Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is clearly an element of informal conciliation-if only to safeguard public money . |
| 2 | Other major buildings have been identified in the Northgate area , where much painted plaster and fragments of quarter-round mouldings have been recovered . |
| 3 | No off-worlder has ever been inside any of them , but we are told that there are caverns , vaults within vaults , like those ancient puzzles where ever opened box reveals another , smaller box . |
| 4 | I have found full cupboards and empty ones , children with books and children without ; schools and classrooms where the resources of the community have been mobilised , where well stocked classroom shops have been organised using packets , wrappers and tins collected by children , where great varieties of natural and man-made objects have been collected for children 's use in science and mathematics — and schools with none of these things . |
| 5 | Wolves in fact have done more than most to provide evidence that the game is ridding itself of violence . |
| 6 | The 1957 White Paper confirmed in their minds that the decline in British power had reached a point where the concerted pressure of world opinion , particularly in the United Nations , would throw the door wide open for them to walk through into their heritage of immediate rather than prudently timed independence . |
| 7 | The only possible gaff was when he picked up than so called back pass at spurs . |
| 8 | If you read any report that comes out from the government , any report that comes out from Shelter you will find that in fact private sector housing , your house , my house , our houses are subsidised twice as much by this government than so called public . |
| 9 | Although only using watercolour it appears that Green imitates the technique of painting boulders . |
| 10 | There are also dangers in suggesting that writers such as John Locke influenced attitudes , rather than merely reflecting changing attitudes , away from a punitive to a more liberal approach to children . |
| 11 | ‘ You must have a higher goal in life than merely making money , ’ she was fond of telling people . |
| 12 | These memoranda , although generally avoiding comment that might be regarded as politically partisan on the question of the desirability or otherwise of devolution , contain passages which were bluntly , even scathingly , critical of the statements of the means by which the government hoped to achieve their objectives . |
| 13 | The point is rather that , even though knowingly taking risks with other people 's lives is usually unjustifiable , taking a slight risk is less serious than intentionally causing death . |
| 14 | Speeches after the ceremony ( although best man/ bride 's father not essential ; speeches more likely to be made by bride and groom themselves — they 're old enough , after all ) . |
| 15 | There was much more teamwork between nurses and doctors than normally takes place in hospitals . |
| 16 | Under the glitz , this is an ugly time in Hong Kong , with serious although scarcely reported unrest in the sealed-off boat people 's detention centres throughout the week , and it could get worse . |
| 17 | But most important the councils should listen to and take notice of those who have a track record of work on racial harassment , rather than just implementing paper policies . |
| 18 | Has he asked you to do more than just bring film of Piper 's records ? ’ |
| 19 | By political behaviour is meant something more than just voting behaviour , although that is important and will be addressed . |
| 20 | It made our day to know that MKM can help with more than just knitting advice . |
| 21 | But the first computers that can learn by discovery are with us ; the Fifth Generation computers in Japan ‘ understand ’ rather than just process information . |
| 22 | Much more than just watching TV ! |
| 23 | Additional priorities must be to encourage the players to express some individual flair and support those who are prepared to have a go rather than just retain possession which Scotland did achieve against Samoa for long enough . |
| 24 | ‘ There is a psychological battle to be won , ’ said the spokesman , ‘ for many people meetings are more than just talking shop , the business lunch is just as important . |
| 25 | ‘ Rather than just having e-mail messages , people often want to send files around , spreadsheet files for instance . |
| 26 | Some recent models even incorporate an integral filter which is intended to clarify the water rather than just catch debris . |
| 27 | Civilization , that is , human societies , goes further than just linking family groups together through a set of work tasks that they have in common . |
| 28 | However , a child who forms attachments from a young age with a wide group of people , rather than just close family , feels less insecure than a baby who has been close to only one or two people , so try to introduce her to as many people as possible , right from the beginning . |
| 29 | But Wizadora gets children to do much more than just watch telly ! |
| 30 | Part of hir was afraid Jahsaxa was planning on more than just keeping hir as a highclass whore . |