Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To argue now for its prioritization means no more than demanding as much attention be given to it as there is to street crimes . |
| 2 | It may well become obvious that more can be gained from tiny hooks and tiny fish than using more orthodox tackle and regarding undersize fish as as nuisance . |
| 3 | In the context of conventional historiography , Foucault argues that the point is to analyse the different kinds of transformation , the complex ‘ play of dependencies ’ , links and redistributions , rather than to provide yet another account of change , succession and its causes . |
| 4 | The professional bodies gave a positive response to the Development Programme although requiring more detailed information on the exact nature and content of the HN units before giving their final decision regarding exemption policy . |
| 5 | The formal school , its very formality often proclaimed through uniforms , school prefects and termly reports which show marks and grades , continues to co-exist alongside others which although having almost identical idea on content ( eg that young children should be led to an understanding of life in caves and Victorian towns and how to calculate the area in square metres of a field or a carpet ) adopt a radically different approach to achieve a seemingly identical end . |
| 6 | The BRB/Leeds ( 1980 : 15 ) comparative study of productivity in ten European railways concluded that ‘ mean earnings per hour for rail employees in Britain are substantially below those of all the other study countries , and also that British railwaymen fare worse in gross earnings terms in comparison with their continental colleagues than do all British manufacturing industry employees ’ . |
| 7 | In some unions the emphasis is more upon representing aspirations of the working class as a whole rather than functioning as collective bargaining agencies merely for their own members . |
| 8 | Some of the funds that are now flowing from the CAP — not always put to as good a use as we should like — should encourage rather than discourage environmentally friendly farming . |
| 9 | It was somewhat of a disappointment to her vengeful mind to consider that he might have taken yesterday 's omen to heart , and prudently drawn in his horns , resigning his pretensions on her rather than venture even token opposition to the fiat of the prince and his governor . |
| 10 | If cast accurately each time you fill it , it progressively distributes the loose feed down a narrow path through the swim . |
| 11 | There is fear that such rules will be over-bureaucratic , while demanding less financial disclosure than the UK requires . |
| 12 | While seeking more financial support for the final leg of another project — that of connecting New York and Newfoundland by cable — Gisborne held discussions with American entrepreneur Cyrus Field , in the course of which the Atlantic cable was mentioned . |
| 13 | Such architectures allow for a range of subtle interactions between units , while supporting essentially parallel computation . |
| 14 | Where anything resembling an analytic survey was attempted the outcome is prone to reveal more about the background and interests of the author than the matter in hand , describing the aristocracy and gentry in detail while displaying markedly less understanding of the composition and characteristics of the lower orders . |
| 15 | Whichever design wins , it is certain that personal computers will continue to shrink , while retaining almost full compatibility with desktop and larger systems . |
| 16 | Sparc International has announced the completion of the Sparc Architecture version 9 specification ( UX No 390 ) , which extends the Sparc RISC address space to a full 64-bits while promising upwards binary compatibility with current versions — the first major change to the Sparc architecture since 1987 . |
| 17 | In the DOE it also tended to overburden top management , producing large amounts of detailed information about costs whilst ignoring both wider policy judgements ( which perhaps offer greater scope for savings ) and day-to-day political issues ( which usually preoccupy top civil servants and ministers ) . |
| 18 | We watched a new entrant to the profession looking around at her colleagues for clues as to how to resolve the tensions , whilst doing as little damage to her integrity ( and her career prospects ) as possible . |
| 19 | Luxemburg suggested that , whilst leaving only one half of the surplus-value to be consumed unproductively , the other half should be accumulated at an increasing rate of organic composition of capital ; that it should rise progressively from 5 : 1 to 6 : 1 to 7 : 1 , etc . |
| 20 | The Anatom gives the foot more freedom to move more naturally , whilst reducing potentially dangerous side to side movements . |
| 21 | As explained elsewhere classical technique is the most demanding . |
| 22 | Such reluctance is reinforced by the relatively small savings which would be made by reducing labour costs , as the capital intensity of production is so high , and also by the fact that there is less opportunity to shed labour in the downturn when using highly automated plant because running such plant at all usually requires a certain fixed minimum number of workers . |
| 23 | And as well as producing less secondary waste , the dry-ice system is also gentle enough to be used on things too delicate to withstand sand . |
| 24 | The ‘ enabling state ’ and the concept of empowering people have been interpreted as encouraging more individual consumer choice and limited , voluntary self-help welfare activity and ‘ community care ’ ( Thatcher , 1985 ; Ridley , 1988 ) . |
| 25 | Its approach will be to guarantee participating companies ' anonymity so as to obtain as much information as possible , to analyse companies ' experience in implementing the code , and to investigate other methods employed in furthering corporate governance . |
| 26 | The two companies were portrayed as representing totally contrasting management philosophies . |
| 27 | In view of the terms of those dicta , the paucity of cases in which the discretion has been exercised so as to exclude legally admissible evidence is not surprising . |
| 28 | It can not be said that the result was entirely logical , and one is tempted to agree with a famous last-century astronomer , Sir John Herschel , that the constellations seem to have been drawn up so as to cause as much inconvenience as possible , but the system has become so well established that it is unlikely to be altered now . |
| 29 | When done well this design can look exceptionally attractive , but when badly handled it can look very ugly , so practise with several vases before choosing which one to use , as subtlety is one of the key factors in the success of this picture . |
| 30 | The Constitution , defining Romania as a " democratic and social state " and criticized by opposition parties as according too much power to the President , came into effect immediately . |