Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appropriately , the Wilcox narrative seems to be the book of his most widely read by the kind of people who have just put in a tough day at the office or have two weeks on the beach before clocking back on . |
| 2 | If a system of government is , in the long term to continue to enjoy the broad acquiescence on which , in a democratic society , it stands , it must be sufficiently responsive to the voices of the governed and this is most effectively ensured by the constitution 's providing for the regulation of social affairs at the lowest and most immediate level possible . |
| 3 | Changes to this ratio are most effectively induced by the operation of media , which McLuhan defines as extensions to the senses . |
| 4 | THE GOVERNMENT of Flanders , the region of Belgium most badly hit by the collapse of traditional industries , has launched a ‘ do or die ’ attempt to create economic growth through new technologies . |
| 5 | Although both parents will be affected by the departure of children , the impact is likely to be most keenly felt by the woman . |
| 6 | It was apparent that the department felt rather less threatened by the prospect of the appraisal after the process had been described in more detail . |
| 7 | The only contraception that was on offer ( though sporadically ) was for use by men , whose interests were arguably better served by the birth of another son than by their wives ' good health . |
| 8 | Pressure on land was fairly slack in the south ( most obviously shown by the fact that when holdings were reoccupied they were often taken up by men who already held land , and not by landless men ) , whereas in the east there was no shortage of tenants , and the demand for land was maintained . |
| 9 | It would sometimes help if that normalcy were a little better portrayed by the likes of such as the BBC and by those journalists who earn their living by reporting only violence . |
| 10 | But direct observation does give you the colours and you do become more accurate , even though sunlight and shadows move so fast during the time it takes to paint such a scene that the particular arrangement that caught your eye in the first place has long since gone by the time the picture is finished ! |
| 11 | They passed the relief sentinel on his way down , then a knot of three men at the top of the rise who were playing at dice on the cut bole of a tree greeted them as they passed , then the path they were following entered a series of concentric earthworks , man-made mounds and ditches long since overtaken by the forest . |
| 12 | Long since abandoned by the sea , Rye is now a hilltop town affording super views of the surrounding countryside . |
| 13 | I 'd much rather sit by the pool . ’ |
| 14 | In the emergence of this ‘ young generation ’ of independent means lies the early identification of the sector of the population which was to be so effectively targeted by the market in the postwar era . |
| 15 | That cynical interpretation of the commitment of all those dedicated professionals who are carrying forward the first wave of trusts is so bitterly resented by the health service , which is why the Labour party has lost all credibility with the health professionals . |
| 16 | After 1560 , this new English church was engaged in the task of establishing its traditions and defining its boundaries , a process which lasted well over a century and was only effectively completed by the end of the seventeenth century . |
| 17 | It is a stance which has been nurtured by several things , family bereavement and an intelligent , contemplative nature amongst them , but was perhaps most impelled by the experience of coaching in Bangladesh in the winter of 1989–90 . |
| 18 | For candidates with a more generalist knowledge , the market has remained very depressed in London and the South East , while the North has been less badly hit by the recession . |
| 19 | JOHN UPSON 'S horses have been so badly hit by a throat infection that only six out of his 30-strong string are fit to run . |
| 20 | Prospective Labour MP for the town Alan Milburn said : ‘ Hundreds of people have been forced into dire straits because the town has been so badly hit by the Government inspired economic slump ’ |
| 21 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 22 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 23 | The immediate appointment of Protestant ministers and the introduction of a Supremacy Bill in the 1559 parliament was therefore widely predicted , but despite Elizabeth 's concession in changing her title from ‘ Supreme Head ’ to ‘ Supreme Governor ’ , the move was none the less fiercely contested by the Marian bishops in the House of Lords . |
| 24 | And for a moment Lisa was suddenly so overcome by the confusion of responses that went rushing through her that she almost failed to pick up what he said next . |
| 25 | But the kind of criticism which I termed external critique is much less conditioned by the object under review and its conventional disciplinary home . |
| 26 | The exceptionally high absenteeism on Mondays and Fridays , which necessitated employing thirty per cent more workers than was economically justified , was not so much caused by the demon drink ; but because … etcetera , etcetera … . |
| 27 | Leonard was not so much brutalised by the experience , as anaesthetised : hence the recollection of only desire throughout his youth . |
| 28 | This raised a cheer from the French , but I must admit the day belonged to Geordie and his special attributes , so much appreciated by the French . |
| 29 | Further , the word ‘ communion ’ , a term again involving a verbal identification of Church and Eucharist , was so much used by the Council that it has subsequently been seen to express the Council 's ecclesiology most profoundly and has been made great use of in such documents as those of ARCIC . |
| 30 | But the major problem is that the sites which we have at the present moment are not controlled , and if we could get proper sites , properly managed , I think you would find that the whole erm picture of a gipsy site in an area would be much better received by the public than it is at the present . |