Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Teesdale has a tremendously rich flora — indeed , some people think that many of the species are ice-age relics , which were there before and managed to hang on . |
| 2 | Once you have conditioned barbel to feed ravenously they are ridiculously easy to catch , assuming of course that you are using tackle which is adequate enough to handle these tremendously hard-fighting fish . |
| 3 | Most professional people are subject to an enormous range of presses and constraints . |
| 4 | These notes are being written on a gloriously sunny February day which should enliven even the most depressed people . |
| 5 | Roach 's most memorable works were his collaborations with LAUREL AND HARDY — and now The Aikman Archives has released one of the trio 's best films , MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS . |
| 6 | Two of his most memorable innings came in one-day internationals , the 138 not out in the 1979 World Cup final and the 189 not out at Old Trafford in 1984 which single-handedly transformed a desperate situation into a winning one , and which will surely never be forgotten by anyone who saw it . |
| 7 | ‘ I take mostly professional people , ’ she 'd said in her strong voice with its pronounced German accent . |
| 8 | For this the clients , mostly professional people and businessmen who lack the time to organise their own expeditions , but who have some impressive climbing pedigrees , will get full sherpa support , oxygen and a well-stocked chain of camps along the standard South Col route from Nepal . |
| 9 | It is probable , however , that this was an exception rather than the rule — most deaf people before the start of deaf education did not marry , and those that did , like Sir John Gawdy , Sir Edward Gostwicke and Alexander Popham , all came from wealthy families where there was a desire to continue the family line and marriages were made with daughters of families that were of the landed gentry . |
| 10 | In contrast , the nearest most deaf people got to the War was to receive training in rifle practice and to learn how to dig trenches in case the Germans managed to invade . |
| 11 | You must be able to assess your land potential and to farm within it , and know how to build up fertility to reach that potential by the most economic means . |
| 12 | Their comprehension should be signalled by the most economic means available , eg incomplete sentences , figures , single words , diagrams , organisation trees etc. ( 25 marks ) |
| 13 | One of the most widely used multimedia systems in the financial sector is interactive video ( IV ) , which uses a video disc player connected to a computer . |
| 14 | The most widely used sales force promotion is the sales incentives scheme . |
| 15 | Notwithstanding the membership of some staunchly pro-ANZUS people ( such as Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Don McKinnon ) , the government as a whole appeared more committed to improving general relations with the USA rather than to seeking a return to the particular relationship which had been embodied within the ANZUS alliance . |
| 16 | All too often , however , we see him angry , hurt , suspicious of friends as much as enemies , rarely grateful to those who stuck their necks out on his behalf , working obsessively at powerfully emotional works while seemingly ignoring the emotions generated by the domestic chaos around him . |
| 17 | Even the most sensitive-skinned people should be able to use it . |
| 18 | Even the most sensitive-skinned people should be able to use it . |
| 19 | In the ‘ rational ’ decision-making model , the policy-maker first specifies the objectives that he is trying to achieve , second musters all the evidence necessary for an analysis of alternative ways of achieving these objectives and , third , chooses the most cost-effective means of achieving these objectives . |
| 20 | Ideally , strategies using an economics-based approach to air pollution control would provide financial incentives for emission sources to pursue the most cost-effective means for reducing pollution ( Anderson et al. , 1977 ; Magat , 1982 ; Rosencranz , 1981 ) . |
| 21 | The government 's annual report on the production costs of electricity in France has confirmed that nuclear-powered stations are the most cost-effective means of producing electricity provided they operate for at least 6,000 hours per year . |
| 22 | And yet , they are perhaps the most generous , the most warm-hearted people in the universe . |
| 23 | Some of the most revealing works in the exhibition are those which are representations of single figures found in the section , ‘ A Sense of Identity ’ . |
| 24 | All of the models described so far are targeted on people with most needs and engage these clients for long periods of time , sometimes indefinitely ( substituting for long-term institutional care for the most needy people ) . |
| 25 | She supposed most normal people in a situation like the one she and Alan had been in all day , would have ended up in bed together , here in this comfortable bed at Rose Cottage . |
| 26 | I suppose you 'll be telling me next that most normal people would immediately assume that you were here to discuss the state of French politics ! ’ |
| 27 | Most normal people would have half a pound at the most . |
| 28 | Among the most striking works in the exhibition which marks the 25th anniversary of the MacRobert Gallery , is Cadell 's The Orange Blind , lent by Kelvingrove Gallery , Glasgow . |
| 29 | ‘ Englishmen are a rather unemotional species , ’ she maintains , ‘ and women are struggling to overcome that . |
| 30 | She reported initial agreement on medical evacuations from the city , where some badly wounded people have lain for months without being able to get proper treatment or artificial limbs . |