Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this analysis er , if you set aside the effect of our sale of Elsivir er , the variance was forty nine million seventy percent of which relates to the U K. The drop in profits from our newspapers was the biggest and probably the most widely expected a substantial proportion of their costs are fixed and , er , they therefore are particularly sensitive to , er changes in volume . |
| 2 | The conduct of the by-election was investigated by the central Election Commission , which , in an unprecedented decision on March 7 , countermanded the by-election on the grounds of electoral malpractice , thereby effectively ordering a full re-poll . |
| 3 | From somewhere below came a great rending and echoing squeal of torn metal . |
| 4 | Most only need a small angle of bank , as the rudders on gliders are not very powerful . |
| 5 | They have removed the attack on our conference and at last we can now get on together to build a better union . |
| 6 | The primary products in which the UK has most obviously become a net exporter are oil and gas . |
| 7 | Take the crack through these then traverse delicately leftwards to reach a good ledge . |
| 8 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 9 | People only rarely make a positive choice , weighing up one credit arrangement against another . |
| 10 | I sometimes turn the possibility of this over in my mind , but only rarely does a suitable piece of information present itself . |
| 11 | But whereas calypso now only rarely contains a political message reggae almost always does . |
| 12 | The Cartesian cogito — cogito ergo sum ( I think therefore I am ) — conventionally if somewhat simplistically marks a major point in the emergence of Western individualism . |
| 13 | But he 'd still much rather have a new pair of football boots at Christmas . |
| 14 | I 'd much rather have a plain name I know what they 're talking about then . |
| 15 | So everything was all right alter a little while . |
| 16 | For a convincing construction of a normal form it is not enough merely to list a few types of equivalence that can arise and show how to deal with them . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've taken long enough to do a simple errand , I must say . |
| 18 | He unclasped them just long enough to push a small packet across the desk towards Ruth . |
| 19 | He remained just long enough to save a substantial sum by the standards of Irish wealth and then came home with his newly acquired capital . |
| 20 | Rosé Champagne is achieved either by blending or by allowing the black grape skins ( Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier ) to stay in contact with the juice long enough to impart a pale rose colour . |
| 21 | She saw Defries , and paused long enough to make a curious gesture : a closed fist , and the thumb sticking upwards . |
| 22 | It looked and sounded great but rarely ran long enough to satisfy a wide variety of drivers . |
| 23 | Helen had been with Culley long enough to recognize a red light . |
| 24 | Forward cyclic is applied only long enough to produce a slight nose down attitude in the model . |
| 25 | Based largely on Michels 's study of trade union organizations , the model supposes that once any radical organization has grown to the size where it needs to delegate responsibility to professional organizers , and once it has been in existence long enough to produce a complex bureaucracy , then the original radical thrust is lost as the professionals redirect the organization to serve their own ends . |
| 26 | This will not so much create a two-tier structure within the Division , as enable a wider spectrum of students to participate in the profession , allowing them to stop off , by way of academic attainment , economic circumstances or job notice , at different levels , secure in the knowledge that they have professional status , capable of being upgraded if they so wish . |
| 27 | She has managed their staff restaurant for 18 years , so obviously has a great relationship with our clients . |
| 28 | The study of Magritte 's art , long dependent upon Suzi Gablik 's short monograph completed in 1970 , has received a sharp boost with the publication of three new books , each of which serves a slightly different purpose but only together provide a comprehensive evaluation of the artist as he has been researched by David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield . |
| 29 | Erm , I think since we 've got some new people here , I 'll , I 'll perhaps just say a little bit about the group shall I , just to explain how we operate and erm and also how this meeting is going to operate erm . |
| 30 | I think he was brought in just to do a good production job . ’ |