Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the only boat in Division C she wins that but is also expected to take the joint C and D prize . |
| 2 | Moreover , we do not wish to give the impression that the cello and bass always work in double harness : on the contrary , they can be used independently to a quite large extent , though discretion and careful thought are very necessary in this matter , since the basses when used alone tend to sound rather dry , and if their part lies low and is far removed in pitch from the rest of the harmony it is too indeterminate in pitch to give satisfactory support unless it consists of a sustained or better ( since the bow is short ) a reiterated pedal note . |
| 3 | Do you know of any shops selling ski wear which looks good and is reasonably priced ? |
| 4 | Another possible implication is that into the early years of the next century fewer old people will lack kin support or would be living alone than is often assumed . |
| 5 | Verbivore focuses on writing as a form of communication : it posits a society in which writing has become outmoded and is then rediscovered , prompting a renewal of discursive modes peculiar to the novel . |
| 6 | Hughes , 66 , alleges ballot-rigging and is defiantly standing as an independent against the Kinnockite Bob Ainsworth , a Jaguar shop steward and local councillor . |
| 7 | A worn braid feels rough and is best cut away and the line joined by a blood knot . |
| 8 | We shall argue that French and British policy-making differ less than is often supposed . |
| 9 | The following year brought The Miner 's Daughter in which the heroine deserts her working-man husband for the new mine-owner and his lavish apartment ; in time she becomes unhappy but is eventually reclaimed by her husband who storms into a smart reception and virtually throttles the mine-owner . |
| 10 | A celebrated passage of Aristotle 's Politics ( 1313b38 ) proves less than is sometimes assumed . |
| 11 | Therefore any star that shrinks within its Schwarzschild radius becomes invisible and is then described as a black hole . |
| 12 | Add the wine and clam soup and boil quickly until the sauce has stopped foaming and is well reduced . |
| 13 | If the carriage stops short and is still connected to the band , when you then try to take the lace carriage across , the band can not move and it will snap . |
| 14 | Non-emergency portasystemic shunt surgery is effective in preventing rebleeding but is still associated with high perioperative mortality in Child 's grade C patients and postoperative encephalopathy occurs in up to 40% of patients . |