Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was so subtle as to deceive even the quickest witted people . |
| 2 | ‘ Returning now to the Long Stable , we enter the Upper Paddock , and first observe a hot-water apparatus , so arranged as to supply practically a constant supply . |
| 3 | OD1 proved itself much more like the classic Marshall sound , with enough dirt to make things ballsy , but not so much that backing off the guitar did n't clean up the tone for real blues rhythm playing and crunchy Bryan Adams-type chords . |
| 4 | In the key province of Ontario — which contained one-third of the country 's population — the majority in favour was so tiny as to give only a Pyrrhic victory to the supporters of the accord . |
| 5 | Be a devil and stop being so staid and doing only the things you 've planned to do . " |
| 6 | However , he should ask himself why it is that , when people are given access and are judged eligible for the benefits , the administration is so inadequate that paying out the genuine benefits breaks the system . |
| 7 | It 's highly unlikely that summing up a single column of numbers . |
| 8 | Yet , if pain remains , who would be so bold as to decide when the patient 's limit of tolerance has been reached ? |
| 9 | They 're justification for the ‘ he-man ’ tag , with heavy everything at low speeds and not much more than a token lightening up as you press on harder , but not so heavy as to wipe out the sports car 's essential touch of delicacy . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , a new home should n't be so small as to rule out the possibilities of shared living again one day . |
| 11 | A glance through the catalogues soon brings the realisation that the choice is much greater than existed even a few years ago . |
| 12 | Class II : Class 2 modems are a little smarter and have much the fax protocol implemented in hardware inside the modem thus relieving the comms software of some of the chores . |
| 13 | If that person dies the remaining friends are not sure whether to keep up the contact or not . |
| 14 | Dan Wagoner 's own new work , first staged in Plymouth in October , has a jokey title , Turtles All The Way Down , and has something to do with a Bertrand Russell lecture when it was suggested that the Earth is not round but carried on the back of a giant tortoise which stands on turtles all the way down . |
| 15 | He did n't look like he could do anything more strenuous than spit out a grape-pip . |
| 16 | The company told the news agency that it has sold more than 200,000 of the 95LX model and will continue to sell both models — but ‘ We expect the 100LX to be even more popular and open up a whole new market . ’ |
| 17 | Falling off a tall building is , after all , much more dangerous than falling off a low wall . |
| 18 | No club was named in the piece but Wyre Boat Angling Club have complained to Angler 's Mail that they recognized themselves as the targets of Bob 's attack — and say his comments are inaccurate , totally unjustified and reflect solely a minority view . |
| 19 | This is of concern because accidents in old age are often permanently disabling and create precisely the dependence which the old person has wished to avoid . |
| 20 | I gave in to that later on in the '80s , by trying to be more conventional and blending in a bit more , and actually I should n't have done that . ’ |
| 21 | His tutorials were always stimulating and ranged over a variety of subjects . |
| 22 | The development of a number of root definitions and associated models will be enlightening ; however , if time is a constraint then it may be necessary to be more selective and pursue only the viewpoints that are most relevant , such as those of the main client or other influential persons , ie people whose agreement may be needed before changes can be implemented . |
| 23 | Parrott , Merseyside 's sportsman of the year , ran into trouble in only his second visit to the table , cannoning off black and knocking down the red . |
| 24 | It was obvious now to the World that America 's involvement had driven Kennedy into supporting a corrupt , totalitarian government because the US felt that stopping Communism was more important than setting up a democratic government in South Vietnam . |
| 25 | For him , the task was no more onerous than putting out the wheely bin on Monday . |
| 26 | With that , careless of his obvious amazement that someone of her slender weight could not only pack such a punch but dare to do so , she spun rapidly round and raced back the way she had come . |
| 27 | There 's nothing more satisfying than dressing up a table to suit the occasion . |
| 28 | Accessories from Warren York are also available and take along the mother of the bride and your guests to view their exclusive range of day and evening fabrics , gloves and silk and satin shoes . |
| 29 | Considering that he had just made a pointless journey of several thousand miles , the young man seemed remarkably equable and spent almost the entire journey sitting cross-legged , spooning purple yoghurt into his mouth from an enormous jar and reading a novel by Thomas Mann . |
| 30 | The flight panel was designed in the days when American firms used to write the names of the instruments on bits of paper , put them in a hat , draw them out one-by-one and fill in the holes . |