Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're perhaps little er more about the condition of the granules of a powder used for compressing into tablets , and the coating , how shall we coat it so that it washed away at once , dissolved slowly or anything like that . |
| 2 | Little or nothing beyond the holding of a market distinguished the smallest towns from mere villages , for no small number contained not more than two or three hundred inhabitants . |
| 3 | In the case of architecture it is the idea that is seminal — little or nothing of the form is taken over ; but in sculpture what was to become the dominant type of Greek statue through the archaic period , the naked young man , kouros , owes a direct debt to Egyptian models . |
| 4 | In the statement by Her Majesty 's Opposition , the Secretary of State heard a continuation of the velvet glove policy , which means , do little or nothing against the terrorist . |
| 5 | The subject also has another unusual strength : at school a great amount of effort is put into teaching us to read , but little or none into teaching us to see , still less to look . |
| 6 | god of war of Norway or somewhere or something like that , or it is sort of thunder |
| 7 | He lost 3 stone while he was in prison , so now none of his old clothing fits him . |
| 8 | The figures are different to the perception of those not incontinent who were asked the same question : 71% ( 2564 ) thought that the condition would have a great deal or fair amount of effect on their lifestyle and only 20% ( 692 ) not much or none at all . |
| 9 | So , for example if somebody does reject a young man in a way that erm is n't appropriate in his eyes , he might then go around and start calling her all sorts of names and generally making other men think of her in bad way , and of course no eighteen year old woman wants young men to think badly of her , and so she puts pressure on herself not to reject advances too openly or too obviously or something like that , and the whole cycle starts again , and so and I think this is the sort of thing the college just can not have anything to do with , because that really is going too far , that 's interfering with the the one thing we could do , perhaps , is talk to the young women and make it clear that they do have the right to reject advances and that what they 've got to be concerned about whilst they 're at university is they 're academic career and making sure that that is n't affected by harassment . |
| 10 | Yes and er we used to have about two hundred three hundred birds on the for the shooting and then perhaps about a hundred and fifty or so or something like that on the second . |
| 11 | So or anything like that . |
| 12 | it 's erm Steve 's mother 's birthday and Gavin 's , they 've got to get him up about midday , one o'clock or something up the school tomorrow she said I have n't even packed yet . |
| 13 | if erm you know , if we go a bit later , say like about seven o'clock or something to the cinema . |
| 14 | But are n't they going from seven o'clock nine o'clock or something like that ? |
| 15 | get me in there for about one o'clock or something like that you know |
| 16 | This was placed on the kitchen floor , illiberally filled with water , and Wendy and I had to choose between going in together or one after the other while , we strongly suspected , Mr Sugden enjoyed a ‘ what-the-butler-saw ’ entertainment of looking through the keyhole . |
| 17 | We were n't at school together or anything like that . ’ |
| 18 | It is enough that nothing in your lifetime |
| 19 | A highly motivated individual , it is argued , will perform better than one with a low level of motivation . |
| 20 | I emphasize ‘ in my view ’ because not everyone will agree , and of course a very small telescope is a great deal better than nothing at all . |
| 21 | Well , better than nothing at all ! |
| 22 | With his great hands , Jimmy returned the fast serve better than anyone in the history of the game . |
| 23 | Alcock , the man with the astronomical memory , probably knows the sky better than anyone in the world , possibly in history . |
| 24 | Forster once wrote to me that he knew Ivy 's characters were good as well as clever ; they are a great deal better than anyone in his books . |
| 25 | I mean , you know me better than anyone in the world , you probably love me better than anyone in the world , but you still never know another person one hundred per cent . ’ |
| 26 | I mean , you know me better than anyone in the world , you probably love me better than anyone in the world , but you still never know another person one hundred per cent . ’ |
| 27 | Gabriel would never understand nor Charley offer an explanation except to say , ‘ Better than sex , Gaby , better than anything except creation . |
| 28 | ‘ I love you better than anything in the world . |
| 29 | ‘ I love you better than anything in the world . |
| 30 | So that one about erm go insane and eat my brain baby |