Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looks a bit ill , smiles vaguely , and has a strange rather shy expression . |
| 2 | Parr was smiling when at last he greeted Jessica , his usual rather wolfish smile . |
| 3 | THE sex in the rest of the film , otherwise the usual rather silly collection of schematic cliches by David Hare , follows a similarly leaden pattern . |
| 4 | The little dumpling stands to attention with its arms stiffly by its sides , as if being told off by a parent ; the shroud appears to be a shift with separate head-cloth but in actuality is nothing more than the usual loosely gathered linen , parted with greater than usual emphasis to show the entire face . |
| 5 | The type adapts easily to relief or drawing , since it is an extreme example of the ‘ two-dimensional ’ statue : broad rather flat front and back views , with very little depth between them . |
| 6 | Writers were Tom Leonard , Alasdair Gray and ( he joined us for ‘ The Pie ’ ) Jim Kelman and I. Tom 's black , black ironies and satires on the Lebanon , the New Right , the Media , West of Scotland sectarianism and chauvinism ; Alasdair Gray 's insane Grant family , his moneyed braggarts and blusterers , his quick shifts of dramatic power in curt sketches , his deranged respected old politicos ; Jim Kelman 's surrealist pubs and monologuing gamblers , and grim almost folk tales — like the story of ‘ The Hon ’ that comes up out of the lavatory pan ( ’ Yi nivir know the minit ’ ) meant that the broad rather lightweight stuff I wrote for these revues had plenty of stronger , more solid , meatier material contrasting with it . |
| 7 | He gave her his normal rather contained smile . |
| 8 | Good consistent quality wines produced by this mainstream highly popular house . |
| 9 | Because of the common age of onset being in the late teens it can easily be equated with the usual somewhat awkward behaviour and natural rebellion of teenagers , and initially be set aside by both relatives and professionals , resulting in great family trauma , and at times violence or suicide . |
| 10 | Children get a lot out of them , much younger I think than most people assume , but I would also like to see changes in the organization of work for both men and women to make possible much more flexibility . |
| 11 | that 's right much more powder than you use |
| 12 | It was not until relatively modern times that the now prevailing terribly malevolent form of god worship had its origin , and became a deeply rooted human activity . |
| 13 | He looked a pleasant enough young man , and genuinely concerned . |
| 14 | The feasible political choices confronting Labour could doubtless have been handled in a way which would have produced greater benefit for working people , and lost Labour less active support . |
| 15 | It seems at first sight strange that in a disposition essentially formless so much time should be spent by the jurists on questions of wording . |
| 16 | However , there seems to be no reason why it should break down until the gravitational field becomes strong enough that quantum gravitational effects are important . |
| 17 | But , but , but once , once the , the stories get around that the communists have not created a strong enough military base to guarantee that land reform will hold |
| 18 | Because we decided that they did n't have a , a strong enough military base er w w w what erm gave the peasants the incentive to , to join ? |
| 19 | Behind the monolithic abstraction " aristocracy " was a real world of competing noble individuals , often threatened rather than supported by their own kin , lacking a strong enough local base , needing royal patronage and support . |
| 20 | I was strong enough next morning to go and look out of the front window . |
| 21 | The trouble here is that none of these composers had a strong enough creative personality to absorb his antecedents to his own advantage . |
| 22 | Same old jolly camp-fire life went on as per usual . |
| 23 | The reshuffle served its purpose , for after a 15-minute rather uncomfortable settling-in period Sunderland , inspired by Davenport 's goal , gradually assumed control and there was no indication of tiredness as the Rokermen , superbly served by Anton Rogan in defence and the non-stop Brian Atkinson in midfield , hustled Boro at every opportunity . |
| 24 | The detailed and well-researched Most Wanted list includes EIGHT of the Premier League 's dynamic performers . |
| 25 | So it 's a sort of interesting rather surreal object sort of recycled medieval hearth on the site of the other one . |
| 26 | A teacher could be called upon to be a lecturer to 120 children , fairly infrequently , on " lead lesson " lines : " a full-scale highly polished performance , carefully prepared , and using any necessary ancillary aids. " ( ibid ) He could be a seminar leader to a subsequent discussion or work group . |
| 27 | Edward , who had seemed despondent hitherto that morning , laughed . |
| 28 | It is clear only that Labour would threaten our achievements , undo our reforms and hamstring Britain . |
| 29 | And she made clear only last week the depth of her opposition to giving the European Parliament more power . |
| 30 | Some cases are hereditary so genetic counselling should be given . |