Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun sg] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
| 2 | He also attacked Brian Walsh , the chairman , whom he called ‘ a clever dick ’ , a somewhat foolhardy reference to a Queen 's Counsel . |
| 3 | SIR — Those studying global warming generally define climate sensitivity as the response of the globally and annually averaged temperature to a doubling of CO 2 . |
| 4 | Bifurcation , which we mentioned earlier , can be seen as another product of law and order ideology , combined with the pragmatic imperative to do something to limit the numbers in custody : visibly dealing more harshly with the ‘ serious ’ offenders who can be most easily scapegoated ( in the popular press and the public mind ) , while dealing more leniently but less visibly with the much greater number of ‘ run of the mill ’ offenders , is an apparently rational response to a situation where one 's own rhetoric conflicts with practicalities . |
| 5 | Certain samples of walnut can be similarly used giving a rather more dramatic and somewhat stormy appearance to a design . |
| 6 | The vintage car of the title is driven by a married duo who bicker , moan and make love all the way to Brighton , then challenge a less permanent couple to a race back to London . |
| 7 | In Lawrence the appropriation took place because an Italian student handed over extra money to a taxi-driver who had deceived him as to the taxi fare , but Lawrence is not restricted to instances where the accused appropriated by deception . |
| 8 | The lure of self-destructive , suicidal war may wield an irresistible and largely subconscious appeal to a society that is locked into headlong and seemingly involuntary flight towards individualism . |
| 9 | But just as the mere thought of the long run is liable to blight any work on which one is engaged , so the thought of a tone distinct from though inseparable from the shit is guaranteed to bring even the most promising project to a halt . |
| 10 | In contrast the world appears to move at an incredibly fast pace to a snail . |
| 11 | Folklore insists that the best way to lure a usually male journalist to a gig is to offer him a drink . |
| 12 | When considering whether a parent was unreasonably withholding consent to a child 's adoption , the test was not whether the court agreed with the parent 's reasons for withholding consent but whether a reasonable parent would withhold consent in the circumstances of the case . |
| 13 | By March 1990 this programme was already being adjudged inadequate in the light of statistics showing dismal economic performance in January-February , and on March 11 the Council of Ministers had instructed Deputy Premier Leonid Abalkin to produce by May 1 draft measures to achieve a more rapid switch to a market economy . |
| 14 | Soviet economist Grigory Yavlinsky , revived the Shatalin plan for a more rapid transition to a market economy ( this time proposing that it should be backed by Western aid of Marshall Plan proportions ) . |
| 15 | The second keyword field contains additional " clue " keywords which provide more information about the specific references as well as expanding the scope of the inquiry and providing for a more flexible approach to a project . |
| 16 | And many an insect was saved , perhaps from the very same predator , by an uncannily close resemblance to a twig , on occasions when the predator happened to be seeing it at relatively close range and in a good light . |
| 17 | The willingness of so many conservative Spaniards , rich and not so rich alike , to embrace ‘ accidentalism ’ condemned the extreme , openly anti-republican right to a state of deceptive weakness between 1931 and 1933 . |
| 18 | The most important start to a radio programme , of a newspaper article , of a television programme , is the start . |
| 19 | For example , adding a little recycled paper to a package enables them to claim that the item is made of recycled materials and convey a sense of ecological responsibility . |
| 20 | The 20,000 placements achieved over this period have provided the basis of practice on which the service can now build , but it is important to move from externally driven activity to a school driven model . |
| 21 | I was encouraged to resubmit a substantially revised article to a journal . |
| 22 | Save it as plain text to a file named pon.cli . |
| 23 | A beautifully caparisoned elephant makes the most impressive addition to a state or religious occasion ( see page 110 ) . |
| 24 | Selling mostly proprietary technology to a niche market meant they could charge high prices : on average , gross profit margins in the workstation business have been 15–20% higher than those in the PC industry . |
| 25 | Do n't be tempted to practise specific exercises in between doing other jobs or to demonstrate a particularly good exercise to a friend . |
| 26 | Even physical access to a court hearing was not guaranteed . |
| 27 | This last project is an embarrassingly inappropriate tribute to a man who could not identify any plants , trees or birds that he saw on his journeys except by such vapid statements as ‘ big and little birds of all sorts ’ , ‘ trees very green ’ , and ‘ many trees very different from ours . ’ |
| 28 | US parties are , by comparison , broken-backed organizations incapable of fulfilling the functions performed by parties elsewhere and providing relatively little assistance to a president trying to bring about public policy change . |
| 29 | And whenever I teach Adult Education , it is the one novel I can count on to stir the most sluggish class into enthusiasm , to question their own racial attitudes , to move the least enlightened man to a twitch of shame and the most reactionary to a glimpse of new possibilities . |
| 30 | It is often amazing how the most insignificant contributor to a project can foresee the subtlest problem and devise a solution . |