Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , if you make a cup very deep and turn the sides over , you eventually make a lensless pinhole camera . |
| 2 | People only rarely make a positive choice , weighing up one credit arrangement against another . |
| 3 | But in general I think people accept the fact that with used vehicles erm that , depending on the age and mileage of the vehicle they 've got , they accept that obviously they ca n't have a thousand pound cover on say a hundred thousand mile Sierra for example . |
| 4 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
| 5 | Further research is required if we are to understand better the process of early retirement in a variety of circumstances and thereby build a sounder basis for policy . |
| 6 | Center Parcs have done their market research — they know that their target market want the healthy Nineties lifestyle and duly provide a huge sports hall . |
| 7 | Festive food should be fun as well as tasty , so pick a few items of specialist kitchen equipment and tableware to add the finishing touches to your yuletide table spread . |
| 8 | The pelagic zone also includes a few creatures that are land-based , but none the less make a significant contribution to the marine ecology : birds such as the puffins , gannets , boobies , auks , terns and penguins ; the pinniped carnivores — seals , sea-lions , fur seals , and walruses ; other carnivores — the sea-otter and the polar bear ; reptiles such as some marine crocodiles and the marine , herbivorous iguana of the Galapagos Islands . |
| 9 | The door was flung wide , and inside lay a dark cave . |
| 10 | Inside lay a green woollen balaclava , a green sleeveless pullover and a pair of navy blue corduroy shorts . |
| 11 | The walk is expected to last all day so bring a packed lunch . |
| 12 | The evidence he has collected shows that working people of the last century were able to hold an image of society from their own experience and so articulate a political consciousness . |
| 13 | Undoubtedly , the fact that both mothers and daughters are able to have babies and so enact a continuing cycle makes their dilemma of finding a harmonious balance difficult . |
| 14 | This will , of course , only introduce a new level of complexity . |
| 15 | The experiments just mentioned not only introduce a much-needed control procedure but they also extend the generality of the effect . |
| 16 | That analysis is so well understood in North America that their discrimination statutes merely enact a general prohibition on employment discrimination on account of disability . |
| 17 | Sometimes we so devalue a physical approach to the world that we begin to devalue action itself . |
| 18 | There are still many experts sceptical about just how much influence a volcanic explosion can have on the weather . |
| 19 | Each year we naturally lose a few active teachers through ill-health , retirement or when having babies ! |
| 20 | I can not express to you the charm that hangs about a mountain like Ben Each as the mists swathe its rocky sides ; they rise , they fall , they whirl , they soar as on wings of light , they cast shadows , they give grand mystery , and anon reveal some hidden dell , some great bare precipice , or perhaps display a glowing patch of verdure . |
| 21 | If you are very good otherwise at restricting your fat intake , this combination with black pepper is much better if the pineapple is fried in a little butter , for its juices and the butter together make a spectacular caramelised sauce . |
| 22 | something that can be addressed wi with a few cable ties , cos sometimes tying the cables together make a more of a danger than |
| 23 | It is also interesting to note that endorphins are released when acupuncture is practised and perhaps make a significant contribution to the therapeutic effects which may be achieved . |
| 24 | A dizzyingly long way below lay a long , deep arc of white-powder sand . |
| 25 | By chastising a horse , we only make a tense situation worse . |
| 26 | You will need to remove all pots and switches to do this , so make a good diagram of the wiring before you do so . |
| 27 | So , so make a clear , definitive statement of what it is , so that the rumour does n't leak over , and you find yourself answering rumours , you 're actually answering problems about facts which you can substantiate rather than rumours which you have to deny and then substantiate the facts . |
| 28 | On the one hand , exogenous marriages ( for example cross-cousin marriage , i.e. mother 's brother 's daughter ) can strengthen alliances — that is , help build a network of affines , and perhaps bring a prestigious maternal uncle into the lineage . |
| 29 | It would be foolish for western governments to relax the pressure while most of the reforms remain on paper ( so say a polite ’ no ’ to Solidarity 's Mr Lech Walesa if , after this week 's deal , the Polish government sends him cap.in-hand to the West ) . |
| 30 | What 's more , we 'll give families the economic and technical support they need to irrigate land , grow crops , raise livestock and so provide a better future for their children . |