Example sentences of "[adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They offered him hot wine and canella , surrounded him and talked eagerly in a mixture of Russian , French and Yiddish . |
| 2 | Suddenly , she threw her arms around him and hugged him fiercely in a way she had never done before . |
| 3 | Images of sin , of unwashed bodies locked together in obscene attitudes , apocalyptic denunciations of lust , visions of Else scrubbing herself fiercely in a tin bath , disconnected Bible phrases from his chapel-going youth , coursed through his distracted mind . |
| 4 | That it was all undignified , that it was really rather unpleasant , that it was somehow dehumanizing for Harold — these considerations went by the board as he finally rolled on top of her , grunting fiercely in a tone no one at Magdalen would have recognized . |
| 5 | The control panel is sited very sensibly in a line-of-sight position , on the upper edge of the body , toward the neck joint . |
| 6 | Another path leads inexorably in a different direction , into the detailed study of the workings of the Earth 's atmosphere and climatic systems . |
| 7 | As a boy I would watch this process each evening , vaguely wanting to hold it back ( and seeing it , with adolescent melancholy , as the pinpoint of human existence fading inexorably in a black universe ) . |
| 8 | Since her husband had gone to join her , her tomb had been neglected , and sand was already drifting across its entrance , covering it inexorably in a red blanket . |
| 9 | ‘ You have ? ’ she responded , still somewhat in a daze . |
| 10 | Many of the fish species migrate from one river system to another : they can travel 20–30 km upstream in a single day and seeds can remain in their guts for 1 7 days . |
| 11 | They 're trying to revolutionise the way gliding is taught in this country , aiming to teach novices how to fly solo in a week . |
| 12 | Matthew Truskett , who plays in the national youth orchestra , hopes to study music in a big way and become a violinist ; Janine Peacock , who was principal cellist in the national children 's orchestra , recently played solo in a concert at Stockton Parish Church ; and many others have won singing prizes . |
| 13 | Until early September you 'll meet strong winds , and you 'll need to sail to windward in a force 4 or even force 6 in a short choppy sea . |
| 14 | This type of heather also grows better in a much drier habitat . |
| 15 | However , his physiotherapist decided that he would progress better in a specialist unit , so he was transferred to the care of a specialist stroke treatment centre in London . |
| 16 | After 10 years at top level , it 's a pity that Ben still has n't understood that you can never be the best climber sin the world , because there is always someone who will do something better in a given area of the sport . |
| 17 | Remember to make the shape of your mount echo that of the letter you are designing — for example , if you want to create a capital I , it will fit far better in a long , thin , rectangular mount , say 22.5 × 15cm ( 9 × 6in ) , with an aperture 5cm ( 2in ) smaller all round , than a circular frame or mount . |
| 18 | Others manage better in a more spontaneous fashion . |
| 19 | Sun readers will not become Times readers simply because the latter is somehow ‘ superior ’ ; they are Sun readers because it ‘ serves ’ them better in a complex social and psychological way . |
| 20 | The results indicate that pupils need more practical experience but the result of an APU practical test item suggests that lower attainers would currently do no better in a practical than in a written test situation . |
| 21 | Well , A E Housman put it rather better in a different context . |
| 22 | So , when acting in such a case , add to your additional enquiries made of the local authority , or better in a letter , some such enquiry as this : Is the Authority aware of any infilling or any geological stratum which might result in the instability of the foundations of any building erected on the site for which planning consent has been granted ? |
| 23 | ‘ Plenty of fluids , and if he is n't looking decidedly better in a couple of days , come back and we 'll take another look , but I 'm sure you do n't need to worry . ’ |
| 24 | Yes , but it could have worked much , much better in a standing room only venue such as Newcastle Polytechnic or The Mayfair . |
| 25 | All species of Alternanthera are marsh-lovers , and therefore do better in an emersed condition , but as their foliage is very attractive , growing them in the aquarium is justified . |
| 26 | It will grow in alkaline soil , but does better in an acid one . |
| 27 | But as he pulls at the silk of her sari , it just unwinds endlessly in a cloud of colour until he falls bundled in fabric . |
| 28 | If she were to open the door perhaps the blackness would be out there now , ready to swallow her , as it had almost done on that previous occasion ; or would she wander endlessly in a limbo of greyness , forever trapped between Johnny 's time and her own ? |
| 29 | An eerie shiver as she woke the next morning , suddenly in a cold landscape for which she had no bearings . |
| 30 | ‘ There 's something you 're leaving out , ’ Frank said suddenly in a harsh tone . |