Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well there as I mentioned a staff reduction of a hundred and ninety two and significant er staff reduct er cost reduction in other , other areas we , we analyze every single er publishing unit and where the erm where they were marginally profitable or less than marginally profitable er we 've taken appropriate action . |
| 2 | The body is normally able to control the balance of cholesterol , by producing more if the intake is low or less if the intake is increased . |
| 3 | Thus a stream of pulses lasting 1 second each and given at 10 second intervals could be the ‘ background ’ ( they could be sound pulses or pulses on a screen , for example ) ; the ‘ signal ’ being sought could be the absence of a pulse , one that was shorter or longer than the standard value or one that appeared too soon or too late . |
| 4 | Was it almost er All or or most of the total amount you spent in the last year , about half or less than half the total ? |
| 5 | All or most of the total , about half or less than half the |
| 6 | Er how much of the money you 've spent , what proportion , all , most of the total , about half or less than half the total have you spent at a shop . |
| 7 | To wake up a Woosnam who has struggled on some dull courses and slow greens recently , it took a demanding course and fast greens , even if neither were as demanding nor fast as perhaps in previous years . |
| 8 | We shall end by observing that some adjectives ( in fact most of those discussed in Sections 6.7 and 6.8 , but not former , would-be , so-called nor late unless we give it an altogether different lexical value ) can occur with more than one value , that is , either as separatives or as ordinary ascriptive adjectives . |
| 9 | Behind this and approximately where the recreation ground is now , was the village Butts , where in days past the villagers practised their archery . |
| 10 | If he had told Mrs Wilson this and even if she had believed him , she may not have wished to help him . |
| 11 | so that gives us this and so if I said erm and that 's a all right we 'll leave that as twelve X squared minus one . |
| 12 | You may not believe this and then so it 's nice to have Adam here to say yes , that 's right . |
| 13 | you 're thinking long-term , yeah I can do this and then when it , a gentleman 's agreement and then it comes to paper , and when that paper 's signed you 're stuck with it |
| 14 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 15 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 16 | It is clear that a waiver is of no effect unless it is unequivocal and only where the representee acts on it to his detriment . |
| 17 | People are very understanding and really if you talk to people and have an interesting time , it takes your mind off yourself . |
| 18 | Only 400 tonnes of fresh and less than 2,000 tonnes of frozen cod , have been landed in the UK by Russian vessels so far this year . |
| 19 | The Council denies their rent 's too high and even though the new owners have made the hut a cabbies ' shelter in name only at least Oxford 's most unusual historic building is once again back in use . |
| 20 | Stand and rehearse in front of a full length mirror , checking that you are smiling and making the right gestures , including liking your glass sufficiently high and forward when proposing the toast so that you convey enthusiasm . |
| 21 | Any child under 12 and less than five feet tall will have to belt up in the front or rear . |
| 22 | If you do have one though moving around the screens is much quicker and easier than using the keyboard . |
| 23 | The fact that the South East contains a disproportionately high number of professional and managerial inhabitants , that transportation is generally quicker and easier because of the flatter terrain , and that industry and population from London have been relocated to surrounding satellite towns have all conspired to spread the ex-urban population far out into the metropolitan hinterland . |
| 24 | There were birds singing , though not yet many , and apart from the boys ' voices the quiet was as old and deep as the land . |
| 25 | However , they are most unlikely to solve the problem of excessive delays , partly because the limits themselves are so generous and partly because the prosecution is free in any event to ask for additional time . |
| 26 | The start was delayed for three hours partly because the bowlers ' run-ups were damp and partly because vandals , protesting about the omission of Deryck Murray , the local captain , had left wet patches on the pitch — and thrown a good few bottles around as well . |
| 27 | The equivalent figures for the trip to Manchester were eighty , forty-five and less than thirty hours . |
| 28 | It would be foolish and unseemly as well as counter-productive for the Prime Minister to enter into an undignified slanging match with him every time he does so . |
| 29 | Around the titles is built a mystique that implies that this quite ordinary product is somehow different and better than anything else on the market . |
| 30 | Since the nature of the taboos varies between one society and another and even as between one situation and another within the same society , there is no particular action which is universally considered to be sinful in all circumstances : to kill a neighbour is a crime , to kill an enemy may be a duty . |