Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He received no part of the purported consideration of £24,500 nor any benefit therefrom save that £1,800 or thereabouts had been expended in discharging his liability under the local authority mortgage . |
| 2 | Wicked episodes were often brought to my attention , but nothing either then or since has been as evil as the man Beck . |
| 3 | The other type of expressive effect found in contexts where only make is possible can be illustrated by ( 154 ) — ( 156 ) : ( 154 ) … beautiful canvases of mountains and forms . |
| 4 | The following examples , where only make is possible , are more difficult : ( 157 ) … the famous Howe sewing machine . |
| 5 | The number of blocks has been reduced by 25 per cent to 125 and the number of blocks with working interests of 10 per cent or less has been reduced by 42 per cent . |
| 6 | And in , it said there 's , find out all you want know or much better being put . |
| 7 | Ninety-two elements exist in nature and another dozen or so have been made by nuclear physicists . |
| 8 | But that 's cold comfort to the players who for the past two months or so have been attempting to qualify for the PGA European Tour . |
| 9 | The remaining three thousand million years or so have been taken up by the slow process of biological evolution , which has led from the simplest organisms to beings who are capable of measuring time back to the big bang . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that their slow decline in the last I00 million years or so has been caused by the commensurate rise in diversity of filter-feeding bivalve molluscs , which ousted them from their former habitats . |
| 11 | The really phenomenal success of these materials during the last thirty years or so has been due to the combination of cheap and rapid mass-production with adequate toughness — added of course to chemical inertness , lightweight and bright and cheerful , not to say garish , colours . |
| 12 | It takes a few moments to adjust — one moment one is dry , wearing dry swimming trunks and walking about , and the next one is progressively getting wetter ( including the swimming trunks , which somehow seems particularly inappropriate ) — and it 's only when half a length or so has been swum that the whole thing seems ordinary again . |
| 13 | Cubby has been associated with the Dundee Club for over 30 years , and for the past 15 years or so has been football representative on the Regional Committee of the Sports Association/Staff Club . |
| 14 | One of the dominant themes in the redistribution of population in the Western World over the past twenty years or so has been the dispersal of population from large cities to medium and small-sized settlements . |
| 15 | One of the most remarkable discoveries arising from oceanographic research over the past two decades or so has been the youth of oceanic sediments and the underlying basaltic crust . |
| 16 | An impromptu purchase , and a bit extravagant , but remaining tidily or prettily dressed is an important investment in job search , marriage and social life , so I try only to slum it in track suit at weekends and totally quiet evenings at home . |
| 17 | Only when part of our heritage is under immediate threat or already lost is its importance truly realised . |
| 18 | Any legal restrictions that may have been imposed by the vendor or already have been included in earlier conveyances of the land or property can be identified . |
| 19 | Also the decision to employ or not to employ is based ont he particular case : it is extremely rare that someone is given a job just because they went to a particular university . |
| 20 | The decision as to whether or not to proceed is always made by the originator , thus allowing for his or her growth . |
| 21 | Mr Amir Kaisary , consultant urologist at London 's Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust , which is becoming a centre of excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate disease , says : ‘ To screen nationally or not to screen is very much open to debate . |
| 22 | The people who decide whether to believe them or not have been able to check their own stocks quickly , to make sure no bombs or material are missing . |
| 23 | In adults , the decision whether or not to defecate is under voluntary control . |
| 24 | However , the freedom to provide or not to provide is regarded as an essential element in that sector , and therefore does not attract the same critical comment . |
| 25 | The decision on whether or not to intervene is determined by a cost benefit calculus which focuses on efficiency rather than some vague notion of fairness . |
| 26 | But the decision about whether or not to fly is left to you , the pilot . |
| 27 | To eat or not to eat is our 11-month-old son 's dilemma . |
| 28 | Yes er , the F the F T er , did improve er , Les Echo improved , Recolleters improved , the Economist was slightly down on last year , but remember , the Economist were at record profits last year and erm , so even maintaining their , their profits or just dropping is a good performance . |
| 29 | Any data that could not be observed or directly measured were rejected . |
| 30 | Perhaps it will come as no surprise to my readers to hear not only that all knowledge of selling me a coffin was denied but even that they were now , or ever had been , coffin-manufacturers . |