Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] and [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Sadly , most people find themselves totally unprepared financially and the consequences of that can be disastrous .
2 Sadly most people find themselves totally unprepared financially and the consequences of that can be disastrous .
3 Motor experience is still unsatisfactory however and the benefits of our more selective underwriting procedures to improve the quality of our portfolio have not yet had their full effect .
4 Cabrio is the nicest model to drive — engine seems quieter and more eager here and the seats are well shaped .
5 It was about six o'clock and the shops in Wellingham were all closed and the streets emptying .
6 It was a Sunday , about three o'clock and the streets were quiet .
7 It was almost eight o'clock and the streets were dead apart from a little through traffic .
8 As we enter the darkened cinema it is around 11.30 p.m. and the seats are quickly filling with various rowdies , late-night drinkers and revellers to whom we eagerly add ourselves .
9 Darkness fell around 5 pm and the ships that had survived the battle faced heavy seas and a fierce gale .
10 A story of marginal interest may make it simply because it was quite easy to sub , whereas another similar story is spiked because the lines were too close together and the margins were very narrow .
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