Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was , of course , now a great deal more interest in Eliot than in the play , but he had stipulated in advance that he was not to be subjected to any form of publicity : no press conferences , no interviews , no speeches ; as a result , he was much more relaxed at the first night and was even able to laugh at his own jokes . |
| 2 | Christopher 's very good at doing the flat ones but not so good at the three D ones . |
| 3 | This uncertainty is not so important at the present time , when things are far apart , so that a small uncertainty in position does not make much difference . |
| 4 | Examination of the role and reality of informal care within the community care network is thus particularly pertinent at the present time , and represents an important illustration of the interdependence of research and practice . |
| 5 | Ay , I 'm not very good at the old styling lark , I 'll say . |
| 6 | It is clear in talking to Walter , as he nears the end of his career , that while he has greatly enjoyed his job working with students , he is saddened by the fact that prospects for young people are not very promising at the present time . |
| 7 | Well after the break , you can buy them , this is one of them , for as little as twenty five pounds , Elton John 's been wearing something altogether more expensive at the High Court this week but does it look much better ? |
| 8 | ‘ And a special medical pump is also only available at the Royal so I back my men 's decision , ’ he said . |
| 9 | He was far more impressed at the fair in Guérande , an old fortified town north-west of St Nazaire , which he visited during his walking tour of Brittany with Du Camp in 1847 . |
| 10 | The message comes out completely different at the other end . ) |
| 11 | Maxim wondered why he was n't more shocked at the instinctive distrust implied by that decision , and sighed as he realised it was because he 'd been nearly six months in the atmosphere of Whitehall . |
| 12 | CASWELL is n't very stealthy at the best of times : stand him within ten feet of a fragile object and he 'll break it just by looking at it . |
| 13 | I did my ‘ let's invade Poland ’ impersonation , which is n't very funny at the best of times . |
| 14 | On the other hand , policymaking is relatively less complex at the local level , and in many authorities a committee chairman may have acquired considerable specialist knowledge by holding the chairmanship — or serving on the committee concerned-for many years . |
| 15 | I asked , fiery with embarrassment , and yet intensely curious at the same time . |
| 16 | There were clearly changes occurring , and the borderlines between social classes , never very clear at the best of times , were probably less precise than they had been before the First World War — though class barriers were by no means collapsing in the real world of health , education and social opportunity . |