Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person who gets on with the job instead of wasting time in chatter may show up the less zealous and cause the chatterers to feel vaguely guilty , which of course they wo n't like . |
| 2 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 3 | I feel I could pull off the cruelly applied latex prosthetics and find there one of those untroubled faces from the frontispiece of Country Life or Tatler . |
| 4 | One nineteenth century account of him reads : ‘ Strong minded but very illiterate … he made all his calculations by the strength of his memory , and was equally at a loss to explain what he had conceived to any other person , and from being lowly educated he had no means of conveying to paper his designs , yet would cast up the most intricate accounts in his head without difficulty or error . ’ |
| 5 | This will bring out the most attractive reddish colour of the plant . |
| 6 | Thirdly , the Maastricht summit of December 1991 will bring about the most significant changes in European development since the foundation of the European Community . |
| 7 | ‘ This first phase of our Skerneside Revival will carry on the very important initiative of the Railside Revival . ’ |
| 8 | It predicts that swarms of robots will carry out the most dangerous tasks and soldiers will be able to adapt their genetic make-up to improve the body 's protection against chemical and biological warfare . |
| 9 | Erm because the report is er quite a long report mainly the er part of the report erm I will pick out the most important comments and if I could take the first part of the report first erm this concerns a new staffing structure between er , newly emerged welfare rights and advice service . |
| 10 | This latter proposition is not ideal as the more rampant plants will crowd out the less vigorous and often more desirable subjects . |
| 11 | The newcomers will be hoping that the unsettling bid talk will die down so they can set about the more urgent tasks that lie ahead . |
| 12 | Colour and foliage can set off the most ordinary-looking house ‘ whereas a poorly kept garden with no trees or shrubs seems to place a dead hand on the house itself . |
| 13 | 2 Record the details of the request and ask for further details about the proposed story so that you can dig out the most useful in-depth material . |