Example sentences of "[conj] the [adv] [adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A seminal influence in this style of thinking has been Gilbert Ryle 's exposure of the category mistake , which implies that the most logically organized case may crumble because it turns out to depend on unnoticed analogies . |
| 2 | The 1985 Report on Social Attitudes found that the most highly valued method of taking personal action against an unjust law being considered was to write to the local MP and , although the importance of contacting the media for this purpose has increased , the 1986 report found ‘ a widespread and growing self confidence on the part of the electorate to try to bring influence to bear on Parliament ’ . |
| 3 | As far as the wording of the actual policy itself is concerned I think we would er certainly prefer er wording on the lines of strict control , in other words quoting er P P G rather than the not normally permitted approach . |
| 4 | Virtually every common disease has a genetic component , said Prof Brock and inherited factors may be more important in developing heart disease , for instance , than the more commonly quoted risk factors of poor diet , lack of exercise and smoking history . |
| 5 | The adverb " conclusively " qualifying the word " certify " may be no more than the more commonly encountered provision that the expert 's decision will be final . |
| 6 | The average frequency of occurrence was about 3 , and the most frequently repeated name was ‘ microtext exercises ’ which occurred 12 times . |
| 7 | The non-lexical task most intensively studied is reading nonwords aloud , and the most commonly advocated view has been that this task is accomplished by using a system of rules relating spellings to sounds . |
| 8 | The chronology involved is one that conceives of culture ( and the most often cited example is the Homeric epic ) as part of a unified social totality until the rise of capitalist modernity , at which point the cultural sphere gains autonomy and separateness from every-day social life ( Ká0tz 1982 , pp. 37–55 ) . |
| 9 | This has been the result of both the recession , which has promoted early retirement and redundancy , and the increasingly sharply drawn age of retirement . |
| 10 | Yet the Sinfonietta players bring amble light and shade to the twining polyphonic lines , and the rather closely recorded sound , if a little dry by today 's standards , ensures maximum clarity of textural perception . |
| 11 | It 's a long a complicated issue but it 's got to such a head that the complete scheme for regenerating the and the very badly affected coal fields in is being stopped . |
| 12 | However , the high costs of bringing building materials , fuels and plant to the Arctic , and the difficulties and expense of exporting ores and other minerals to where they can be used , discourage development of all but the most urgently needed mineral resources ; at present oil is the major export from Arctic North America . |
| 13 | That was because Tripoli settled the terms of the defence ; and those savoured jokes , the involuted ironies of domestic debate were as much influenced by Tripoli as the more openly controlled agenda of the local Assembly . |