Example sentences of "[pron] exactly " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have just seen , in a population of nice strategies they will all look and behave I exactly like one another : they will all COOPERATE all the time . |
| 2 | When I say that you can expect evolution to jump from the insect to one of its immediate neighbours , but not to jump from the insect directly to the fox or the scorpion , what I exactly mean is the following . |
| 3 | Before beginning this attempted duplication we ought perhaps to remind ourselves exactly what polynomials are . |
| 4 | I thought that it was very polite that we should go there in the evening and assess for ourselves exactly the harm th the possible harm that it could do to their gardens at the back and and that 's why we did that . |
| 5 | Jane was nearly knocked over by his aftershave , then noted all the details she would have expected : his exactly filled expensive/cheapo suit , his red tie and pocket handkerchief , his shiny shoes , the leather folded at an angle to form a point , the artificial orchids on his desk , and she remembered the untidy Bin and faded jeans with nostalgia . |
| 6 | Someone exactly like me . |
| 7 | When 200 of Drexel 's former employees appeared on an hour-long television show recently , their host , Mr Phil Donahue , told them exactly what most Americans probably do think of them . |
| 8 | I could tell them exactly how we 'd do it . |
| 9 | The few people I treasure were in touch and I told them exactly what was wrong . |
| 10 | But their acute hearing and sonar no doubt tells them exactly what is going on all around . |
| 11 | Hundreds of organisations have realised that an independent weather service can give them exactly the information they need , when they need it and for a realistic cost . |
| 12 | ‘ They need information — and parents are usually very bad at telling them exactly what is going on . |
| 13 | Once the piers are built up ( use the arch former to get the spacing between them exactly right ) , the former is supported on vertical planks wedged against the piers with struts . |
| 14 | Yes , my husband wanted them exactly as the old ones . |
| 15 | So , a little artistic licence may be called for , and you will have to use your skills to create a bouquet picture that gives the feeling of the wedding flowers without reproducing them exactly . |
| 16 | Seriously enough that is , to attempt a genetic transplant of a high concentration of Dutchness in the form of a complete theme-city , with canals , windmills , gabled houses and monuments such as the 112 metre high late Gothic Dom-tower of Utrecht , all of them exactly reproduced with an astonishing attention to detail and accuracy . |
| 17 | The art director , sometimes backed up by his writer , is then responsible for " briefing " the film director , artist or photographer , that means telling them exactly what is needed . |
| 18 | He liked their deference and he liked their gin , and within ten minutes he was explaining to them exactly how the daily supply of crosswords in a newspaper was maintained . |
| 19 | But if you are honest and up front with them , and tell them exactly what you 're doing and why you 're trying to do it , eventually over time , you get them And we started this in nineteen eighty five , eighty six . |
| 20 | The head of the figure at the extreme left of the Demoiselles is , like that of her companions in the centre of the picture , expressionless and impassive but now has about it a mask-like quality that recalls a wide variety of African tribal masks in which the component parts of the head and face have about them exactly the same quality of definition , although here the similarities may possibly be simply affinities rather than derivations ; the heads of many of the paintings of late 1906 had also been severe and mask-like although they tend to resemble sculptures in stone , whereas the head of the demoiselle in question looks more wooden in both colour and texture . |
| 21 | An introductory epigram states that Clearchus copied them exactly in Delphi and brought them to this remote place of Bactriana . |
| 22 | Satisfied that it would bring them exactly down to the point he wanted on the starboard side of Lord Jim , he asked — " How do you feel about your husband ? " |
| 23 | Their respective economic stopping points may not leave them exactly equally matched . |
| 24 | He had them exactly where every actor who ever lived wants his public , watching his every movement , letting him dictate their lives for a little moment . |
| 25 | The absolute binding energies are of course very large , and even if we do a very expensive calculation we should not expect our calculated orbital energies to match them exactly . |
| 26 | It was n't that she looked forward to them exactly , but the fury he 'd used to generate was gone . |
| 27 | No , Crawford , that was the name of the host ; she could distinctly remember Justin mentioning it before they 'd arrived here ; it was his wife who had invited them all — well , not all of them exactly , just Justin — ‘ Because she likes them young , ’ Justin had informed them , as they 'd piled into his old banger of a car . |
| 28 | Their companion cast them exactly the sort of curious glance Isabel had just been anticipating . |
| 29 | He replied that he did n't intend to submit himself to a leadership election because he was determined to fight the right wing , I told him that if he refused to go he would probably end up giving them exactly what they wanted . |
| 30 | The board of the vendor company also has a duty to deal fairly between all shareholders of the same class , although it does not need to treat them exactly the same if there are particular reasons for different treatment , as in the case of regulatory or exchange control requirements applying to overseas shareholders . |