Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] an [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From then on they have developed as an almost necessary part of Church life . |
| 2 | In the meantime Emilia was in her room still , fussing for an unconscionably long time over her appearance . |
| 3 | Originally intended as an almost recreational activity , the Hillbillies were formed by Mark with former musical associates Brendan Croker and Steve Phillips . |
| 4 | This was partly because Mannheim did not accept what he read as an overly materialistic account of history in Marx and partly because Marx distinguished ideology as false knowledge from science as true knowledge . |
| 5 | That was calculated for an infinitely long line charge too . |
| 6 | The other divers were nowhere to be seen at this time , which made for an extremely dangerous situation in the open ocean . |
| 7 | We shall see that this concentration of productive wealth creates a propertied upper class , which can also be regarded as an economically dominant class . |
| 8 | Throughout his lifetime he had been regarded as an excellently scientific psychologist who had shown that the level of a child 's intelligence has little to do with the child 's home environment ; instead it is a product of the intelligences of the child 's parents . |
| 9 | One sign of its international impact has been a new willingness on the part of the Soviet Union , not traditionally regarded as an environmentally sensitive nation , to follow whatever lead the British set in getting rid of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 10 | ( Tenure of this sort was once regarded as an exclusively late development ; but its roots are now thought to have been very old . ) |
| 11 | Since effective communication is to be regarded as an essentially cooperative enterprise ( Grice , 1975 ) , egocentrism would be an overwhelming handicap . |
| 12 | There now follows more practical advice upon what must be regarded as an extremely important part of the personal selling process , for without a demonstration the salesperson is devoid of one of his or her principal selling tools . |
| 13 | A final point on this type of clause : if what is regarded as an initially reasonable figure is inserted in standard conditions and remains unchanged for a number of years it may well have become unreasonable through the impact of inflation , either in an absolute sense , or because average contract values have increased . |
| 14 | Any new arrangements made will be treated as an entirely new booking . |
| 15 | Terry Empson , director-general of the Historic Housing Association , said Althorp was not only virtually impossible to value but almost certainly unsaleable : ‘ Nobody in their right minds would want a ducal palace designed for an entirely different age . |
| 16 | The characteristic heart-shaped facial disc had come through an almost golden colour , and her breast was a stunning white except for the top which had a very faint tint of golden brown . |
| 17 | I want to know all there is to know about an astonishingly beautiful girl called Ellie . |
| 18 | The converging conceptual worlds of computational theory and neuroscience are expressed in the huge and powerful ‘ neural nets ’ of parallel distributed processors and in the emergent science of cognitive neurobiology in which the brain is approached as an immensely complex information processor ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 19 | Welcome back : The drought is being blamed for an unusually high number of injuries at a traditional cheese rolling competition . |
| 20 | There 's an EMI Tchaikovsky Fourth Symphony which he described as an incomparably fluid act of musical improvisation ; the recording of Le Sacre which Stravinsky tried to pillory and which Gould thought the most imaginative and , literally , ‘ inspiring ’ recording to date ; and one of your recordings of Strauss 's Metamorphosen . |
| 21 | Here users tend to come from a wide variety of backgrounds , and press for an equally wide range of requirements . |
| 22 | If you have decided to train for an entirely new specialty , such as health visiting or district nursing , you may find yourself having to reimburse course and equipment fees if you leave the job before a specified date of up to two years after your training has been completed . |
| 23 | On the trap/catalyst choice , Ricardo says the way forward lies with an inherently clean-burn engine tied to a purpose-designed , simple catalyst . |
| 24 | Spartak defender Victor Onopko smacked Rushie while in the penalty box , but instead of pointing it out to the referee and then playing it by the book , we had David Burrows tearing into an absolutely scandalous tackle and the tone was set . |
| 25 | My material is studded with leftie jokes , and until recently , Red Grape Cabaret used to tour with an openly gay comedian . |
| 26 | before a final all-embracing italicized section , looking back in its typography , placing , and , most importantly , its rhythm , recalls the opening nursery rhyme chorus , but gives it a universal voice which seems to include all that we have heard before in what is now a ritual chant ending with an appropriately childlike sound , |
| 27 | It did not happen : and yet the demise of the book , the transformation of the traditional classroom , and indeed the end of schools and colleges as we now know them , have all been forecast with an almost hilarious regularity throughout the century , with the results that we see around us . |
| 28 | This tale starts with an unmistakably satirical point , on how the soul of a dead peasant is ignored : ( It so befell him |
| 29 | The new album starts with an entirely different version of We Will Rock You , that is to say , the traditional carol . |
| 30 | The mouth curled into an annoyingly attractive smile . |