Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a push boiling oil on its own will do the job , but a typical mixture has corrosive properties and is sticky so that it adheres to exposed flesh . |
| 2 | We may not ask for help by weeping , but our bodies may become helpless so that we have to be helped . |
| 3 | Gripping the hammer in one fist and propping the hatch up with her free hand , she crouched low so that she had about an inch gap through which she could see the back door . |
| 4 | As Rousseau said : ‘ The strongest is never strong enough unless he succeeds in turning might into right and obedience into duty . ’ |
| 5 | They were probably strong enough if they acted as a team to push him aside , but he had the gun . |
| 6 | The criminal law , however , did recognise that an accused could be guilty only if he acted in a grossly negligent fashion . |
| 7 | In 1960 the Rat Pack — Sinatra , Lawford , Martin , Davis and Bishop — came together to make Ocean 's Eleven , a caper that became a classic only because it featured for the first time the nucleus of the clan . |
| 8 | Low interest rates are inflationary only when they coincide with an overheating economy as they did in 1987–8 . |
| 9 | We are indebted to Beumont et al for having grasped the nettle in laying down the grade at which a girl or woman can expect to be respected as a climber and transcend the status defined by ‘ bimbo , ’ i.e. interesting only if she happens to be pretty . |
| 10 | ( The RSV seems clear enough when it speaks of them looking into the ark ( 6.19 ) , but the Hebrew will not really bear that sense , and would suggest they merely looked at it . |
| 11 | It is interesting here that we have in Dorothy Heathcote 's lesson an example of apparent free-play . |
| 12 | It 's interesting actually that it says on all the outsides of all the tapes Aston Business School so I 'd just like to say for the benefit of the tape recorder and the British National Corpus , this is where the Business School ends and this is where Psychology takes over . |
| 13 | It 's quite funny actually when you listen to it . |
| 14 | Snake venom is usually clear yellow and is dangerous only if it gets into the bloodstream . |
| 15 | It seems honourable enough until you think about it . |
| 16 | To be fair , the diagram turned up on page 45 and , anyway , the Alpha 2.0 proves straightforward enough when it comes to hooking up to a power amp , combo or mixer . |
| 17 | He believes that Uralmash has a future only if it shrinks to a fraction of its present size and concentrates on making machinery that is likely to be in big demand , such as small bulldozers . |
| 18 | It was quite dark now as they bounced along the rough road . |
| 19 | It is appropriate here that I quote from passages in the report of the headmaster Mr which was furnished to Norwich City College . |
| 20 | On the other hand we are fortunate indeed if we happen to be in a business that is so secure that it is enough for us to make effortless decisions that never require us to do more than flow along with established patterns . |
| 21 | You 're just straight upstairs and you fall into bed . |
| 22 | But that was before doctors switched off the ventilator that had kept him alive ever since he ran in terror from one IRA bomb into the full force of another . |
| 23 | It is important that the horse is warmed-up properly before he starts on his cross country round . |
| 24 | It is obvious enough if you happen to be going through a particularly traumatic time , but what about when you are doing all those ordinary things like reading , writing , driving or pursuing any so-called ‘ relaxing ’ activity ? |
| 25 | For instance , someone contemplating a sentence like the following ( from an issue of Women 's Journal ) might be excused for suspecting that so-called ‘ natural gender ’ is natural only if one happens to be male : |
| 26 | He could think quick enough when he had to . |
| 27 | ‘ You 'd understand quick enough if you wanted to . |
| 28 | After Lescun , the valley of the Aspe grows increasingly tight and stony , a forbidding landscape well epitomized by the manmade fortress of Le Portalet , built high up in the cliffs on the left just before you come to the final French village of Urdos . |
| 29 | I said , and Roy was being rude though cos I said to Roy , I said , have n't you got a glow worm , he said no mine 's got eyes on the end of it ! |
| 30 | More practical guidance , advice and support in those areas would be valuable particularly if it came from within librarianship rather than management science generally . |