Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Women are less likely to react violently in a stressful situation . |
| 2 | No human beings , except the courageous and experienced blind , are able to sense much in a strange place where they can not see , but with rabbits it is otherwise . |
| 3 | ‘ No , I 'm sure you 'll be able to go home in a few days . |
| 4 | Perform combination techniques on the move so that you are able to work effectively in a retreating as well as an advancing mode . |
| 5 | By the summer of 1885 , Anglican bishops , freethinkers and socialists found themselves able to work together in a short-lived coalition against sexual abuse of children . |
| 6 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
| 7 | Many observers believe that this outcome would not have happened if BA had not been privatised as such a dominant carrier in the UK , but others argue that this claim is irrelevant and that world competition is what matters ; BA and BCal were both relatively small on the world stage , but might have been able to compete effectively in a merged form . |
| 8 | The farm uses a variety of chemical packs , including powders like Goltix in packs , occasional metal cans for Metasystox , bags of manganese , water-soluble packs and oily sprays like Optica which can be difficult to hose out in a conventional way . |
| 9 | Heavily-backed to follow up in a Listed event at Newmarket last month , King 's Signet was exposed for pace in the closing stages by Stack Rock and Garah . |
| 10 | In the same way , it is possible to move forward in a free-wheeling way , making adjustments as required and recovering from mistakes . |
| 11 | The most serious problems over credit use — sometimes an extreme manifestation of one of the general problems , such as the relationship between ignorance , high-cost credit use , and over-commitment ; sometimes something quite distinct — are too rare to show up in a quantifiable way in a sample survey such as ours . |
| 12 | In the capitalist West new markets opened up , and the industries that had become so busy and productive in the war effort were ready to go again in a postwar boom . |
| 13 | But Lydia had discovered , to her own surprise , that she found the matter too significant to quarrel about in a childish way . |
| 14 | The painter 's eye , the poet 's search for meaning , and the social anthropologist 's interest in the everyday came together in a unique film style which built overall impressions from the juxtaposition of detail . |