Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Come on wilko … get it sorted man .
2 Second , most lawyers take on cases on the basis that they will not ask for an upfront fee , but a percentage of the amount of damages won instead — often as much as 40% .
3 He was not willing to take on cases with relatively unconventional chosen outcomes .
4 Slowly Sheila struggled to her feet .
5 Mostly musicians spend their time jerking off in front of others and guitar and bass-playing readers are basically fans of the idea of that , but the truth is that it 's all individual — every neck on every guitar just has to feel a certain way .
6 The judgement , rather settlement , had been effected with speed and secrecy , and begged several questions : Who the controversial compromise ?
7 Eventually Humbert was forced to surrender , handing his sword gravely to the English commander and being treated with all the honours of war and politeness of diplomacy .
8 Right Chairman , yes , the report 's for information , there are a few things to update , occupancy remains healthy , erm , the working total has fallen slightly over the Christmas recess , but erm , really by ten there .
9 One ketos disgorging Jonah has a dolphin 's tail and the head and snout of a boar and with feline feet and presumably claws .
10 Right Jon ?
11 Sociologists of religion frequently appear inexcusably reductionist to those whom they study .
12 Since the electoral registration officer is authorised by statute to sell copies of the electoral register , address lists from this source are fairly and lawfully obtained ; objections to trading in other address lists can be circumvented if , at the time of the initial collection of information , it is made clear that addresses will be passed on unless the data subject expressly objects .
13 A little sheep 's blood , perhaps … chicken , even fish would do .
14 It gets political in its indictment of the corrupt railroad — it ‘ leaves two shiny , slimy tracks like a snail ’ — that is the representation of a rapaciously capitalist civilisation , and dares to traduce Fonda , Monument Valley and sundry rather icons of the Ford universe .
15 To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food what steps his Department is taking on proposals for new EC legislation or regulations on nutritional supplements ; and if he will make a statement .
16 Clare works for an estate agent so far up-market it 's mostly estates they deal in , not humble houses , no matter how extensive ; if it does n't boast a couple of salmon rivers , a few square miles of trees and a brace of hills , lochs or lakes , then they just are n't interested .
17 get the bus and I thought , oh er so luckily Lisa sa , like they said , oh do n't be silly we 'll come and get you .
18 Go on Jim kick that bloody thing
19 ‘ That 's most kind of you , sir . ’
20 ‘ Perhaps … yes , it is most kind of you . ’
21 Yes , would they go back to the same position , quite right Sarah
22 Right Sarah , could you share with Katie , and you two share as well
23 How that 's done I do n't know how do we reach these people there 's a broad sheet that goes to the school 's am I right Jan ?
24 This was mostly afternoon and evening clothes .
25 Later on Arnold Wesker severely regretted this . ’
26 She was sent to a local predominantly majority school in Washington , and although credible from a political point of view , the move presented the impressionable girl with a confusing and often unstable lifestyle .
27 The barring of non-Estonian citizens , mostly Russians , Ukrainians and Byelarussians , drew protests from the Russian leadership and appeared to fuel tension over the issue of Russian troop withdrawal from Estonia [ see this page ] .
28 Five power stations with fifteen hundred jobs , mostly G M B members .
29 After reaching the Sahn , the highest of the 50-akce medreses , the scholar may become a 500-akce kadi and thence kazasker .
30 Of buildings entirely in fifteenth century style , the chapels are supreme : outstandingly Eton College Chapel ( 1441 ) , King 's College Chapel , Cambridge ( 1446–1515 ) , and S. George 's Chapel , Windsor ( 1475–1509 ) .
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