Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you can not afford to invest the maximum allowed each year or would rather make regular monthly savings than invest in lump sums , you can put by as little as £10 per month .
2 However , he can only make good this argument by implying some limitation into the wording of section 6(3) ( a ) .
3 Meanwhile Hellenistic , Roman and early Medieval jewellers could only treat transparent coloured stones by rubbing them smooth .
4 In its most general form theoretical practice does not only include scientific theoretical practice , but also pre-scientific theoretical practice , that is , ‘ ideological ’ theoretical practice ( the forms of ‘ knowledge ’ that make up the pre-history of science , and their ‘ philosophies ’ ) .
5 And because Sun will only carry Open Look-based products through its distribution channels , ICS will also be supplying Motif-based versions of the Adobe WYSIWYG software for existing users that have already defected to the rival interface and for those that will run Motif on Solaris 2. x .
6 Better give exotic Eastern eating a miss , if you are aiming at shedding weight fast .
7 It would appear that if present trends like these continue unchecked the future can only bring increasing social disintegration , mounting crime , delinquency and violence , and decreasing safety and security of life , particularly for the weak and unprotected .
8 This will not only ensure continued trouble-free life , but will add substantially to its resale value when the time comes to upgrade .
9 ‘ It [ the UK government ] could only provide substantial extra resources to industry either by cutting public spending elsewhere or by raising taxes or by increased borrowing …
10 Unfortunately a tagger can only provide gross syntactic categories ; the ANLT requires very detailed grammatical information .
11 The latter point has been a cause of some concern because , in the 1980s , black kids continue to involve themselves in sport with a fervour which alarms many , fearful that blacks ' achievements can only reinforce traditional stereotyped images about blacks being adept at physical pursuits , but inept at intellectual ones .
12 Rose ( 1868 ) , do not obviously suggest serious historical study , but are rather part of a long series of more popular works on Mary , in which Jean Plaidy and Madeleine Bingham are among the most recent exponents ; and there is a certain charm about the publication , in 1793 , of a work by one J. F. Gaum , Marie Stuart und Marie Antoinette in der Underwelt .
13 These , unlike regulations , do not necessarily have immediate binding force .
14 Two normal observers viewing the same object from the same place under the same physical circumstances do not necessarily have identical visual experiences , even though the images on their respective retinas may be virtually identical .
15 A bill currently before parliament will abolish the present arbitrary rule that a company can only issue domestic corporate bonds up to twice the value of its shareholders ' funds .
16 so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep
17 On the other hand standard micro-computers have considerable potentiality for quite elaborate simulation and effective simulation training on procedures may only require simple static mock-ups .
18 The nature of access may merely involve regular authorised visits by warships or it may include the permission to conduct repairs in port , without the use of onshore installations , and to load on fuel and supplies .
19 Other systems have been developed that employ ’ sub-word ’ knowledge , i.e. information concerning strings of letters that are allowable in English , but do not necessarily form whole English words .
20 Melting all the present-day sea ice can only increase global radiative forcing by .
21 Although there is much to be said for freedom of information , it is not clear that it would greatly help individual aggrieved citizens .
22 These technological successes gave credibility to Khruschev 's claims that Communist states could eventually overtake capitalist economic growth .
23 In contrast , Monkou continues to prosper in Saints ' mini-revival and is hopeful his performances will eventually bring long-distance international recognition from Holland .
24 This is not to say that there do not exist important statistical problems which need to be overcome and a major part of this project is directed towards these more econometric issues .
25 Most of them arose as a result of an all-Russian phenomenon in 1922 — the lack of co-ordination and exchange of information between the centre and the localities , together with nonchalant neglect of provincial problems so long as they did not affect central political issues .
26 In these patients gastric acidity does not affect faecal pancreatic isoamylase activity , but faecal salivary type isoamylase activity is raised in patients with gastric hypoacidity , indicating the important role of H 2 receptor antagonist administration with pancreatic supplements .
27 Loperamide oxide did not affect faecal fat excretion but during treatment with this drug there was an inverse relationship between bile acid absorption and faecal fat excretion ( r=-0.63 , p<0.01 ) .
28 Second , to provide that existing conditions on a mineral planning permission can be changed with reduced or no compensation payable , provided the changes do not affect certain fundamental elements of the permission .
29 I did not make good that afternoon .
30 The closure of the bridge did not make good economic sense for the Poles , but their demolition of the bridge in 1928 made even less sense .
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