Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They also acted to decrease the woman 's coping skills , making her more likely to become depressed or a less sensitive parent when faced with social difficulties or a lack of marital support .
2 Bibliographic citations , adequate for most commonly used bibliographic packages , in either a free or a tightly structured format ; and ,
3 Now someone whose doctor is elderly could quite naturally refer to him or her using ( 45 ) where superscript 3 indicates rising tone while mid tone is indicated by the absence of a superscript numeral : ( 45 ) The following sentence : ( 46 ) is also perfectly acceptable , and might even be translated by the same words of English but it carries instead the meaning that the person concerned ( who might be twenty-six years old and a fairly fresh graduate from medical college ) has been established as one 's doctor for some time and is not , for example , another practitioner who has recently moved into the district .
4 Orphism appealed particularly to the Germans , since like so much of their own painting it was brightly coloured and was simultaneously a more theoretical and a more popular type of art than Cubism .
5 ‘ Frenchman 's Creek ’ is a much shorter and a more simple book , written by a well known authoress this century .
6 Kolingba 's Military Committee for National Recovery was dissolved in 1985 and a predominantly civilian Council of Ministers was appointed as part of a gradual process of returning the country to civilian rule .
7 But this was again investigated in 1985 and a less favourable response emerged from the Monopolies and Merger Commission 's Report issued in 1986 .
8 Despite that , she married Simon Dale , an architect who was losing his sight , a man who was ‘ interesting and different and a very good architect .
9 Continuing our journey through the centuries we arrive at 1788 and a completely different type of association , linking past and present .
10 Of the 102 patients positive for oncogenic human papillomavirus , 80 ( 78% ) had cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade III or a more severe lesion .
11 We found that 80/102 ( 78% ) patients positive for oncogenic human papillomavirus had cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade III or a more severe lesion .
12 ‘ It is a fantastic achievement to win here just once but to do it six times is amazing and a very special feat . ’
13 She had her spirit of adventure and desire for romance and excitement fulfilled becoming less superficial and pretentious and a more mature person .
14 Financial service companies operating costs fell sharply in the final quarter of 1991 and a more modest decline is expected over the next quarter .
15 In my own experience I have found this medium both economic and a very good way of learning the Technique , especially in the initial stages .
16 It 's hoped to attract a top professional and a very big money tournament .
17 And so finally I must say to you once again , welcome to South Cambridgeshire , and I hope that this will be a very pleasant and a very informative symposium .
18 It was a brutally cool , ruthless demolition of the hopes built up — for respectively conflicting reasons — by Labour and a potentially powerful collection of Conservative Euro-sceptics .
19 The Glasgow they evoke is a very hard and a very lively place .
20 Regrettably , the whole foundation for this is the rather suspect testimony of Tschudi 's grandson , James Schudi Broadwood , which was not published till 1862 and a rather speculative connection between Handel and an evidently much altered harpsichord dated 1729 that purports to have belonged to his prima donna , Anna Strada .
21 There remain some class differences in the proportion who take a more casual or a more planned approach to family building , and in the reliability of the methods which they use , and therefore in the proportion of unintended pregnancies .
22 And Denise is there fourteen and a very attractive girl and that .
23 The whole area of Clacton always seems to be a tidy and a very pleasant town to visit .
24 He was over sixty and a relatively wealthy man , with a wife who was financially independent .
25 Even in our progressive and sanguine moods , the utmost that we hoped for was a very gradual and a very tentative improvement .
26 The commons played a more substantial and a more independent part in this political crisis than they had done in the conflicts of Edward I 's last years and Edward II 's reign , and they showed some awareness of their power to demand concessions in return for agreeing to the king 's financial demands .
27 So far we have briefly explained how a free-floating and a rigidly fixed exchange rate system are supposed to operate .
28 WALL UNITS have 2 fully adjustable internal shelves , extra deep carcases of 320mm deep and a fully adjustable wall hanging bracket which ensures perfect alignment of cupboard and ease of installation .
29 At that time , radio sets were beyond the means of all but a very limited number of them .
30 Form 86 or a quite informal letter is then sufficient — such as : We hereby consent to the property known as [ shown edged red on the accompanying plan ] being part of the land comprised in the above title being transferred free from the [ Intended ] Notice of Deposit registered on the But some banks ( which favour this type of security in appropriate cases ) have their own favoured form of withdrawal ; acting for a seller you 'll satisfy yourself on this point and obtain the necessary withdrawal in time to hand over on completion .
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