Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It also contains certain diagnostics to deal with unexpected conditions such as too low or too high an illumination level . |
2 | The underlying approach was still remarkably uncritical and very much a matter of assertion and appeal to reason , the message couched in fairly bland terms and over-reliant on a concept of progress from a philistine past . |
3 | In Type II the prevalence of clinical disease is comparatively low and often only a proportion of animals in the group are affected ; mortality in such animals is very high unless early treatment with an anthelmintic effective against both arrested and developing larval stages is instituted . |
4 | General Vashinov sat opposite him , to his left and halfway up the table . |
5 | Any improvements , if they occur , are likely to be slow and gradual and as much the result of long-term and somewhat extraneous factors . |
6 | The Princes will rue the fact that they passed up a wonderful chance to finish off the match on the 18th , for they were one up on that tee from which both the sons hit long and straight down the fairway . |
7 | Sun and salt water are equally drying and a combination of all three can prove harmful to your hair leaving it looking dull and frizzy and very much the worse-for-wear . |
8 | King said : ‘ We got to the byline a lot on Friday which is always encouraging but too often the ball hit the first defender . |
9 | An advertising writer , he 's energetic , articulate and presumably just the sort of person Labour say they want to recruit . |
10 | But this is localized and too often the motivation for assistance is one-sided and temporary . |
11 | It deserves a star for its interior alone and maybe even a second for the brilliant horseradish mousse . |
12 | Though the trend in tennis today is towards the high-tech , powerful , graphite rackets , often with larger heads , many women find them a little heavy and sometimes even a bit too large . |
13 | The Golden Oldies ' ideal is simple ; each team plays three matches , there are no prizes , just good sportsmanship , the will to win very evident but more so the honour to participate , and after the game a drink with the opposition . |
14 | Particularly if that is as important as just about every politician insists it is . |
15 | I said she had been trained properly , I was telling them just basically about Claire in general and just about the good of erm , things like things you like to talk about , and erm , so I just , I said , they cried poverty , I said , but you know , one minute she 's driving her old banger , and the next minute she 's got a K reg and outside the , |
16 | I recall someone complaining about those little cartoon drawings of you lot , I would just like to say that I think they are very comical and nowadays virtually every computer magazine has them ( except for crappy ones like Amstrad Action ! ) . |
17 | We then tried to rent a garage ( long and thin and hence more the shape of a church ! ) but this fell through too . |
18 | Quite delightful and quite probably a monster hit . |
19 | Obviously , there are limits to how long options can be kept open and fairly soon a commitment will have to be made . |
20 | uncomfortable a bit uncertain and perhaps even a bit threatened . |
21 | All at once she looked and sounded uncertain and very much the sister Claudia had always loved . |
22 | Primarily the computer has to have a graphics capability , preferably monochrome and as high a resolution as possible . |
23 | However , some risks may simply be unacceptable and therefore not a matter for compromise or optimisation . |
24 | Is the Prime Minister aware that just over an hour ago I received a letter from British Alcan , which has a factory in my constituency at Falkirk , informing me that 169 of the work force will lose their jobs , not because they are inefficient but because the machinery on which they work is 50 years old ? |
25 | They both were astonished that so far no indication of trouble had come from the town common ; but reckoned that it would not be long now before it did , for a few escapers from the castle had been glimpsed running in that direction . |
26 | It was much more fun than nowadays when the farmer is on his own . |