Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [coord] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That night , they filmed the most memorable and supposedly dramatic scene in the picture , the one in which Nicholson does his monologue on what is wrong with American society , for which he became famous . |
| 2 | This , then , was Mary 's inheritance : by a combination of political circumstances , luck , strong personalities on the throne and sheer nerve and drive , she was heir to a remarkably stable and remarkably outward-looking society , whose kings commanded a great deal of respect , and exercised a great deal of power . |
| 3 | I rambled aimlessly for about an hour , in and out of dirty narrow streets , their only saving grace being their brevity , in and out of a variety of shops , bought some oranges from the market stalls , the most interesting feature of the wretched place , then went in to see an ‘ explicit sex ’ film and was presented with a badly mutilated and heavily censored version of some third-rate continental film which I left within the first fifteen minutes . |
| 4 | Where , then , may we look for hopeful areas of peace , ways in which this new overwhelmingly destructive and readily deployable force may be contained , not just for a few years , but in our minuscule timespan , for ever ? |
| 5 | But … he devised the first , most complete and most sophisticated learning package for those who wished to study organisational development ’ . |
| 6 | The most complete and reliably dated sequence comes from near Little Loch Roag , Lewis ( Birks and Madsen , 1979 ) . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most striking and most controversial aspect of the proposals introduced yesterday is the effect they will have on the low paid . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most striking and most controversial aspect of the proposals introduced yesterday is the effect they will have on the low paid . |
| 9 | Whilst by no means an ideal data base , WIRS does provide the most extensive and most representative survey information currently available on employers ' use of temporary labour in Britain . |
| 10 | In 1961 , however , Macmillan 's Conservative Government was forced to confront the underlying weaknesses of British economic performance , and , as the Cabinet debated various strategies , the Prime Minister noted the emergence of ‘ a rather interesting and quite deep divergence of view between Ministers , really corresponding to whether they had old Whig , Liberal , laissez-faire traditions , or Tory opinions , paternalists and not afraid of a little dirigism . |
| 11 | In it , he entrusted his ‘ six sons ’ to the protection of his ‘ most celebrated and very dear friend ’ , adding that they were the products of long and laborious labour , but that he was encouraged by the hope that one day they would prove a source of consolation . |
| 12 | The opposite side of the coin is that group personnel directors or chief executives are moving from the corporate world to join executive search firms which can offer a wholly different but very satisfying way of earning a living . |
| 13 | IN HIS gleeful excoriation of The British Academy of Cricket Manual for Gentlemen and Players in the January WCM , Mark Browning echoes the sentiments of your esteemed Editor , who called the book ‘ … the greatest , the most conspicuous and distinctly unrepeatable load of garbage ever dumped on the cluttered book-market ’ ( WCM Aug 1988 ) , and both reviewers queried the sanity of any reader curious or gullible enough to read it in its entirety . |
| 14 | Whatever the truth of this , this particular school 's proposal document is a remarkably slim and relatively uninformative basis for granting the award . |
| 15 | Had those early Communists received their education in a contemporary society , understood themselves and others better , they would have laid down a rather different and more workable framework for the new society . |
| 16 | It is the sole building of good quality in this predominantly commercial and rather nondescript part of the town . |
| 17 | Signals from orbiting satellites forming the Global Positioning System ( GPS ) can be used to pinpoint the location of objects on the surface of the Earth to within a few centimetres ; a computer mapping system carried within a car ( and receiving the car 's position from GPS ) could , given suitable software , be capable of displaying a map showing the car 's location and suggesting alternative routes , such as the shortest , fastest , most economical or most scenic route . |
| 18 | The love-hate relationship goes on : you voted Margaret Thatcher both most interesting and most boring woman |
| 19 | Look no further than your own garden to see the most interesting and often surprising colour combinations . |
| 20 | He is harsh and shows little pity in dealing with the fallen angels and his exclamation that his son will be exalted resounds with a rather curt and slightly arrogant ring . |
| 21 | A good starting salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered and a willingness to make a positive contribution to the overall success of this highly innovative and rapidly growing company will be reflected in future remuneration . |
| 22 | This is reflected in the pre-eminence of the smart , highly professional and rather conservative rock monthly Q , launched in 1986 . |
| 23 | The title of the Department reflects the University 's belief that higher education is not the prerogative of the undergraduate but of all who retain an interest in learning , whether at a highly professional or purely recreational level . |
| 24 | There is no reason to use a difficult and probably expensive analytical method if a much simpler and quicker visual examination under a microscope provides the same answer . |
| 25 | But more important , and certainly more divisive , than such occasions was the endlessly controversial and emotionally potent question of precedence . |
| 26 | ‘ These countries are going to go through a period of not only political but also economic instability for some time to come , ’ he says . |
| 27 | When it comes to profiles and interviews , familiar names usually get the nod over the up-and-coming , partly because they are the ones the powers-that-be have heard of , and partly because the famous and/or notorious are what a less obsessive and more catholic readership wants to know about . |
| 28 | He wanted to marry her , but she laughed at him too , and said she had already made her choices and they did not include giving up her God and replacing him with a somewhat vulgar and certainly brutal man . |
| 29 | The 1970s and 1980s have seen a series of fundamental economic problems beset not only British but also international capitalism . |
| 30 | But the glamour of track events must n't overshadow the historic achievement of Steve Redgrave in the less popular but equally tough sport of rowing . |