Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would have got soaked had they stayed any longer , and Ven was quite right to see it was not sensible to amble around in the pouring rain . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's funny to sit here in the warm sunshine , and think of all that going on here over the centuries . ’ |
| 3 | But it would be wrong to stress either in the middle ages or in the sixteenth century — the significance of parliamentary opposition . |
| 4 | It struck Nutty that he had no time to take cars for joy-rides any longer , content to flake out in the thick straw in a corner of Firelight 's box after evenings of running and riding and swimming . |
| 5 | Software of this quality is hard to find even in the commercial market so Talking Teacher is sure to prove a popular choice with parents of younger children . |
| 6 | Maid Of Money , 12-1 , will also go for the Gold Cup but they are likely to meet again in the Black and White Gold Cup at Leopardstown . |
| 7 | His footsteps were hard to pick out in the roaring darkness . |
| 8 | If they were watching for her , they would n't expect her to travel on the night boat from Liverpool , with a rough sea battering at the B & I ship , while the drunks and the seasick threw up in the smelly lounges . |
| 9 | Moreover , the UK and the USA have not ratified the protocol , mainly because of objections on other matters , and they are not likely to do so in the near future . |
| 10 | ‘ Women are less likely to react violently in a stressful situation . |
| 11 | Nigel Duerdoth of the National Federation of Housing Associations thinks that the new payment system for hostels is ‘ most likely to break down in the inner cities — the areas where stress is greatest and hostels are most concentrated and needed ’ . |
| 12 | LONDON Tube and bus fares are likely to rise sharply in the coming years as London Regional Transport seeks to price passengers off overcrowded public transport . |
| 13 | For example , if the glider is too low to land conventionally in the normal landing area directly into the wind , it may well be possible to land across wind and behind the normal launching point , so that the low turn can be completed safely . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | If she could only gain her room unnoticed , she would be able to sit quietly in the rocking chair with a book and — |
| 16 | It has been previously shown that linear plasmids bearing Tetrahymena telomeric sequences are able to replicate autonomously in the filamentous fungus Podospora anserina ( 1 ) . |
| 17 | With demands for devolution resurfacing , this problem is unlikely to go away in the foreseeable future . |
| 18 | Perform combination techniques on the move so that you are able to work effectively in a retreating as well as an advancing mode . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
| 21 | We therefore dispute van Maanen 's view that researchers on the police have to be male ( 1981 : 480 ) , in order to be able to participate fully in the masculine occupational and leisure culture of the police . |
| 22 | Thus the USSR would be able to fish profitably in the troubled waters of economic chaos . |
| 23 | Since Marvell did not find ‘ Fair Quiet … and Innocence ’ in ‘ busy companies of men ’ he entered into his garden and discovered them there , also as ‘ sacred plants ’ unable to grow outside in the barren landscape of reality . |
| 24 | If a first championship since 1971 looks out of reach , they should be able to challenge strongly in the one-day competitions . |
| 25 | They are able to do a lot of things that former generations could not do ; for instance a lot of them are able to study now in the legal field , become nurses and so on . |
| 26 | As a result , at the back of people 's minds there is frequently the notion nowadays that since ‘ we ’ are now net importers of manufactured goods , ‘ we ’ are not able to compete successfully in the international market for manufactured goods , so the country must be impoverished and only able to avoid facing up to this through luck or a trick . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ In our dealings with North West companies we find that many have shown increases in productivity and earnings , even during the recession , proving that they have been able to compete effectively in the international arena , ’ she said , adding that there was nevertheless no room for complacency . |
| 29 | If you do venture by car on to the edge of Otmoor , there is the feeling that you will be unable to turn around in the narrow space between the dykes , or may get stuck up to the axles in mud . |
| 30 | He was a poor man , by the Debraces ' standards , and he might never be able to keep Madeleine in the manner to which she was accustomed , let alone do so in the foreseeable future . |