Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Ethical ’ because fulfilling this function it seeks to follow a method which has the ethics of impartiality embodied in it , being the ultimate foundation of its bindingness : the ethical imperative of securing a morally justified indeed morally overriding goal in a morally acceptable manner .
2 I 've only had ever about two complaints in four and a half years , and that 's not very bad , that 's only because the filter needed cleaning , mostly .
3 Only walked properly about three months ago .
4 He has been a member of Dinsdale Golf Club for seven years and only played there about ten times and that is something else he hopes to expand on , he says .
5 This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford .
6 Telford 's canals took a much more direct course than Brindley 's , and so involved much more dramatic engineering , of which a splendid example is the bridge over the deep cutting near Tyrley , on the Shropshire Union Canal .
7 In particular , the programme , as it is set out , perhaps puts rather too much emphasis on ‘ knowledge-based systems ’ .
8 I need a placement and as i swing the axe the other tool pulls , only to jam again about 30 centimetres lower .
9 So did even more eminent figures .
10 So did even more eminent figures .
11 The scope of corporate discretion in making delegated decisions is obviously extended substantially once uncompetitive product market conditions , and the consequent reduction in the pressure to keep costs down , are taken into account .
12 We should know something about the periodicity of the variables we are monitoring if we are not to risk either unnecessarily detailed data collection or aliasing of trends ;
13 As well as making quick botch jobs of things that need careful repair if they are not to fall apart again next week , teachers , when they confront the impossibility of doing everything they ought to do head on , are faced with making some very tough priority decisions .
14 Although I have a soft spot for him after his super-game Hennessy win , he does not appeal greatly as 7-2 favourite .
15 If only his head did not ache so badly that thought seemed driven out by the throbbing .
16 The immediate post-war years had been the last classic period of the film as social sermon and one can almost sense the relief as the studios discovered that social context did not need quite as much emphasis .
17 The bells have far more impact , and tempos are more extreme — to the benefit of the first two fast movements , but to the detriment I think of the following two slow ones ( which reminded me why I had not responded more positively first time round ) .
18 On the whole , such services tend not to serve severely mentally disordered people but to concentrate instead on less seriously dependent people .
19 Although the Petrovs did not bring quite as many gifts as Gouzenko they were very useful in showing the extent of Russian penetration in Australia .
20 ( 1976 ) did not generate reliably less latent inhibition than a control procedure in which the subjects received exposure to S1 and S2 presented uncorrelated with one another .
21 This was a pilot experiment , not done under fully rigorous conditions .
22 The PE department sent pupils who turned up with inadequate kit , by contrast , other teachers would not send even obviously disruptive pupils for fear of causing their suspension .
23 The firm that produces both models need not keep twice as many gearboxes in store to have the same availability as would two firms each producing one model because , unless the uncertainties are perfectly correlated , it is less likely that high production of both models will be required on any particular day than that high production of either one will .
24 The modern veterinary surgeon does not see nearly as many cases of distemper as we used to , simply because most people immunize their puppies at the earliest possible moment .
25 And I think it 's worth just rehearsing very briefly that history to get an understanding of contemporary federalism .
26 She did not sleep well again that night , though with Naylor so much in her thoughts she had hardly expected to .
27 Stratfield Break , well , it 's very busy there again , virtually bumper to bumper stuff , it 's very slow moving there indeed this evening , owing to the temporary traffic lights there , and because of the road works — that 's between the Kidlington roundabout of course , and the Banbury Road roundabout .
28 The Library 's teams — winners of last year 's competition — did not fare so well this time , coming in 9th and 10th out of 14 teams , but the fishermen are hopeful of winning back the trophy for the Library next year .
29 Fresh spring rhubarb makes a delectable jam or jelly , although the very early stalks may not have quite enough natural pectin to set properly .
30 It is a system which works well in securing loyal commitment , by virtue of low turnover and dissent , even if it does not produce markedly more satisfied workers than elsewhere .
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