Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [coord] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | successfully complete and gain a mark of at least 40% in the centre set , HCIMA approved , examination relating to the area of study . |
| 2 | That means imperialism means in a way they 're the French market it 's well known , and , makes itself sell at much a than in its , in its own country , so you can say that for example Thompson has a monopoly tower , most European and have a monopoly tower |
| 3 | She was acutely depressed and had a pain in the back of her neck . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course you are , and so am I. Let's go somewhere civilized and have a meal . ’ |
| 5 | Where on this conjoined road of shared experiences did the Prime Minister go so badly wrong and become a Tory ? |
| 6 | These people are fortunately few and far between because they are extremely odd and have a way of upsetting applecarts . |
| 7 | For example , in the word ‘ father ’ the second syllable , which is weak , is shorter than the first , is less loud and has a vowel that can not occur in strong syllables . |
| 8 | ‘ That was entirely unregulated and provided a field day for the sex and violence merchants . ’ |
| 9 | Through their work jewellery ceased to be something merely ornamental but attained a level of artistic and symbolic importance it has rarely equalled since . |
| 10 | It is also true that to wrestle with his thought demands a rethinking of the Gospel : that his students found him so witty and stimulating a teacher is understandable . |
| 11 | They were not entirely satisfactory and had a tendency to derail on the very sharp corner at Pitlake . |
| 12 | However , it was precisely the lack of consensus about Thebes ' — or anybody else 's — leadership which in the fifth century led to federalism of so unusual and developed a kind , and which gave Boiotia the cohesion , and the manpower , to defeat Sparta at Leuktra in 371 . |
| 13 | A US Embassy profile commented , " partly in order to counteract his playboy image , Zahedi drove himself and his staff extremely hard and achieved a reputation as a leader with impressive knowledge . |
| 14 | Indo-European is geographically extremely widespread and shows a variety of word orders . |
| 15 | Now there are two-carriage abominations called ‘ Sprinters ’ that are so basic and degrading a form of transport for a long journey that adequate toilet facilities are considered an unnecessary luxury . |
| 16 | Claire 's eight-week-old baby , Jamie , was apparently healthy but cried a lot of the time , and seemed to be in pain . |
| 17 | Shorts are not so short and feature a frogmouth pocket detail for holding the goalhanger 's pipe . |
| 18 | Bacon described the triple motion as ‘ incommodious ’ and protested at so radiant and exalted a body as the sun having to suffer the indignity of immobility . |
| 19 | The result was apparent in even so cheerful and admiring a representation of public school life as Tom Brown 's School Days , set in the supposedly reformed Rugby attended by the author . |
| 20 | After a recent holiday to Cyprus , assistant straights and grain trader , returned to work , not only looking extremely sun-tanned but sporting a sapphire and diamond engagement ring given to her by driver , while they were away . |
| 21 | From so blotched and cramped a creature |
| 22 | Sometimes now if I if I 'm not careful and put a bit too much |
| 23 | A good caddie also has to be something of a psychologist , knowing when to cajole his player into making a better effort ; calming him down when he 's just three-putted or blazed a drive into the rough ; or steadying him up from being over-confident or over-zealous when the adrenalin is flowing after a couple of good holes . |
| 24 | When not drunk or nursing a grievance , Brown was capable of being a big man , honest , courageous , intelligent , prodigiously hard-working and with an unclouded view of Britain 's proper place in a changing world . |
| 25 | It is not user-friendly and leaves a lot to be desired for a software support product — rather surprising considering that the DSP32C is a very impressive device . |
| 26 | The conversation about Rupert petered out ; perhaps the thought of a crowd of anthropologists was somehow unfruitful and put a stop to the wanderings of the imagination . |
| 27 | Any styling effort applied to sopping wet hair is usually unnecessary and wastes a lot of time . |
| 28 | The Stravinsky , if more detached and calculated a piece , equally engages the senses here in the incisiveness of Zimmermann 's playing , his thrust , his fullness of sound , the quiet restraint he shows in the concerto 's plaintive moments . |
| 29 | A positive approach to study of this nature makes it more interesting and provides a degree of excitement . |
| 30 | It may have been a teetotal , chapel-going household but do n't imagine it was ever narrow-minded or lacked a sense of fun . |