Example sentences of "[verb] in a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed . |
| 2 | This is surely a general result , that if the management left to itself would act in a socially optimal way along the lines represented in ( 4.1 ) , it is fatuous , indeed counterproductive , to constrain it . |
| 3 | Stretching above the organizational base of Fordist enterprises was a pyramid of control , designed in a classically bureaucratic fashion . |
| 4 | Today , women 's development planning is approached in a more aware manner and the two approaches used aim to give the women control . |
| 5 | It certainly contributed in a more direct manner in that most of the food we ate had a high carbohydrate content and , although I was unaware of it at the time , I put on a lot of weight . |
| 6 | Cover with buttered paper and a lid , and cook in a very slow oven , gas no. 1 , 290°F. , for about 2 hours . |
| 7 | Gamma , Lambda , and Tau are orange ; Lambda lies in a particularly rich field , best seen with × 7 . |
| 8 | The real danger lies in a too enthusiastic recording of very doubtful features as marine terraces . |
| 9 | Immediately on his return from Gosol , while Gertrude Stein was still in Italy , he repainted the face , using the conventions of Iberian sculpture , although , since he was anxious to achieve a likeness , they appear in a slightly modified form . |
| 10 | Shot through with sermonising , piety , and concern for good government , they are ostensibly valuable sources on the law- giving activities of these kings , who appear in a very favourable light . |
| 11 | There is no necessary connection between community activism and progressive or radical politics : indeed , quite the reverse may well be the case , as is to be expected in a predominantly conservative society ( cf. working-class racism ) . |
| 12 | To the conventions of the romantic historical novel , then , Anthony Hope added the colour of society in his day and the pattern of love and courtship which appear , in a far less interesting way , in his novels of his own London society , and he drew in a more general way from the Victorian version of medieval chivalry , with its idealisation of woman and its desire for service to an ideal . |
| 13 | A granite crag for all seasons , Bosigran is located in a particularly beautiful part of Cornwall — the north coast of West Penwith . |
| 14 | The Tirolerhof is located in a most attractive position on the quiet outskirts of Kitzbuhel , and is a comfortable and well run establishment . |
| 15 | Located in a very attractive part of Bray , the Studio and control room together cover more than 400 sq . |
| 16 | I share my hon. Friend 's analysis of the issue and later this afternoon I shall be announcing in a more detailed answer an increase in the RUC manpower establishment of 441 extra policemen . |
| 17 | Chief Black Moon and a thousand braves attacked the station at Huntly , Montana , only a few years before they were appearing in a more peaceable guise there . |
| 18 | It should enable collections in the main building to be rearranged in a more logical sequence . |
| 19 | Newly commissioned cadets are normally sent to work in a relatively small situation . |
| 20 | God , when things like that happen I just feel like shouting I Want To Work in a very loud voice . |
| 21 | Upon taking up his position Barratt 's first action was to stop all mining for two months before allowing the men back , to work in a more orderly fashion . |
| 22 | They both need to learn to work in a more advanced outline , by increasing their hock engagement which will lead to lightness of their forehand and better selfcarriage . |
| 23 | Once you have gained the groove line the climb unfolds in a quite compelling way : superb bridging , solid locking finger jams and perfect protection lead up the plum vertical line . |
| 24 | The National War Labor Board was set up in 1942 to settle the disputes that inevitably rose in a more directed economy . |
| 25 | Her brow rose in a finely sculpted arch . |
| 26 | On the other hand , the low prospective profitability could be due to the enterprise becoming trapped in a clearly sub-optimal line of production , i.e. one in which consumers were simply not willing to pay a price for the commodity sufficient to cover its costs of production ( including the opportunity cost of investment funds expressed in the rate of interest charged by the national investment bank ) . |
| 27 | One moment Harvey sounds like she 's trapped in a particularly unpleasant psychodrama , the next she 's singing an exuberant snatch of I 'm Gon na Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair . |
| 28 | ‘ It must have occurred to you before you dropped your bombshell that it would distract Simon , ’ Vitor said , starting to pace up and down the confined space like an enraged tiger trapped in a too small cage . |
| 29 | ‘ How does it follow from what you 've said that you came to be — ’ He paused and his lips compressed in a cruelly thin line before he seemed to deliberately force away the tension , saying simply , ‘ To be with my brother ? ’ |
| 30 | This skilfully manipulates alliteration and rhyme in a humorously wry acknowledgement of the archetypally human facility for putting off that effort of intellectual and emotional energy involved in recognising and acting on the truth . |