Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This measure effectively makes competitive tendering compulsory for designated services , replacing the former ( largely discretionary ) powers which had been used by relatively few authorities in specific areas ( Ascher , 1987 , especially ch. 7 ; Stoker , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | After an initial burst of enthusiasm the male slowly loses sexual ability and interest over the years . |
| 3 | The history of unceasing conflict and division within provides ample evidence of the failure to give that guidance . |
| 4 | Thus while newspaper accounts and other sources ( including this one ) , often talk rather loosely about volcanic ‘ ashes ’ during an eruption , a vulcanologist properly restricts this term only to the smallest particles . |
| 5 | This framework presumably imposes interpretative limits . |
| 6 | Some work of the former kind altogether avoids social considerations , and passes out of our present context . |
| 7 | The UFC research money only represents one leg of the dual support system . |
| 8 | Most accounts assume it 's a director 's medium , in which the writer merely provides raw material and the producer a certain amount of logistical backup , enabling directors to put their vision on the screen . |
| 9 | Therefore the wave only has non-zero components along the x(l) and y(2) directions and is transverse to the direction of motion z(3) . |
| 10 | Leaf excision alone has little effect on pin induction in tomato plants . |
| 11 | How can you find out which is best for you and your guitar , when your guitar only carries one set at a time ? |
| 12 | This sentence only has one interpretation given a fine-class transcription . |
| 13 | A traumatic change of this kind obviously raises major issues for the policymakers and the managers who have to bring it about . |
| 14 | Thus , in the case of an imperative clause , for instance , the verb naturally occupies thematic position because that is what the message is about : getting the addressee to do something . |
| 15 | In his comprehensive Apples Of England , Dr Taylor states that ‘ In England this variety only reaches full maturity in years of hot summers , ’ and goes on to say that ‘ Indeed , November- December-picked Sturmers are the best , ’ and , with a basket-full of fine specimens picked for the first time ever in the latter month , I agree . |
| 16 | In this sense , the search at the higher level only takes small steps . |
| 17 | ‘ The thing is … well , this apartment only has two bedrooms … ’ |
| 18 | The current dip in farm spending as a proportion of the total EC budget merely reflects higher outlays on the Community 's regional and social programmes . |
| 19 | Presence of these substances in the blood presumably replaces any need for supercooling , and allows pelagic fish to hunt in the highly productive region immediately under the ice floes . |
| 20 | This result apparently supports earlier claims that the Earth 's climate system has several stable modes , between which it flips . |
| 21 | Firstly , geography alone means foreign traders are less well known to one another because of the distances involved , e.g. a Brazilian exporter despatching goods to Singapore . |
| 22 | No there 's only boat one boat only needs one pair of paddles . |
| 23 | The boundary between curriculum enhancement and the third TTT purpose , professional development , is not clear-cut : curriculum enhancement necessarily involves professional development but TTT of this kind acquires the latter label when its purposes are quite explicitly directed at improving teacher competence . |
| 24 | It is in snowy weather that owners of buildings roofed in this way most regret this form of construction because wind-blown powdery snow easily enters narrow chinks in the roof surface , and where there is no underslating felt ( as applies in most old constructions ) , the snow settles between the ceiling joists , later melting and saturating ceilings and other internal finishes . |
| 25 | The Soviet High Command thus possesses considerable knowledge of local conditions and personnel , as well as a further channel of influence by-passing the national command structure . |
| 26 | A bolero for example , is really just a short cardigan with curved front edges and crossover cardigan just has extra width built in to the front pieces so that they overlap each over . |
| 27 | Whereas the hypocrite normally deceives other people 's vision of himself , making them see good where he means evil , Iago manages to transmit that doubleness into their vision of the rest of the world . |
| 28 | It is interesting but true that such a harsh review normally reduces initial differences to an extent that allows a firm TAC view to come through . |
| 29 | Indeed , so long as total pleasure just outweighs total pain an ever increasing population is likely to be a more effective way of increasing happiness than making life better for each individual . |
| 30 | As well as improved communication tools , the methodology usually incorporates structured walkthroughs . |