Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , this is the principal imperative of state action and should be energetically yet pragmatically pursued , based on rational calculation of the policies most likely to enhance or protect power and prestige internationally .
2 Think about the antecedent events most conducive to exercise , and the rewards most likely to maintain it .
3 The report was by no means as radical as that of Tudor Walters a quarter of a century earlier ; rather it confirmed the pre-war ideal , emphasizing the virtues of family life and the design of houses most likely to foster those virtues ( Bullock , 1987 ) .
4 Mr Edleston said that the products most likely to succeed were those which displayed quality standards , innovation and added value in a unique way at a reasonable price .
5 Kansas , North Dakota , Minnesota and Montana were the states most likely to benefit from the legislation .
6 A lat-ent macro-economic effect was that the social groups most likely to save bore a relatively light burden — important , perhaps , for the financing of economic growth .
7 They are joined by an increasing number of younger people throughout our businesses who bring with them new knowledge and skills so essential to maintain a lead against global competition and benefit from changes in technology .
8 All we can say is that logical , easily perceptible solutions are always preferable to enigmatic ones , which may have forms so difficult to perceive that to the listener they seem formless .
9 The answer , Darwin 's answer , is by gradual , step-by-step transformations from simple beginnings , from primordial entities sufficiently simple to have come into existence by chance .
10 The conduct of the War required fiscal policies sufficiently egalitarian to appease the conscience of even the most austere socialist .
11 We shall explain its coming into existence as a consequence of gradual , cumulative , step-by-step transformations from simpler things , from primordial objects sufficiently simple to have come into being by chance .
12 Those who lived with a younger married couple were about five times less likely to receive a home-help visit than an elderly married couple .
13 There is a clear-cut favourable benefit-to-risk ratio for thrombolytic treatment of the elderly , but in the USA , patients over the age of 75 are six times less likely to receive such therapy than are younger patients .
14 In fact , when compared with another leading sensitive skincare brand in independent laboratory tests , the Sensiq Skin Care Collection was found to be seven times less likely to cause irritation .
15 For a given cholesterol level , women are four times less likely to develop coronary problems than men .
16 The Apex Trust work shows that ex-offenders in employment are three times less likely to offend than those who are unemployed , which is remarkable .
17 So please come along with your problems , complaints , worries etc. ready to participate .
18 Before fricatives ( except palatal fricatives ) and voiced consonants generally , a long back vowel is favoured , with labial and nasal environments most inclined to display the rounded back vowel .
19 As part of a strategy to achieve self-sufficiency in food , he said , the government was to initiate a three-year pilot programme concentrating resources on 40 districts most able to contribute to food security efforts .
20 She proved immune to my lightheaded but rather leaden gallantries , the words so hard to shift around .
21 Nevertheless he thought The Survivors sufficiently important to send to the Whitechapel Art Gallery 's survey , ‘ British Painting and Sculpture ’ , held in the autumn of 1954 .
22 This chapter has concentrated on exploring some problems of definition and interpretation which make speaker variables so difficult to handle , with particular reference to the variables of social class , sex , ethnicity and social network .
23 Rather , it will make both single letters and words more difficult to discriminate by its action at the feature-detector level , and so will have an equal effect on both types of stimuli .
24 As it is , not only is the average specification of cars sold in Britain the highest in Europe , but cars destined for the British market also tend to be bigger , with ‘ upper-medium-sized ’ cars disproportionately popular compared with elsewhere in Europe .
25 But when the RSPCA found him in January , he was in a starved condition , his ribs and hip bones showing through , and his back legs hardly able to support him .
26 It was Viola , helped along by a policeman and a fireman , weeping uncontrollably , her old legs hardly able to bear her , even with support on either side .
27 This makes manufacturers more willing to take lower prices to get established Stateside .
28 For readers still able to afford a second home in Europe the most sensible advice is : do n't rush ; carefully study the conditions in the area chosen ; and obtain proper advice .
29 A comfortable position for writing when work needs to be undertaken at close range is in some respects more difficult to achieve than it is for reading .
30 Do n't forget that THERE IS NO CUT BACK IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WANTING A CLASS but future methods of provision may be varied and unfamiliar , we need to be adaptable and keep our eyes wide open to take advantage of every opportunity .
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