Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet as the evidence is unfolded it becomes increasingly incongruous that the mandarins of Whitehall should claim so little when they patently control so much . |
| 2 | Another scale of wholesale charges for unused equipment is also useful for people who like a particular product so much that they genuinely want to buy it for themselves , albeit at a preferential rate . |
| 3 | This startling routine delighted the audience so much that they usually refused to let the show continue until an encore had been performed — often two . |
| 4 | He befuddled them so much that we just ended up paying them off . ’ |
| 5 | There was further antagonism when she failed to get into Leeds Polytechnic but wanted to be with Gedge so much that she still moved to Leeds anyway . |
| 6 | This upset the local medical officer of health so much that he legally required the man to refrain from having sex . |
| 7 | With the Hillbillies project , I enjoyed doing the record so much that I just wanted to do a little tour . |
| 8 | We were all concentrating so much that I almost giggled . |
| 9 | It seems odd , but I was enjoying myself so much that I hardly gave a thought to the fact that we were alone , miles away from anyone , and that the average man in such a situation … |
| 10 | By the end of 1959 , the economy had improved so much that his oft quoted quip ‘ You 've never had it so good ’ had a ring of truth about it . |
| 11 | Another lettuce then courgette never had so much but I really adore them in the Maybe that 's I have such a small treat you see That 's |
| 12 | A somewhat different case is García Márquez 's One Hundred Years of Solitude which recounts the history of the small town of Macondo , not so much as it actually happened , but as its inhabitants experienced and interpreted it and as it was transmitted by popular oral tradition . |
| 13 | " How is it you know so much when you only took the shop over last week ? " |
| 14 | In those circumstances , teachers would be likely to offer girls a great deal of encouragement , perhaps more than they previously had done . |
| 15 | We are assuming that the knowledge concepts and skills , also the development of attitudes and personal qualities , will be delivered through the foundation subjects , options , extra-curricular activities , tutorial and careers guidance programme , and our extensive individual staff-student consultations which are a major feature of the school 's work , and perhaps more than anything else manifest our central concern for the academic and personal needs of each student . |
| 16 | It seems BNFL is doing just that and I also welcome the fact that on a day like this they are letting someone like me make an input , ’ she added . |
| 17 | ‘ A little more than she usually does . |
| 18 | Consequently , the figures do not appear to have risen as much as they actually have . |
| 19 | Well that , that 's as much as they ever got . |
| 20 | Consequently , sleep might become disturbed , particularly when , in addition , kidney function does not decrease at night as much as it once did . |
| 21 | ‘ You mean as much as you apparently have — about Petula ? ’ |
| 22 | It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort . |
| 23 | I thought it required more teachers caring about their subjects as much as he obviously did . |
| 24 | Bathsheba could not remain angry for long with someone who admired her as much as he obviously did . |
| 25 | She hated Matthew Preston as much as he obviously hated her . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , as much as he ever did . |
| 27 | You ca n't chat with someone who is senile , and when she wets herself I shout at her as much as she once shouted at me . ’ |
| 28 | She climbed inside , disliking him as much as she ever had . |
| 29 | We need to know far more than we currently do about the organised abuse of children — and we need to find out from survivors , both child and adult . |
| 30 | ‘ Most think they need far more than they actually do . |