Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , many of the ideas presented so far derive from a particular perspective in sociology which has been subject to the criticisms noted above . |
| 2 | Schizophrenia , or split personality , is the most common serious mental illness and studies carried out so far hint at a genetic link , although no susceptible genes have yet been identified . |
| 3 | We will need to disclose your report to our opponents , and so please include in a covering letter any comments you may have about any contribution our client may have made to the accident as these do not necessarily have to be disclosed . |
| 4 | I may have to spend a lot of my time in Scotland now — perhaps even look for a Scottish constituency — and your work is in London . ’ |
| 5 | Public-sector contracts anyway only account for a small proportion of Olivetti 's sales , says Mr De Benedetti . |
| 6 | There was already enough cover for a large number of sepoys to approach very close to the enclave without being detected . |
| 7 | The Educational Institute of Scotland has organised industrial action because it argues that the new school is still basically Bellarmine in a different building . |
| 8 | Luton had their chances after that , but lacked finish , with Harford once desperately close with a splendid header and Oldham always threatened to add to their tally . |
| 9 | Though they more usually refer to a later distinction of Hume 's , between ‘ relations of ideas ’ and ‘ matters of fact ’ , recent philosophers have commonly distinguished cases where we proceed , in Locke 's words , by ‘ the contemplation of our own abstract ideas ’ from those where , because there is no ‘ discoverable connection ’ between our ideas , we have to fall back on observation and experiment . |
| 10 | Popular television crime series , such as Kojak , Minder , The Sweeney , Softly , Softly , Starsky and Hutch , Hill Street Blues , Shoestring , The Professionals , The Gentle Touch , and Z Cars , never focus on corporate criminals , and hardly ever refer to a related but different type of upper-world crime , the white-collar criminal . |
| 11 | ‘ If you ran a mile race , you would go off fairly quickly then settle at an even pace before building up towards the end . |
| 12 | For this reason , Patterson 's data ( being chiefly polysyllables ) most probably attest to a late stage in the loss of raising before nasals , a change that had formerly affected a wider range of environments . |
| 13 | If a Muslim , she usually marries a cousin who lives in the same village so at least the surroundings are familiar to her ; but among Hindus and Sikhs the husband 's family nearly always live in a different village ( because a woman must marry outside her kin ) . |
| 14 | Water thoroughly then mulch with a generous layer of peat , composted bark or garden compost . |
| 15 | Ciba-Geigy had decided that it could ‘ no longer aim towards a global position in the phosphate ester business ’ , according to Klaus Grundmann , head of the company 's Additives Division . |
| 16 | They cover the whole spectrum of agriculture and forestry and deal with the necessity to arrive at a situation where we no longer talk about a common agricultural policy but a common rural policy . |
| 17 | Each party singles out a different manifestation appropriate to its position : but ultimately both admit in a wider , more inclusive , context that there is only one god . |
| 18 | IF I were one of the millions who good heartedly subscribe on a regular basis to the NSPCC , I would , at the moment , be seriously considering whether my money was in sensible hands . |
| 19 | Police used the now familiar softly softly approach with a trained negotiator . |
| 20 | Many extremely interesting publications on art currently only exist as a one-off draft . |
| 21 | Correspondingly , high-level achievements in research all too easily serve as a sufficient criterion for academic excellence . |
| 22 | Some affairs actually now begin with a medical procedure . |
| 23 | Many of the international firms have a broad range of consultants who have differing styles and philosophies and therefore potentially appeal to a wide and diversified range of clients . |
| 24 | Other enhancements such as the mouse pointer changing shape according to the function currently selected and changing curve points to corner points may be of less use but at the very least point to a great amount of thought being paid to the design of the program . |