Example sentences of "and [adv] [det] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Unfortunately these constants could not be determined theoretically but only empirically , and eventually this proved to be an unsound basis . |
2 | Education has less to do with ‘ resources ’ and rather more to do with the attitudes of those who are providing it and their accountability . |
3 | Ronni shot her response at him like a reflex action , a little guiltily aware that it had rather less to do with the truth and rather more to do with her sudden need for a shield . |
4 | Skógafoss is a sixty-seven metre monster , so wide and so tall , and so much falling in a single sweep that clouds of spray are produced . |
5 | For reasons principally of economy , most county councils have preferred to concentrate development on a few villages which can then conveniently be provided with the full range of public amenities — schools , shops , libraries , sewerage facilities and so on-This saves on the enormous cost of duplicating amenities in every village and helps to direct and contain population growth to a few well-chosen sites . |
6 | Most laws are already expressed in terms of vectors , which are tensors , and so this sounds as if the laws do not need any change ! |
7 | The reports produced to date are internal documents , and only those referring to botany need be mentioned here . |
8 | The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act changed this , and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode . |
9 | She hurried her drink , anxious to get away and only half listening to what he was saying . |
10 | At every stage in the development of the Minoan culture , the potters — and especially those working in the temple-precincts — were producing work to please their patrons . |
11 | MOST VISITORS to Scotland intent on seeing the best of the scenery , and especially those coming from over the Border , tend to travel northwards in stages , halting often to view places already familiar or else recommended in guidebooks . |
12 | Increasing numbers of goats are being kept worldwide and generally these run on permanent grazing . |
13 | He flew again within the hour , fat blisters coming up on his right hand and not much left of his eyebrows . |
14 | The faintly stoned Indian vocal line does n't help , and somehow this seems to me like a cross between ‘ What Time Is Love ’ and ‘ Fools Gold ’ with the charm of neither and a lot of other unnecessary junk . |
15 | It has been considered that the simultaneous presence of ultradian and daily rhythms suggests that they are related in some way and possibly all come from the same body clock . |
16 | Oh yes , I could do that , thought Grainne , sleepless and still half drowning in the warmth and the sweetness . |
17 | But generally this is a straight Macbeth with the morality all in order : nothing fancy , and precious little to dwell upon afterwards . |
18 | Over a third said they hardly ever or never thought about their colour , and nearly half thought of themselves as neither black or white , but ‘ half and half ’ . |
19 | More than three-quarters of black Americans belong to a church , and nearly half go to church every week . |
20 | and also this happened in Shakespeare 's plays too . |
21 | But , although many authors appear to be optimistic about technological developments , morally and ethically most seem to be pessimistic . |
22 | Over 90 per cent of the assistants frequently supervised and assisted small groups of children engaged in educational activities set by the teacher , and slightly fewer worked with individuals and related their progress to the teacher . |
23 | Moving onto er to Mr Brook , erm and really this leads into Mr Thomas , Mr Brook er erm er advised us , advised you that there was a very cursory look at er er at sites during this five year exercise . |
24 | Absolutely nothing , it 's politically biased and as much to do with music as The Beano |
25 | Although these figures have not been reached , the polytechnics have nevertheless become quite large institutions and now each caters for an average of over 4,000 full-time and sandwich students . |
26 | We went to school together and now both work at Templeton 's . ’ |
27 | In the past most white-collar workers , and particularly those belonging to ‘ professional ’ occupations , expected a long-term stable employment pattern , often with the one employer for a large part of their working life . |
28 | Their main concern is to improve training and employment opportunities , especially for young people and particularly those belonging to ethnic minorities ; indeed , the size of the ethnic population is the main criterion for the selection of areas . |
29 | It 's the kind of objects that get changed more frequently , and particularly those to do with colour , were mainly the wife 's decisions . |
30 | They also move well beyond simply the delivery of the TVEI programme ( Cohen 1989:16 ) : While … consortia were initially viewed as vehicles for " delivery " they have , in the extension programme , quickly incorporated other concerns which relate to the whole gamut of educational concerns and particularly those relating to the new curriculum changes of the Education Reform Act . |