Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His long , thin musician-fingers deftly manipulate wires and crystal . |
| 2 | The defendant 's solicitor endorses on the copy summons a certificate duly accepting service and giving an address for service . |
| 3 | The company personnel additionally comprises administration and logistics staff along with team leaders and testing technicians . |
| 4 | A similar effect can be achieved in other ways : for instance , a clause providing that the seller will not refund any sums paid by the buyer effectively prevents rejection where the buyer has already paid the price . |
| 5 | The clay mineral assemblage predominantly constitute illite and chlorite ; smectite is absent or occurs in minor quantities as interlayers . |
| 6 | The hand-over of those objects only took place after Iraq had lodged a complaint with the United Nations . |
| 7 | Under the new regime , the Ministry of Agriculture only tests animals when they get to the farm , if they 're told about it . |
| 8 | Provincial branches of Narkomzem only contacted Moscow when in need of salaries and funds — otherwise they led independent lives . |
| 9 | With Tyson gone and Tucker 's prominence chequered in the continuing row over who Lewis should fight first , King has no charismatic heavyweight to bring in big money so sees Chavez as his passport into Mexico , where the fighter is viewed almost as a God and where vast live gates and previously untapped pay-per-view television income looms large . |
| 10 | These combine well , the chords marching down aggressively and the upper part pointedly expressing energy and spirit . |
| 11 | The precepts of Confucius only make sense if the Son of Heaven to whom we offer loyalty and allegiance represents the power and dignity of the people . |
| 12 | Narrow definitions of money only include items that can be spent directly : items such as cash and current accounts in banks ( since they can be spent directly by using cheques ) . |
| 13 | However , these reactions only take place because of the presence of manufactured chlorine in the stratosphere . |
| 14 | In other words , the Court held that , if the fight merely involves assault or battery , consent can be effective as a defence . |
| 15 | His Mum only put flowers if people were coming . |
| 16 | Codex at present only makes recommendations but its rules will become international standards with the settlement of the Uruguay round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 17 | And the following month , July 1949 , Acheson apparently issued instructions that it was a ‘ fundamental decision of American policy that the United States does not intend to permit any further communist domination on the continent of Asia or in South-east Asia ’ . |
| 18 | When the adventurers are half-way up the stairs , the bannister rail suddenly sprouts teeth and attacks with its bite , writhing like a snake . |
| 19 | Bizarrely , the word processor only supports WordStar and ASCII formats . |
| 20 | It is much more likely to be no more than a reflection of the fact that almost everything we know about Richard as Duke of Aquitaine comes from an English chronicler , Roger of Howden , and Roger only has information when he has access to the reports sent by Richard to his father , that is to say when Henry is in England . |
| 21 | So many dog training clubs only take dogs when they are six months old … well past the steep part of the learning curve and often at an age when male dogs , especially , are starting to grow up ( and become as rebellious and resistant to authority as any human adolescent ! ) . |
| 22 | No less culpable was Artemesia 's father , ’ The trial only took place because Artemesia 's father , Aratsio , considered the rape a violation of one of his household objects which was now devalued.This was the only reason Tassi was taken to court , this and the fact that he stole some of Aratsio 's paintings . ’ |
| 23 | As a significant movement of popular protest over sex purity marked a successful assault on the authority of male professionals , thereby drawing into the political arena groups hitherto denied access or without a voice . |
| 24 | Only one subject who had received 6.25 µg cholera toxin observed no increase in stool frequency , however , in this case only decreased absorption and not secretion was observed in the test segment . |
| 25 | The result effectively ends speculation that the Henry Cecil runner , 4–5 favourite for the big race , had been ‘ got at ’ . |
| 26 | One officer who had worked with him during his short stay in the force laughingly told colleagues that this ‘ college man ’ definitely had one arrest — because he would willingly recall details of his big moment for anyone who was prepared to listen . |
| 27 | After 1537 Musgrave mostly abandoned Cumberland and moved to his house in London . |
| 28 | Olivier flew straight out while Asher discreetly told Finch that it would be a good idea if he moved out of Vivien 's room . |
| 29 | Refusal in payment , forgery or any other misuse thereby became treason or sacrilege and attracted savage penalties . |
| 30 | For example , facilities like swimming pools , water sports , chair lifts etc. require maintenance and sometimes have to be temporarily withdrawn from use for such work to be done . |