening for Matt Jackson to burst between two defenders and pull the ball back for Cottee to steer it wide of the helpless Mark Crossley . |
| 11 | It will typically take several hours for the car to go down the line , hundreds of workers will be directly involved in fitting the various bits and pieces , and each will have a cycle time of perhaps 60 seconds to do their allotted task . |
| 12 | Such was the enthusiasm and unanimity of the delegates of the steering committee that it required only two meetings to complete their task . |
| 13 | The adults have only two hours to complete their life cycle , and the males actually help the females out of their pupal cases to speed up mating . |
| 14 | He may have only two games to save his job against the powerful Brazilians and Germans to conclude the ill-fated US Cup tour . |
| 15 | RANGERS ' 2–1 victory over Dundee United at Tannadice , coupled with Hearts ' 0–0 home draw with St Mirren has left the champions needing only two points to retain their title . |
| 16 | A Friends of the Earth spokesman said : " Mr Justice Hutchison has given the government extremely wide powers to take our best open spaces and give any land they like in exchange . |
| 17 | NEW Zealand captain Martin Crowe played a masterful innings of 91 off just 100 balls to lead his side to a thrilling victory with two balls remaining in the one-day international against Australia in Hamilton today . |
| 18 | It should be emphasized that they were not serious attempts to take her life but cries for help . |
| 19 | If you had to buy just three items to update your wardrobe this spring Jeff 's advice would be a new jacket : |
| 20 | It was many years since Selwyn 's wife had persuaded him that it was not good manners to pick his teeth in company , but his lips still made the motions of mouthing a toothpick . |
| 21 | I need just ten minutes to get your brothers to this airport . |
| 22 | Moreover in Scale 2 he moves away from using the language of progressively numbered stages to formulate his thinking about the nature of contemplative experience . |
| 23 | TI is already running trails to enable its policyholders , via a PC link , to apply for credit limits . |
| 24 | You have just 24 hours to rescue your sovereign sibling , or he/she will be turned into a ghost and be forever shunned in royal circles ( a bit like Fergie ) . |
| 25 | Some firms will be told to sell off non-essential assets to cut their debt . |
| 26 | Interviews with young children indicate that they use far more emotional words to describe their brothers and sisters than to describe friends or even parents . |
| 27 | During June the administration successfully fended off Democratic attempts to recoup their losses earlier in the year , allowing the president , on 13 August , to sign ‘ into law the deepest and farthest-reaching package of budget cuts that Congress had ever approved . ’ |
| 28 | With Leeds losing 2-1 at Ibrox , they needed at least two and preferably three goals to rescue their ambitions . |
| 29 | De Gaulle 's interest in this reform picked up noticeably in the spring of 1962 , as he began to look for ways of heading off parliamentary moves to reduce his role . |
| 30 | Most of them , protected by their voluntary-aided status , resisted for twenty years and more all attempts to change their fiercely academic character or to entangle them in vague schemes of amalgamation or co-operation with secondary modern schools . |