Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many people it is rather demoralising to finish a long way behind the leaders all the time and so pursuit racing is an attempt to provide a handicapping system . |
| 2 | This makes it rather impractical to implement a home produced system that can read bar codes from everyday products and provide the appropriate string of text . |
| 3 | I would be most interested to see a copy given our substantial interests in the effects of reorganisation . |
| 4 | The exceptions to the regulations are very limited and the question of whether it is medically inadvisable to wear a seat belt , considered in Froom v Butcher , for obese or pregnant plaintiffs , or in Mackay v Borthwick [ 1982 ] CLY 2157 where the plaintiff suffered from a hiatus hernia is probably pre-empted by para 5(d) of the regulations . |
| 5 | It would be extremely rash to add a pair of leleupi to a tank in which you have brichardi breeding . |
| 6 | It is somewhat refreshing to see a North-East industrialist make a success of his business in relative anonymity . |
| 7 | Is it morally right to sentence a young person to a period in custody ? |
| 8 | How much simpler to station an interviewer at a busy part of a town and have her interview people who are passing by . |
| 9 | ‘ Local interpretation ’ probably relates to another strategy which instructs the hearer / reader to do as little processing as possible , only to construct a representation which is sufficiently specific to permit an interpretation which is adequate for what the hearer judges the purpose of the utterance to be . |
| 10 | In contrast , case study materials aim to capture a real lesson as it happens in normal classroom conditions ( although it is never entirely normal to have a camera pointing at you while you go about your daily business . ) |
| 11 | It is only possible to give a general description above on how to go about it , since every helicopter requires its own particular technique to produce the desired result . |
| 12 | Here it is only possible to give a general flavour of this case-history : |
| 13 | At this high level , it was only possible to make a broad assessment of these requirements , and further ideas were developed as the study progressed to lower levels of detail . |
| 14 | Within the space of this article it is only possible to review a very limited range of these beautiful Basslets . |
| 15 | It 's so refreshing to see a motley crew of urchins , trendies and ravers like Sunscreem making total unself-conscious idiots of themselves on a stage instead of prancing and preening like twats . |
| 16 | Supplies of food ran sufficiently low to pose a threat as serious as invasion . |
| 17 | However , current consumption must be kept sufficiently low to provide an acceptably long battery life . |
| 18 | It said : ‘ I 'm so sorry to send a hired car but the first eleven foremen are playing the first eleven chauffeurs and there 's no-one else to drive you ’ . ’ |
| 19 | And from its summit it is entirely possible to see a stretch of water which — whether to a sixteenth-century viewer innocent of the details of geography , or to a well-versed wanderer five centuries later — could only be an ocean . |
| 20 | A BPI spokesperson told trade magazine Music Week : ‘ It was felt that suspicions were sufficiently strong to justify a full enquiry . ’ |
| 21 | " 63 By then Leavis had retired and , although L. C. Knights had been appointed Regius Professor , the ideal of practical criticism seemed no longer sufficiently strong to provide an adequate focus for " intellectual and imaginative " work . |
| 22 | However it is extremely refreshing to read a feminist novel which in part tackles the issue of obsessive love so uncompromisingly , and refuses to confuse compulsion with romance . |
| 23 | Cognitive–Behaviour Therapy is sufficiently detailed to equip a social worker with a wide range of strategies he/she can adopt with almost any emotional problem . |
| 24 | The biographical sources covering the period are , unfortunately , not sufficiently detailed to permit a definite answer . |
| 25 | It is so exciting to see a really quite overweight lady transform into a slimmer , more vivacious and prettier one . |
| 26 | Part of the answer lies in the growth of an Irish Civil Rights movement , stimulated , in turn , by the emergence of a larger , better-educated Catholic middle class , less willing to accept a status of inferiority and blatant discrimination than earlier generations . |
| 27 | In some samples of stereoregular or symmetrical polymers , the degree of three-dimensional ordering of the chains may be sufficiently high to allow a structural analysis of the polymer to be accomplished . |
| 28 | As Mann says , this may be acceptable if the only evidence consists of a ‘ one-sided dialogue ’ where the suspect refuses to answer any questions at all , but where some , a significant number perhaps , are answered , it may be highly impracticable to sever a conversation in this way and still expect a jury to make sense of it . |
| 29 | Sri Lankans did not believe that it was morally wrong to convict a known cattle thief on false evidence , and officials often complained that true cases were spoilt by complainants who added additional false evidence . |
| 30 | It is obviously easier to make an appointment with an individual than organize a group , although once a format programme has been decided , handouts printed , and a venue organized , most of the other organizational tasks can be carried out by clerical and secretarial staff . |