Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramazzini described the symptoms of poisoning from the lead which was regularly used by house painters , plumbers , glaziers and potters as well as by the extremely short-lived wretches actually employed in lead works : " First their hands become palsied , then they become paralytic , spenetic , lethargic , cachectic and toothless , so that one rarely sees a potter whose face is not cadaverous and the colour of lead . " |
| 2 | Moreover , on the academic front , the detailed empirical study of electoral behaviour through sample surveys has come into its own so that we now have a great deal more information on which to explore the hopes and fears of those who took sides on the issue of democracy at the same time as we are provided with information to check out the reality of key elements of the responsible party model in Britain . |
| 3 | All six axle boxes have now been machined , scraped in and fitted , so that we now have a ‘ running chassis ’ . |
| 4 | So , certain interests , but only certain interests , came to enjoy a quasi-legal status so that they almost became a part of the state and governing institutions in their own right . |
| 5 | Kitchens that were tiled so that they only needed a wipe down the walls and a quick mop of the floor . |
| 6 | A nagging little voice reminded her how reticent her father had been about his past , always changing the subject abruptly so that she never learnt a thing about him . |
| 7 | He did not like her visits ; not only had she viewed his bum , but his rolling tears , so that he now felt a sissy . |
| 8 | Fold the edges over 3/4 inch ( 2cm ) top and bottom , so that you now have a double thickness 1½–2 inches ( 4–5cm ) wide with a clean folded edge top and bottom . |
| 9 | Am I right , for any of these er nominations , you have to set aside part of the pension you would normally receive so that you actually receive a lower pension because you are making this provision . |
| 10 | The best hope of course is that the rates which the government has chosen to go in at will be sustainable , that the government will be able to combine cuts with interest rates , cuts in interest rates , with the needs of the economy and the constraints of the European Monetary System , so that it actually gets a downward path of interest rates at the rate which the economy needs , without provoking a sterling crisis which would push sterling to the bottom of its permitted rates , and produce a crisis of erm of confidence needing higher interest rates . |
| 11 | We therefore modify each transput instruction so that it merely initiates an operation ( such as to print a digit on the electric typewriter ) , and allow the control unit immediately to continue with the next and subsequent instructions while the transput operation is being carried out . |
| 12 | I think perhaps if I just add a point to that er although we have as four nations agreed on the revised requirement there , I believe it 's true to say that development has progressed to such an extent that probably we will have the original requirement in practice , even though we 've no longer specified it . |
| 13 | ‘ Kenny 's contributions and success at Crewe impressed us greatly and he also has a reasonable knowledge of the local non-League scene . |
| 14 | I 'm not quite sure the Labour Party 's picked that out and I may be unfair to them in s it 's not enough if you only see a regional policy d just development and economic led . |
| 15 | Right , they do n't change much as a result of the degrees of freedom er adjustment okay with er squared distribution yes , sort of different distribution but we interpret the tables in exactly the same way so if you just have a look on your screen erm , there 's an L M version of the serial correlation test , right , and that has a squared distribution one right and the test statistic we obtain on your screens is calculated in two point eight eight , no two point zero eight . |
| 16 | Travel USA : You need a year to see California So if you only have a fortnight a plan is really essential , John Hiscock says |
| 17 | So if you only have a 360k floppy drive and need to copy a file from a friends hard disk that is over 360k ( even after compression ) then this is the program for you . |
| 18 | As well as improving their sound insulation , you will also have improved their security , especially if you also fit a security lock , which pulls the door up tightly into the draught-stripping . |
| 19 | We wanted to go away together and I desperately needed a rest . |
| 20 | Perhaps because she now has a set of causes to attach to the peculiar incidents of the past several days , from her inexplicably word-perfect rendition of an Aramaic drinking song to the appearance of demonic names on the optician 's chart . |
| 21 | Yet Maxwell , perhaps because he never achieved an adequate exposition of what he described as his ‘ somewhat awkward theory ’ ( this was not made until 1941 ! ) failed to convince such leading contemporaries as Thompson and Helmholtz , or even the brilliant Austrian Ludwig Boltzmann ( 1844–1906 ) , whose memoir of 1868 virtually launched statistical mechanics as a subject . |
| 22 | They were able to respond swiftly because they already have a secret ballot strike mandate over an ongoing pay dispute . |
| 23 | Harfleur had taught him a lesson : he must be properly prepared for siege warfare , all the more so since he now planned a conquest which could only be achieved through sieges and the show of effective military might . |
| 24 | It took her so long to roll the joint , she 'd slowed down before she even put a match to it . |
| 25 | Social relations with the royal family were sporadic , especially as they only spend a small part of the year on their 20,000-acre estate . |
| 26 | Richard was Rosalind 's young man , and Peggy liked him , especially as he sometimes brought a bag of sweets for her . |
| 27 | ‘ Not to strangers , but to the business , Doreen , especially when you already have an adequate room , ’ he pointed out wearily . |
| 28 | Of course — and especially when you only want a single rose to fill a gap — it is all very easy to succumb to the highly coloured and neatly packaged entreaties to impulse buying , conspicuously displayed in supermarkets , DIY garden centres , and even the local street market . |
| 29 | ‘ If Obispal decided that a secret Inquisitor was watching him , surely he 'd be a fool to seek vengeance — especially when he hardly put a foot wrong . |
| 30 | They perhaps take a little longer than anticipated , so when they eventually arrive an hour later than expected , the anxiety has been building up , and I am in a steamy temper . |