Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the benefit of hindsight it is possible at a later stage to determine whether the strategy provided a safeguard against these forces and , if not , whether the reasons were foreseen or at least foreseeable . |
| 2 | Another example is the breeding of new varieties specifically for certain environmental conditions , eg , for better performance under dry land farming conditions , for quicker growth in northern areas where the growing season is limited or for more efficient photosynthesis . |
| 3 | They may be imposed in the form of obligations of strict liability to which defences are extremely limited or in more general and voluntary concepts of negligent omissions and commissions . |
| 4 | One must , however , question d'Ohsson 's and Hammer 's statements that Hizir Bey became the premier Mufti , and , as is explicit in d'Ohsson and implicit in Hammer , that it is in his time that the office of Mufti originated or at least first gained importance . |
| 5 | the provision of mentoring or at least regular briefing meetings . |
| 6 | Some went away empty-handed but more often than not a huge cuddly animal was won and before long all the members of the group from Conway House were loaded with prizes . |
| 7 | Erm we asked the question about the aircraft 's reduced operational capabilities as far as Britain is concerned , we were told that there was no reduction , erm there was no percentage figure that could be produced but w now what about the other countries , I mean , which countries are asking for what to be omitted and by how much is the percentage , in percentage terms er is the performance of the aircraft reduced in those cases and further on from that , picking up something that that Wing Com er Group Captain Granville White has just mentioned which i is the question of sales . |
| 8 | In the next three days five other villages in north-east Armenia were attacked and at least 20 more hostages were taken , most of them Armenian policemen , but an attack on the village of Artzvashen was avoided when the 5,000 inhabitants complied with an ultimatum by troops surrounding the village to surrender weapons . |
| 9 | On the other hand it appears that on occasions drivers may have no memory at all for road signs which they have just seen or for relatively complex manoeuvres which they have only just performed . |
| 10 | The quality of our people have to be second to none and so our only asset would again be sensible to ensure that the best people , that we recruited the best people and we retained the best people and we wanted to be profitable , wanted to be lean and mean , hungry and er any profitable organisation is going to be a better organisation as a result of improved profitability and we then finally wanted to improve the quality of our image out there in the market place , we were seen and at least that was I think the Department , certainly my perception we were seen er as being a sort of gentle giant out there . |
| 11 | The different combinations of colour , beautiful designs , textures , fibres and weaves all add up to a vast range of fabrics from which to choose and at enormously varying prices . |
| 12 | ‘ Over the years too the story has grown and at least one fan seems to recall that I potted every ball in the final frame one-handed ! ’ |
| 13 | If there is a problem up to that height , failing to lower the nose and abandon the launch promptly can leave the aircraft in a critical position , semi-stalled and with very little time or height to make a full recovery and a safe landing . |
| 14 | This is because a higher standard of care may cause the courts to pay more attention to the adequacy of the informational base on which a decision is made and to how thorough the decision-making process has been . |
| 15 | Since unc vanishes but at least one first minor does not , there must be n — 1 independent columns , the remaining column being expressible uniquely in terms of the independent columns . |
| 16 | The mediation attempt failed and at 3.30pm 400 riot police forced their way into one half of the camp and seized more than 700 weapons such as iron bars and home-made knives . |
| 17 | I 'll have to see how it goes and after about three years , I 'll see if I feel like doing any more . |
| 18 | Careful consideration needs to be given as to how many restrictions are being undertaken and by how many people . |
| 19 | In 1917 the First German Association of Large Families was founded and at least two active pro-natalist organisations were established . |
| 20 | Their working contexts impose certain limits on what they are able to do ; for example , on how many journalists they can employ and on how much news space they have on the paper . |
| 21 | The Ottoman Empire possessed a substantial fleet ; but its ships were poorly designed ( Turkey was the last important Mediterranean State to use galleys on a large scale ) , often inadequately armed and until fairly late in the century very poorly manned . |
| 22 | To go one down with nine minutes remaining and with only 10 men , we were up against it . ’ |
| 23 | Three children had died and at least six others had suffered inexplicable heart and respiratory attacks when Nurse Amanda Poole spoke to Beverley Allitt . |
| 24 | Dozens are thought to have died and at least six children under the age of five were injured , with two having legs blown off . |
| 25 | A very limited range of deprivation indicators were used and at least one of the regression coefficients included in the final model is not statistically significant . |
| 26 | Even the local choice of eating outlets in central Glasgow , the restaurant is well used and at least half the staff use it every day . |
| 27 | All the Greek forms of moulding enrichment were used but in less refined form . |
| 28 | So this was my midday meal , ambulantly consumed but in strictly correct order : young field mushrooms and a few soft chestnuts , finished with wild plums and strips of lemony apple . |
| 29 | Based on what I thought were proper symptoms , Puls. was given but with only temporary relief , and slight lowering of the blood pressure . |
| 30 | The holy grail of limitless energy , ‘ harnessing the power of the Sun on Earth ’ , is metaphorically an irresistible force and today , 40 years after the quest began and with over twenty billion dollars already spent trying to achieve it , the barriers to be overcome seem to be immovable . |