Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of inappropriate forms of assessment to grade and rank-order pupils ' work for the purpose of making comparisons or to achieve so-called ‘ unified standards ’ is illustrated by the worst abuses of norm-referencing , which has been roundly and justifiably criticized by many writers , even in those areas of the curriculum where one might expect this system to be welcomed . |
| 2 | My relationship with Crossman eventually became in some ways a comic one . |
| 3 | While conventional theories of ‘ modernization ’ have identified TNCs as carriers of democratic values and practices to the Third World , such views have been powerfully criticized from many quarters . |
| 4 | Now you ca n't possibly test a medicine on ten thousand people before you start to sell it , so that sort of risk , as rare a risk as that , will only be picked up when the medicine has actually been in use and on the market and been properly prescribed for some years , and what we are doing now , and what is particularly interesting , is to start to use computers to pick up these adverse reactions so that we know much more quickly in future if a medicine is doing any harm and we can either stop prescribing it for the people who are going to suffer from it , and that 's the most likely thing , or else take it off the market altogether if it 's if we do n't if we ca n't pick out the people who might be at risk . |
| 5 | Just such a programme has been successfully undertaken over many years by the Scottish Heatwise programme whose funding has never , alas , matched its innovation and enterprise . |
| 6 | As all Iraqis know , Saddam himself is Sunni , despite his claim to descent from Ali ; and the putative victory over Iran was presumably won by all Iraqis , Shia and Sunni alike . |
| 7 | The expenses incurred by the college were all incurred necessarily in order properly to provide for these pupils . |
| 8 | I was forcibly reminded of these circumstances when I read Minuchin 's description of an anorexic 's family in which there were ‘ no closed doors ’ and where the anorexic girl felt that all her actions , even her thoughts , were observed by others , and therefore as much their property as her own . |
| 9 | Capt Forgrave 's citation said he ‘ became widely respected by all sides as a courageous , totally honest and highly capable officer . ’ |
| 10 | After the intensive twelve months support with the project , girls need somewhere to come with any problems that may occur later . |
| 11 | This seems to indicate a deep , free , and intensive time of prayer , when the Spirit takes over and controls and leads the prayers , and one can go on praying for several hours without being aware of the passage of time . |
| 12 | Though agreed between the parties , these proposals were bitterly attacked by some Conservatives as destroying the traditional upper House and by a few Labour members as creating a large new area of patronage for the Prime Minister . |
| 13 | The central core of the town was mostly occupied by those families which had lived in Dronfield before the momentous decision was taken in 1873 by the new company of Wilson Cammell to found a large steelworks specializing in the manufacture of rails made from Bessemer steel . |
| 14 | Essentially , it had a directing and supervisory role , ensuring that the policies laid down by the Politburo were known and vigorously pursued at all levels . |
| 15 | The title and format might lead the casual observer into expecting just another general text ; but closer inspection reveals that the book assumes some basic knowledge of the subject and then goes on to concentrate on those aspects of geology of most direct relevance to society — seismic and volcanic hazards , landslides , erosion , subsidence , groundwater , and so on . |
| 16 | His dominant inclination ( he wrote ) had always been towards philosophy , " and even in my philological studies I have been most attracted by those topics which seemed important for the history of philosophy or for ethical and aesthetic problems " . |
| 17 | This catalogue raisonné has been keenly awaited for several years ; work began before the artist 's death in 1988 , aged eighty-six . |
| 18 | The maker hand-cuts the kerfing ( the triangular-section strip around the inside edge that increases the gluing area of the sides for securing the front and back ) so that the saw-cuts are widely spaced in some areas and closely spaced around the tight curves of the cutaway . |
| 19 | She was not scrapped and remained at Wroughton where on March 16 , 1956 , she was officially transferred to the RAF 's Historical Aircraft Collection , which at that time was widely dispersed at such locations such as Gaydon and Fulbeck . |
| 20 | Initially , he sounded reasonable enough to appeal to some Unionists , but then he started discussing joint administration as an option . |
| 21 | CIE , the US-based Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility , and the International Organization of Consumer Unions , have all collaborated on many projects , and there are literally hundreds , perhaps thousands of transnational networks now monitoring the TNCs all over the world . |
| 22 | ‘ We are greatly honoured by these distinctions since we have truly dedicated all our lives , with passion , to the knowledge and diffusion of Italian art ’ . |
| 23 | Direct Debits are an ideal way of collecting large volumes of low value receipts and are greatly favoured by many institutions such as local authorities and building societies . |
| 24 | Mr Hicks ' framework is well presented but much travelled by many companies , set on improving the quality of cost information based on sound and robust examples . |
| 25 | Melanie was furious , and desperate enough to go to any lengths to terminate the pregnancy . |
| 26 | Despite the agreed arrangement between the Russian and American Presidents to have direct contact by means of the hot-line , there existed much distrust between those powers and every possible means was used to spy on the other , including space satellites and high flying aeroplanes . |
| 27 | Nuisances and abominations of all sorts are without scruple committed to the streets at any hour of the day of night , to await the morning visit of the scavenger to remove them : and happy indeed is it for the humble pedestrian if his eye and nose alone suffer from these ejectments ; happy indeed if he comes not in contact with them , as they make their unceremonious exit from window or door … |
| 28 | The Council indicated a few limited examples of such circumstances ( e.g. to the newly baptized in a Mass following their baptism ) , but here again , once admitted , the essential rightness of Communion under both kinds became more and more widely recognized so that communion is now so given at all Masses in many churches and dioceses throughout the world . |
| 29 | A change of identity was also mooted in view of the fact that in BR livery the numbers and names were merely painted on these locomotives . |
| 30 | ‘ I think the squad is good enough to cope with any injuries we might suffer . |