Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE SOVIET UNION and Pakistan remain bitterly divided as to how the conflict in Afghanistan should be resolved , despite having agreed on the wording for a United Nations resolution in the hope of avoiding a public row at the General Assembly , diplomats said yesterday . |
| 2 | They became widely separated as they struggled up the slope . |
| 3 | It became widely accepted that the attackers were predominantly black , although there was little evidence for this belief . |
| 4 | Thus , he created an atmosphere in which people felt autonomous and in control and consequently became incredibly dedicated and committed to the project . |
| 5 | Richard was still not allowed to speak — he was not recovering quite so fast as had been expected — and he could make little reply when Laura told him that this was exactly the kind of thing she had expected all along , and that she would see about disposing of Lord Jim immediately . |
| 6 | They mistakenly believe they have got a God given right to survive and prosper , regardless of the state of the nation , the latest jobs crisis or more mundane matters like League standing . |
| 7 | Not only then is subcontracting widely practised but the small firms are so dependent on a limited range of buyers that they have little alternative but to accommodate to tight kanban schedules . |
| 8 | Similarly there is no assumption that repeated use of a ruler in 4c is more demanding than single use of it in 4b , but this and similar instances need to be examined empirically to see if the task differences concerned are also difficulty factors . |
| 9 | One client referred for counselling eventually admitted that she was starving herself as a way of preventing conception ; she did not want another child , but her husband had pressurised her to become pregnant . |
| 10 | Since the privatization of BT in 1984 the problem of company valuation and the pricing of shares has received much informed and uninformed comment . |
| 11 | That day , he received three members of the moderate Carlist faction in Salamanca , and informed them of his intention of fusing together Falange and the Traditionalist Communion . |
| 12 | Singing together unifies and inspires us ; music touches our emotions , and words take on a deeper meaning . |
| 13 | But soon the consciousness of security became so ingrained that we lost all temptation to enquire about the nature of work with which we were not immediately concerned . |
| 14 | During the third century synodical government became so developed that synods used to meet not merely at times of crisis but on a regular basis every year , normally between Easter and Pentecost . |
| 15 | As a result of Napoleon III 's grave error of judgement , the affair of the Holy places became so inflamed that it set the powers on a collision course which led to the Crimean War . |
| 16 | Last season it became so inflamed that he had to pull out of the Carolls Irish Open at Portmarnock . |
| 17 | On occasion , so many people turned up to a Baldersdale funeral and the church or chapel became so crowded that people had to stand outside . |
| 18 | The indentured labourers hoped to be able to set up as independent farmers once they had worked off the costs of their passages , but the islands soon became so crowded that they were unlikely to be able to do this . |
| 19 | They became so celebrated that they were disturbed by tourists . |
| 20 | Comfortable and friendly , it is a broader , homelier version of the ‘ Queen Anne ’ style , which had been conceived over thirty years earlier by the great Richard Norman Shaw , and which eventually became so settled and familiar in suburban streets throughout England . |
| 21 | Seymour Hicks , the famous singer , once became so infuriated that he stopped the orchestra in the middle of his song , turned to the girl and snapped , ‘ Dear Lady , shall you finish your story or shall I finish my song ? ’ |
| 22 | At one meeting , Branson became so exasperated that he walked off his own boat and paced up and down the towpath outside to cool down . |
| 23 | They picture women gathered together to dance or perform some apparently ritualistic act of worship . |
| 24 | During the evening his wife was very nervous and became extremely agitated when the British guns started up , the shells passing over the village with a loud roar . |
| 25 | However , circumstances can change , and you are invited to contact the offices listed below to ascertain whether your chosen establishment is currently registered . |
| 26 | The Job Control commands given below assume that ( i ) the instructions and data for the statistical data definition are held in a file called PMMLIB.GIMMSTATDAT and ( ii ) the GIMMS-generated data file will be written to another file called PMMLIB.GIMMSPOLYDAT which will be opened on unit 12 . |
| 27 | Thus change only occurs when individuals are encouraged to change their normative orientations in attitudes , beliefs , values , knowledge , skills , roles and relationships . |
| 28 | Everywhere French flags were ripped in half and trampled on and great gangs of young soldiers joined together to shout and curse the very name of France . |
| 29 | ‘ It is vital that victims combine together to negotiate and to get the authorities such as the Office of Fair Trading , the DTI and the police to take the appropriate action , ’ Mr Kay stresses . |
| 30 | He may prefer only to claim that they apply once ethical language and judgement are understood in the way he recommends . |