Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Continental basins generally seem to be long-lived features with a subsidence history often extending over a period of 100 Ma or more . |
| 2 | There are , however , good reasons to believe that the Earth 's radius has not increased significantly during the past 500 Ma or so . |
| 3 | Moreover , by relating this information to data on spreading rates , the directions of relative plate motions derived from the analysis of earthquakes , and palaeomagnetic evidence of continental palaeolatitudes , it has been possible to establish the direction and speed of present-day plate motions and what is probably a fairly accurate history of movements over the past 200 Ma or so ( Fig. 2.16 ) . |
| 4 | From the pattern of ocean floor magnetic anomalies it is possible to trace the movement of India northwards over the past 80 Ma or so ( Fig. 3.23 ) . |
| 5 | After perhaps 80 Ma or so the increase in the temperature in the sub-lithospheric mantle below the supercontinent will lead to uplift , rifting and continental fragmentation . |
| 6 | Vic says that 's what 's historically the case , and Matt says that 's what was in the script he read back in Dudesville North Dakota or wherever he hangs his hat and that 's what he 's going to play . |
| 7 | They spent their evenings together in a trattoria on the square beside the Ponte Milvio or down in Trastevere , before a couple of hours at his place , or half a night at her apartment . |
| 8 | Scalded or Lightly Cooked Sausages |
| 9 | But there the resemblances end , and an Amis novel offers a far more carnal world than Wodehouse or even early Orwell , its sexuality gamier by a mile . |
| 10 | They can be had in bright colours , like the new Eheim or more laid-back , like the new Interpet . |
| 11 | This is particularly noticeable on the machair , which usually retains its bare winter appearance till the end of May , and those who wish to see it at its best should wait until mid-June or even July . |
| 12 | This is because a large amount of lustre pottery was made in the region — so much so that any white-bodied pottery decorated with pink or purple lustre was , and sometimes still is , called Sunderland lustre , whether it was made in Sunderland or not . |
| 13 | Generally , however , it was the policy of the union to appoint " delegates " from Sunderland or elsewhere to do this initial work . |
| 14 | Melanie or not , it was still in confidence . |
| 15 | It is believed that they migrated to central Italy from Asia Minor or possibly further east in the eighth century B.C. ; remaining dominant and independent until the third century B.C. after which they were gradually Latinised under Roman rule . |
| 16 | ‘ It seemed to make more sense than having Rib Shacks in Reading and Rugby or elsewhere , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I remember thinking , What will he do without the Spencer if Lamarr Dean or Early are over there at the Alamosa ? |
| 18 | The following year , on 12 October 803 , at Clofesho , the restoration to Canterbury of all its rights and the declaration that never again should an archiepiscopal see be placed in Lichfield or anywhere else in the southern province other than Canterbury , completed the destruction of Lichfield 's position . |
| 19 | Would the MEB , one dares to ask , have funded the News-on-Sunday or Today and what criteria would it have used to justify its support ? |
| 20 | It brings us quite close to what is essential in some kinds of abstract art : when we look at the work of Rothko or Barnett Newman or maybe Brancusi , what is it exactly that makes us feel these works are so important ? |
| 21 | There are often , among the competitors , girls from Eastern Bloc or otherwise under-privileged countries who have been brought up to believe that a monumental talent requires total dedication , who have been told that great minds do not fuss about small externals , who have been led to suppose that for a great genius to be a plain Jane is only appropriate . |
| 22 | My generation of football supporters have no idea at all if George Best or even Pele were that good . |
| 23 | It is also possible that the upstream DH sites mark the presence of other genes which either , have a direct effect on the expression of Class II MHC or more generally , on commitment to the B cell lineage . |
| 24 | If I told you I want to install the first tube of the bridge next March or thereabouts , what 'd you say ? ’ |
| 25 | Despite early snowfalls throughout the Alps , the best way to ensure good snow for your holiday is to aim high — especially if you are going in March or later . |
| 26 | If you can afford it and buy the locks as well , the latest Ninety/One Ten doors with wind-up windows will fit any SII , SIII or early One Ten . |
| 27 | The language used was simpler and chattier than that of Pravda or even of Trud , the main labour organ . |
| 28 | And it could turn out that the car I left on the Foulness road was stolen from a car park in Colchester or somewhere . |
| 29 | Sean , you could n't have been that shit-faced that you could n't go upto the Roger and ask him whether he was Roger or not ? |
| 30 | BT are damn stupid and charge too much for using their networks , so when you use other people 's passwords you are probably going to be ripping off a company like ICI or even BT . ’ |