Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think one of my difficulties with Adam Bede is that she begins to lose interest a little bit in the figure of the beautiful , but not actually very bright , village girl , whose seduction is an important part of the story , and by the end of the book we feel that she 's actually bored with Hettie , is n't really concerned any longer to explore Hettie 's own sufferings as the other woman who has been badly treated by the rascally gentleman . |
| 2 | General Hawley had only reached Edinburgh on 6 January , and having built up his strength , wrote optimistically of ‘ driving the rascally scum out of Stirling ’ . |
| 3 | From about 9 000 to 7 000 years ago there was a gradual improvement of climate , the predominantly birch forest of the previous period being replaced by pine forest and then by mixed oak forest . |
| 4 | The spectra of show a very pronounced intensification of the bands due to ionization from the predominantly metal-d orbitals of t 2g symmetry at photon energies that appear to correspond to absorptions in the high energy electronic spectra [ 16 ] . |
| 5 | The lack of social contact between the predominantly local working class and the predominantly newcomer middle class can be particularly marked . |
| 6 | The old man stopped in surprise and then craned forward , squinting in the dim light coming through the grimly fanlight . |
| 7 | Labour and Delivery was quiet tonight , and so was Recovery , to which they were directed by the matronly grandmother of five who presided over the ward . |
| 8 | Shaw , Black and Lulu all cheekily carved their own slices of the cake before they reached the matronly age of eighteen . |
| 9 | At Notting Hill , Carnival was rained on but still managed to struggle past the 7pm curfew in parts , though sensible southerners spent Monday in the marquee at the Full Circle all-dayer . |
| 10 | The driver of the 10pm LMS passenger and mail train seemingly overran a home signal at danger and plunged into the rear of the 9.15pm Oxley sidings to Bristol GWR fitted goods before finally colliding with another freight , the 4.45 Westerleigh to Gloucester empties , that was passing on the opposite line . |
| 11 | Its use does not preclude the side-by-side use of specific MAS checklists or work programmes but the SEPR must be regarded and treated as the lead control record . |
| 12 | The fit-again TV funnyman joined a host of big names for a panto season launch in London . |
| 13 | Similar emphasis on the Security Council 's authority was advocated by the Soviet Union , whose government also proposed reactivation of the effectively moribund UN Security Council Military Staff Committee to take control of any enforcement action . |
| 14 | Special task forces have been at work in each board to deal with the longest waiting lists and I have set aside an extra £1 million this year and in each of the next two years to support their work . |
| 15 | Even the SIB itself appears to be having self-doubts about the unwieldly monster it has created , particularly at a time when the City 's self-regulation will have to be grafted on a more legalistic European Community framework . |
| 16 | Also we could n't understand why , since there were only three trains a day each way , and only the 11.50am arrival and the 4.05pm departure were ever heavy trains . |
| 17 | Far from encouraging a re-examination of Soviet stakes in the area , a full rendering of costs ( and , most important , alternatives ) is likely to confirm them : if , as one expert has calculated , the ‘ cost of the Soviet Empire ’ amounts to some 14 per cent of Soviet defence expenditure , it could be the most cost effective component of the Soviet defence effort . |
| 18 | The NRA claims the scheme is the most cost effective way to protect low-lying land . |
| 19 | Patel has recently calculated that vitamin A supplementation is among the most cost effective interventions in developing countries , with a cost of around $ 95 per life saved , compared with $ 230 for oral rehydration and $ 850 for measles vaccination . |
| 20 | The specialty reviews , for example , have to assess current and projected needs , define criteria for tertiary services , and advise on the most cost effective and clinically effective locations — all by the end of May . |
| 21 | Of the two the former is still the most common and often the most cost effective . |
| 22 | A new garage is one of the most cost effective of all home improvements and can add 10 to 15 per cent to the value of your home . |
| 23 | The most cost effective of all these steps . |
| 24 | How can a manufacturer pick the most cost effective retail company to use to target his wares most successfully on his chosen market segments ? |
| 25 | LASMO Trading Limited is responsible for optimising the Group 's price realisations in the most cost effective manner from offices in London , Singapore and Houston . |
| 26 | Within the TSB system , models are available to help managers : test the effect on manpower of changes in systems and working methods ; evaluate the effects of changes such as alteration in hours of work , holiday entitlement , sickness patterns and incidence of training ; test the effect of changes in personnel policies such as recruitment , promotion , retirement , grading , career development ; analyse wastage and evaluate its likely effect on staffing : plan recruitment and training in the most cost effective way . |
| 27 | His research focused on poly-crystalline diamond compact ( PDC ) drill bits , which have proved to be the most cost effective for the deep , interbedded Colombian wells . |
| 28 | The pupils found that new seating would be the most cost effective answer and Miss Hall was so impressed with their research that the old seating was replaced . |
| 29 | On a large contract one of the most cost effective methods of calculating the total cost of disruption is to use a computer . |
| 30 | While faecal occult blood testing is likely to prove the most cost effective method of screening large populations , genetic tests could initially be targeted at selected high risk groups . |