Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although fourteen answers to the fragmentation question concern housework , the housewife rarely thinks about the work she is actually doing . |
| 2 | It is the hall mark of a contract of sale of goods that the parties enter into a mutual commitment that the buyer thereby acquires or shall acquire ownership of the goods . |
| 3 | Above : Unidentified regular infantry unit in field dress ; the fact that some enlisted men wear the crossed rifles on the left side of their slouch hats presumably dates the photograph after July 1899 , when the badge was authorized ( though for wear on the front ) . |
| 4 | Equally , sterling held up well as dealers ruled out an early cut in interest rates , or at least until the Bundesbank eventually shows its hand with some cuts of its own . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | The American literature rarely speaks of ‘ conflict ’ but it does reveal a certain ‘ tension ’ within the relationship . |
| 7 | Corporate-strategy literature rarely works through such issues carefully and this can be especially important when considering global strategies . |
| 8 | The youngster of today who comes to grips for the first time with a personal computer little imagines the wealth of mathematical inventiveness invested in the design of the software and in the electronic circuitry itself . |
| 9 | At the Jennifer Flay gallery , Ann Veronica Janssens discreetly applies elementary geometrical principles to glass panels , mirrors and metal fittings in order to modify our perception of our surroundings . |
| 10 | After an initial burst of enthusiasm the male slowly loses sexual ability and interest over the years . |
| 11 | In addition , while still involved in this lifestyle , the user rarely regards heroin itself as a problem . |
| 12 | By ‘ blimpish ’ The Times presumably means that the directors it so describes show an obstinate and blinkered lack of concern for the national economic interest , and persist in pursuing what they judge to be the more immediate interests of the companies they direct . |
| 13 | Exactly what we spend our money on does not matter too much , as long as the money going out is not more than the money coming in . |
| 14 | Although it can extend an individual life , continued grafting eventually brings death without issue ; and likewise sexual generation in unchanging conditions brings death , extinction of the species , without issue . |
| 15 | While Diana has built up an active social life within a two-mile radius of Kensington Palace , the Prince rarely ventures into town and prefers to dine with friends at Highgrove . |
| 16 | DEC DULY LAUNCHES ITS ALPHA PC FOR WINDOWS NT |
| 17 | DEC DULY LAUNCHES ITS ALPHA PC … |
| 18 | So Dymo effectively uses FDC as a data collection device , collecting the data locally , validating it , and putting it in an electronic format for automatic transfer to the head office for consolidation . |
| 19 | Although he has found a new cutting edge to his game , after managing just five goals in his previous 104 league games , it is as a creator that Alex Ferguson most cherishes him . |
| 20 | Germany 's money-market interest rates have fallen again as the Bundesbank slowly eases its monetary policy . |
| 21 | Now , as they dry and become rigid , the insect slowly moves them apart to show the world for the first time the unblemished perfection of its shimmering colours and awaits the dawn of its first day . |
| 22 | The American frustration is evidenced by the utter confusion as sporadic resistance slowly starts to rise in defence of the fleet . |
| 23 | In most of the models of temporary equilibrium the only financial asset which is explicitly modelled is the stock of fiat money effectively notes and coin in circulation . |
| 24 | So erm , it it 's important to remember that Freud 's theory explains both of these tendencies and both the tendency for the group to make people better than they might normally be , but also that the tendency for the group perhaps to make them worse and of course either can happen and presumably a lot depends on the , on the leader , the leader or whoever is playing the , the leadership function presumably has erm some responsibility for this . |
| 25 | The drawing suggests that an apparently normal decision eventually returns the decider to his starting point . |
| 26 | Then it turns out that Patrick rather likes it after all . |
| 27 | The wide range of courses in terms of content and timespan presumably reflects the budget and teaching staff available and the demand created by service needs ( notably shortage of staff in specific areas ) , and the needs expressed by interested applicants . |
| 28 | If there are four marks for a given point , the candidate who gets it all right gets four , the candidate who gets it all wrong gets nothing , but the chap who gets it part right has a possibility of one , two or three , and it 's often a question of judgement as to what an imperfect answer is worth . |
| 29 | This latter provision effectively requires rate precepts to be made or issued for complete financial years . |
| 30 | Although there are no technical difficulties on this walk , the ridge rarely disappoints , and the terrain varies from narrow , dramatic sections that thrill with their mantle of cliffs , to huge grassy plains pitted with tiny alpine flowers . |