Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be thought that without some measures of the quality of services provided , either by the yardstick ( if such exists ) of agreed views of what constitutes good practice , and/or through more refined measures of client outcome , the study would still fall short of the kind of conclusions about relative effectiveness that would be sought . |
| 2 | We can , therefore , distinguish between different compounds , or between chemically distinct atoms in a single compound . |
| 3 | The issue is not simply one of comparative disadvantage within or between relatively rich countries . |
| 4 | She was so constantly braced , her will so stiff from desire , that she could not sleep at nights ; she feared that if she fell asleep she might lose her determination and her faith , might wake up alone in her narrow bed , in the small back bedroom , overlooking the small square garden , backing onto the next small square garden , where for so many years she had lain and dreamed her subversive dreams . |
| 5 | What is less agreed upon is whether the reward should be given for routine adequacy or for extra special effort . |
| 6 | Ideas for rock gardens or for more exposed borders , where taller daffodils are likely to be felled by the wind , the reliable range of cyclamineus type daffodils varies from 8 to 10in high . |
| 7 | The years that immediately follow the end of compulsory schooling can often be seen as a foundation stage providing a relatively broad base for work in a particular occupation ( as do many craft and technician courses ) or for more advanced studies in a specialized field . |
| 8 | These may be large- or small-scale databases designed with very specific educational aims , to cater for a particular topic or part of a course , or for more general use in the school library . |
| 9 | Another example is the breeding of new varieties specifically for certain environmental conditions , eg , for better performance under dry land farming conditions , for quicker growth in northern areas where the growing season is limited or for more efficient photosynthesis . |
| 10 | The results should be capable of being used formatively and to indicate any particular need for support for the child , or for more specific diagnostic assessment . |
| 11 | Tinning was used either for decorative purposes , for example on Merovingian jewellery , or for more practical purposes , such as providing a reflecting face on Roman bronze mirrors . |
| 12 | Known as London Fields , Angela and Matthew Flowers had intended to use it for storage , but the appeal of the space suggested a more imaginative solution and so a proportion will be employed for changing exhibitions or for more permanent installations by gallery artists . |
| 13 | Is it because of ‘ administrative rationality ’ or for more noble and more cynical reasons ? |
| 14 | Whether the share of GNP devoted to defence is 13–14 per cent or some other figure ; whether growth was 4 per cent a year throughout the 1970s , or for only half that time , military expenditure has been a major contributor to the investment squeeze . |
| 15 | So it is used mainly for brief shots or parts of shots , or for very special effects — perhaps the most familiar being the laser swords in the Star Wars series . |
| 16 | These claims were rejected and the rule that a solicitor be involved was seen as protecting the client who might otherwise be advised to settle too early or for too little to maximize the claims assessors ' cash flow ( Winn , 1968 ) . |
| 17 | Among the various choices available to electors in different countries are the following : they may vote for one candidate , or a specified number of candidates , or for as many candidates as there are members to be elected ; they may cumulate two votes on one candidate ; they may cast votes on more than one list ; presented with lists on which the parties have arranged the candidates in an order of preference they can change that order . |
| 18 | To put the matter more precisely , there is little support in the judgments either for Lord Diplock 's tripartite standard of review , or for as extensive a review as his Lordship advocates for administrative institutions . |
| 19 | Hill has informed the Mirror that he has been asked to sign cheques on Flashman 's request without any knowledge of who would be the benefactors , or for how much . |
| 20 | It was not unusual for a direct appeal to be made in a memorial text to casual passers-by , or for visually impressive and even amusing monuments to command attention from the side of a road . |
| 21 | On the other hand it appears that on occasions drivers may have no memory at all for road signs which they have just seen or for relatively complex manoeuvres which they have only just performed . |
| 22 | there 's , there 's a , a small jack red or about as big as that like that |
| 23 | Quite the contrary , whether it was his professional support , which was total , or through more personal gestures of kindness . |
| 24 | This may be embodied in circulars , regularly sent from central departments to local authorities , or through less formal communications from ministers , administrators and professional advisers . |
| 25 | At least 88 per cent of sewage from coastal towns is discharged into the sea raw or after only basic screening to sift out solids . |
| 26 | In the discussion groups , some men seemed proud that they were n't romantic , viewing it as boring and effeminate , or of strictly short-term value . |
| 27 | To say that the reproduction of the capitalist mode of production requires a number of conditions to be met is not an explanation of how they are met , of what happens if they are not met , of whether they can be met in ‘ functionally equivalent ways ’ , or of why these needs are met . |
| 28 | The Crown applied to the Outer House of the Court of Session to quash the ruling , contending that the evidence it had tried to present had to be deemed relevant , even if not determinative or of very great weight . |
| 29 | Development , or modernization , has been seen for the most part in terms of a simple distinction between ‘ traditional ’ and ‘ modern ’ , ‘ underdeveloped ’ and ‘ developed ’ , ‘ agrarian ’ and ‘ industrial ’ societies , in the context of the present time , or of very recent history . |
| 30 | Likewise , further groupings such as percentage of coarse sand or of very fine sand may also be calculated . |