Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is not merely marine deposits that are so incredibly persistent about the earth 's surface . |
| 2 | This , the most far-reaching of the bill 's proposals , would have resulted in the prohibition of over 300 pesticides . |
| 3 | But if John Smith was cavalierly hiring and firing the shadow Scottish secretary , some more MPs might start taking an interest , which would be wholly undesirable in the leader 's office . |
| 4 | The chain , now with six shops in London and one in Manchester , has always been a pioneer , bringing to the UK the most innovative of the continent 's labels . |
| 5 | They still guard the interests of the smallest and most protectionist of the country 's auctioneers who would be bankrupted by an open market . |
| 6 | Among EC ministers most supportive of the Commission 's plan yesterday was the British Foreign Secretary , John Major , attending his first EC Council meeting . |
| 7 | However the statistics on intra-trade are not wholly attributable to a country 's membership of the EC . |
| 8 | This is a little odd considering The Smiths ' make up was , up to this point , completely based on experience of failure . |
| 9 | Acoustically , there is enough zing to brighten up even your darkest hours of noodling and the neck is remarkably choke-free considering the fingerboard 's 7½ inch ‘ vintage ’ radius . |
| 10 | These seven officers and ten or so ratings had done rudimentary training with gear they bought mostly in the Cairo bazaar , and they were most interested in the COPPist 's equipment , which included some new suits designed by Siebe Gorman but not tested fully by the wearers . |
| 11 | Stealing a gun cover undetected , he brought it ashore and presented it dripping wet to the ship 's captain in a conference . |
| 12 | Moscow was the most unsettled of the empire 's cities . |
| 13 | Yet it was a wonderful pairing , one of the most exciting in the game 's history , and it helped Hampshire to the championship in 1973 and the John Player League in 1975 and 1978 . |
| 14 | Nearly £5 billion has been put up by 2.2 million private investors chasing water shares , it was confirmed , making the sale one of the most popular in the Government 's privatisation programme . |
| 15 | But though this may quell doubts about the benefits of the existence of large-scale enterprise , it does not bear on the point that where competition is attenuated a policy of profit maximisation may not be wealth maximising : society might be better served if companies were to lower price and increase output , even though this would be less profitable from the company 's point of view . |
| 16 | Liberia 's tribal bloodbath was especially awful in the cities ' crowded slums . |
| 17 | Easterners are especially dissatisfied with the EC 's claim that it is doing the best it can for them . |
| 18 | WHY is everyone so upset about the BBC 's Eldorado ? |
| 19 | But the Reverend was fiercely repressive of the children 's spirit , the food was very poor and the girls were often starved and cold . |
| 20 | A friend asked the executive what he found so absorbing about the man 's performance . |
| 21 | Known for its gleaming and airy entrance lobby , bedecked with trees and tropical plants which became a night-time illumination , the building was regarded as one of the more tasteful and less controversial of the City 's recently constructed edifices . |
| 22 | Often the creation of the open plan interior requires the removal of walls , chimney breasts , stairs and other internal features of interest , which is highly destructive of the building 's historic character . |
| 23 | She could see nothing amongst them to explain why Chris should have been so interested in the artist 's work . |
| 24 | ] The extent to which GIST was successful in particular schools appears to have been less dependent on the team 's efforts than on the existing school ethos and whether it was consistent with responding to the demand for genuine equality of opportunity . |
| 25 | A woman 's dress sense is much less important to more educated men than to those with basic education , while married men are less interested in a woman 's mouth than any other group . |
| 26 | It was so different from the artist 's usual work that without the bold signature , the single surname , Dalgliesh might have wondered if it was , in fact , his work . |
| 27 | They were so different from the dustman 's horses and those that pulled the water carts . |
| 28 | Evidently Luke 's own assessment of the problem 's urgency was somewhat different from the caller 's own . |
| 29 | For Sue Poole , whose husband Nick is a Sergeant , living here is somewhat different from the family 's home town of Tewkesbury . |
| 30 | This Government is rarely so generous with the taxpayers ' money , espe cially to people who seek out an in vestment opportunity which does n't involve paying UK tax . |