Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although these may be later broken down physically to release individual particles there is no guarantee that individual flakes of clay would become separated by purely physical means .
2 His eyes narrowed dangerously , but she ploughed on regardless , too wound up now to pay any attention to the threat .
3 But in this context the term ‘ interference ’ is commonly used more narrowly to designate those theories that try to explain latent inhibition in terms of the interaction of standard ( usually associative ) processes of learning or performance and without recourse to attentional constructs of the sort employed by the theories discussed in Chapter 3 .
4 He held his shoulders well back and straight , and although Camille had never got close enough to make certain , she was convinced that he strode with his eyes half closed and a small , smart smile on his lips : unique , invincible , the splendid solitary leader of the procession , never to be challenged , usurped or tripped up .
5 Baldersdale was largely unaffected by contact with outside influences — to travel further than Barnard Castle , a prim and pretty little market town which could scarcely claim to be cosmopolitan , was virtually unheard of and such visitors as there were never stayed long enough to impart revolutionary new ways and ideas .
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