Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [be] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why not pass them on to a hospital or children 's home where they will be treasured . |
| 2 | The guards were ill-trained and fearful , with little combat experience , while what the rebels lacked in training and tactics was more than made up for in sheer ferocity and homicidal bloodlust . |
| 3 | This is changing fast , and clients are more and more wanting advice and action that calls for considerable finesse , knowledge , and intelligence . |
| 4 | Money was still short and days were long , and parties were often and red wine was cheap . |
| 5 | Similarly , high mountains ( and mountains are highest when new , before erosion wears them down ) will be covered in snow and ice , and once again will reflect sunlight . |
| 6 | The bombs , guns and paras are there but it avoids stereotypes , reminding us that most of the people in Belfast simply want no truck with the war . |
| 7 | Approaches and perspectives are more or less fruitful in encouraging promising lines in inquiry , rather than being true or false or responsive to empirical test . |
| 8 | Senior ministers and officials are urgently considering cutting back on the number of nuclear warheads carried by Britain 's powerful submarines . |
| 9 | The amphibolite bands and lenses are more or less biminerallic , with hornblende by far the most abundant mineral , often occupying more than 75 per cent of the rock , and with feldspar as the other mineral present . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't you see , ’ her mother explained , drawing her close with an arm around her bony shoulders , ‘ you 'll be looking after boys soon and things are just like they say , boys do n't make passes at girls who wear glasses . ’ |
| 11 | Polar lakes and ponds are partly or completely frozen and snow-covered for much of the year . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , carcinogens are found in similar levels in the smoke of all tobacco products and experiments indicate that smoke condensates from pipes and cigars are equally if not more carcinogenic than condensates from cigarettes [ 5 ] . |
| 13 | At the time of writing , ( Spring 1989 ) , personal tax and benefits are currently as follows : |
| 14 | ( Some undercarriage levers are forward for up , and others are forward for DOWN ! ) |
| 15 | And Angela Hampel one of the GDR 's leading feminists now realises that while men and women were more or less equal in an impoverished communist society , in the capitalist West the great divide looms ever wider . |
| 16 | After falling into decay this century , the house , gardens and outbuildings were extensively and sympathetically restored by the present owner in the 1980s . |
| 17 | It was not surprising therefore that while politicians and public demanded change , schools , teacher-training establishments , and educationalists were vaguely and inconclusively defensive about the product that was on offer in State schools . |