Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [det] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one with such a full programme it was good of Dr. Stewart to spend the whole day with us but she had expressed the wish to see as much as possible of our work and it was a tremendous pleasure to have her with us and for so many to have the opportunity of chatting with her . |
| 2 | To misquote Sir Winston Churchill : ‘ Never in the field of human conflict did the votes of so many influence the outcome of so few in so much time . ’ |
| 3 | If you do get a 5° change in the QDMs then your estimate of how much to change the drift allowance can be related to how quickly the QDM change occurred . |
| 4 | Further complexities in place deixis arise if the speaker is in motion — it then becomes quite possible to use temporal terms in order to refer to deictic locations , as in : ( 86 ) I first heard that ominous rattle ten miles ago ( 87 ) There 's a good fast food joint just ten minutes from here This raises the issue about whether time deixis or place deixis is more basic . |
| 5 | The decision as to how many fry the brichardi would allow to grow on to adulthood is in their hands , not yours . |
| 6 | With regard to qualifications , there are no statistics as to how many have no recognised qualified status . |
| 7 | How much I owe to his continuing good health , that he should feel able and eager , at eighty-two years of age , to entertain poets and undergraduates and mathematical professors and political thinkers so early in the day , and to tell the anecdote of the Bust with his habitual fervour without too much delaying the advent of buttered toast . |
| 8 | There can be no doubt that the countryside remained relatively productive , but we know little about how this influenced the fate of the town , principally because the relevant archaeological levels lie inside the defences where extensive plough damage in the past and the lack of systematic excavation combine to present a rather bleak picture . |
| 9 | There has been extensive theoretical discussion about how this affects the Kolmogorov result , suggesting that with n a little larger than 5/3 but not exactly known . |
| 10 | At hardly any cost the governors could celebrate each year their school 's ‘ Outstanding Teacher ’ , as some American institutions do . |
| 11 | At least that promises a second innings , another chance for Caliban 's redemption . |
| 12 | and erm , at least these look a bit |
| 13 | Well , at least this pops the question even though rather coyly . |
| 14 | It was not long before German shells landed among this helpless pile , but at least this reduced the doctors ' work . |
| 15 | Although the question may seem clumsier for it , it is absolutely necessary to give a genuine choice , and even though it may sound stilted to ask , ‘ Do you approve or disapprove of … ’ , at least this presents a fair choice . |
| 16 | Experiments have indicated that at least some have the ability to learn . |
| 17 | ‘ Look at how that affected the potential of so many citizens in this very city . |
| 18 | Network Computing Devices Inc pretty much has the dedicated X-terminal business sewn up , and the Mountain View , California company is now moving in on the personal computer X Window System emulation business with launch of PC-Xware , a single software package that it claims provides full X terminal functionality on personal computers for the first time . |
| 19 | These claims were rejected and the rule that a solicitor be involved was seen as protecting the client who might otherwise be advised to settle too early or for too little to maximize the claims assessors ' cash flow ( Winn , 1968 ) . |
| 20 | Sun is still tinkering around with the Cypress Semiconductor Corp Ross Systems HyperSparc chip , having apparently not found a home for it yet : in benchmarks , the part outpaced the SuperSparc but by how much remains a mystery ; of course third parties people could buy the chip from Cypress direct and do their own MBus upgrades for Suns . |