Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , however , rarely possible completely to guarantee the affection of the farm worker . |
| 2 | She saw the amusement in his eyes , the question which he was delicately careful not to put . |
| 3 | The watch was kept to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project which still has quite a lot of work to undertake but is sufficiently complete now to welcome visitors . |
| 4 | It will be an expensive detour for users — it is much simpler either to buy Windows now , or wait for Windows NT , which promises links into Unix . ’ |
| 5 | If peats can be drained , sweetened ( brought to a neutral pH ) and kept mechanically strong enough to support plants , they are complete in themselves , although when ploughed they can oxidize rapidly into non-existence . |
| 6 | He was ever so sorry not to see you but he wished you a merry Christmas . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I am so sorry not to have made an appointment . ’ |
| 8 | If the police are to continue to exercise control over an increasingly pluralist society , which is better educated and less willing simply to accept any version of events handed out by the powerful , then it seems essential they should avoid scrutiny yet suggest they are totally accountable to the democratic ideal . |
| 9 | It is less clear how to introduce real competition |
| 10 | The scenery — nothing remarkable — the very banalities of the vacation industry — sea , city blocks , beach , bronzed androgynous bodies , was nevertheless sufficiently different not to trigger associations of the past . |
| 11 | It is generally much easier simply to let cut material fall with this kind of work , but remember that clearing up every scrap afterwards is just as important as cutting it off in the first place . |
| 12 | ‘ I personally think it 's much easier just to have a meal out . ’ |
| 13 | It is much easier just to come along one night and do what everyone else does . |
| 14 | A shopkeeper with a shop in Bristol Central and a home in Bristol West would now qualify for a vote in both constituencies ; under the new system , there were few ways to qualify for plural votes , but it was much easier actually to qualify , and so tens of thousands of new plural votes were created , overwhelmingly Unionist . |
| 15 | She had never even asked if there was a photograph of her father , and she supposed they had been so careful not to upset her that they had never offered one . |
| 16 | Habibi 's confidence was restored , yet never was a horse so careful not to bite the hand that fed it ! |
| 17 | Zuwaya men , for instance were extremely careful not to touch the marriageable daughters of their kin , friends and neighbours . |
| 18 | Filmer ignored my presence throughout and I was extremely careful not to draw his attention by spilling things . |
| 19 | However , I have argued that Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge is based on a social conception of human being ; he is extremely careful not to reduce thought to individual minds and not to conceive of a group ‘ mind ’ based on the prior conception of individual mind ( Mannheim 1936 : 2 , 44 ) . |
| 20 | You have to pay so much anyway to have it changed . |
| 21 | She and Brian had been meaning to explore the area at weekends , but there had always seemed so much else to do . |
| 22 | Yeah well why that happened , Oh I think it was just pressure of work you know , she had so much else to do . |
| 23 | There had been so much else to do : such as leaving a brief note for Julie , and also contacting her office to explain the problem and that she 'd be in touch with them as soon as possible . |
| 24 | But there was so much else to see that , as time flew by , it was no surprise to her that , having been thoroughly absorbed , she had forgotten entirely such necessities as eating , until Ven good-humouredly mentioned , ‘ Since I did n't wish to intrude on your pleasure to suggest a coffee-break , will you permit me , at ten past one , to suggest we have a break for lunch ? ’ |
| 25 | With so much else to concern them , and with such a big lead over Aberdeen , this is one game where Rangers may be satisfied with a point . |
| 26 | All the same , the gap year is a crazy British system , which sets you free to travel when you have so much else to learn , and then leaves you pinned to your desk for ever after . |
| 27 | Fabia drove down to Dover unhappily , not liking herself very much that , instead of being co-operative when Cara had so much else to worry her , she had been a shade obstructive . |
| 28 | Why in 1944 , when there was so much else to think about and to do , did those three key documents appear ? |
| 29 | Tonight , alone and quiet after the eventful day , the shadows seemed to hold ghosts of the past , and there was so much here to remind her that this had once been Elise 's home . |
| 30 | It seems an appropriate enough reaction on watching someone struggle so much just to line up a ball . |