Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] and [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , we know that people who are born with severe motor impairments develop normal and sometimes supra-normal intelligence . |
| 2 | Club records , and such photographs , often yield interesting and sometimes amusing information on many aspects of past local activities , and may well record architectural features long gone/ |
| 3 | At a distance many species look similar and only closer examination reveals the difference . |
| 4 | They wear heavy and very ornate armour resplendent with plumes and ribbons . |
| 5 | Will my hon. Friend give greater and more sympathetic consideration to the question that has just been asked , because those of us who understand cask-conditioned ale — real beer — know that it is extremely damaging for it to be dispensed under pressure ? |
| 6 | The cases that are discussed in the report make fascinating and occasionally tragic reading , for example the illegibility of handwriting leading to wrong prescription and the death of a patient . |
| 7 | To everyone who made her feel welcome and very much part of our fellowship , may I say how much I appreciate you all . |
| 8 | Another teacher told me , after attending in-service courses , that while the approach offers an exciting avenue to explore which pupils find rewarding and even mind- blowing , and many of the exercises are valuable as a means of self-awareness , she felt that pupils were being steered towards abandoning the mind as a means of knowing and just accepting the subjectivity of values which do not have to be justified . |
| 9 | If we compare settled styles of legislative interpretation or doctrines of precedent in periods separated by , say , fifty years or more , we find considerable and sometimes dramatic change . |
| 10 | Far too often those in authority expect others to obey and so use formal and even terse language when penning memos . |
| 11 | Finally , people who ‘ grass ’ on conventional criminals constantly risk physical and sometimes fatal retribution , whereas corporate ‘ informers ’ are dismissed and risk prolonged unemployment and career fracture . |
| 12 | They start unmotivated and soon associate learning to read with failure and frustration . |
| 13 | Hydraulic systems offer self-adjustment and more stopping power for a given pedal effort . |
| 14 | One important difference between the two lists is that those in list ( a ) refer to internal events and states , whilst those in list ( b ) denote external and therefore observable behaviour . |
| 15 | This ignores the reality that attitudinal change , changes in working practices or skills and institutional change at the very least need careful and often time-consuming planning and preparation if they are to be successfully achieved . |
| 16 | Read and discuss handout ‘ Irrational Beliefs ’ — individuals identify personal and most relevant belief . |
| 17 | Increasingly we see longstanding and well used recognition of procedure agreements torn up . |