Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] precisely [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , much natural language research has been addressed to precisely this problem . |
| 2 | ‘ Look for balding , bearded men , ’ I nearly said — but he may not have been looking for precisely that variety of technical person . |
| 3 | It was as though he 'd known she 'd appear at precisely that moment with precisely that eager expression on her face . |
| 4 | The pragmatist could agree , pointing out that the scope notes for each term could be used for precisely this purpose , adding that , unless a scientific name has no more common alternative , it should remain non-preferred , with an alternative preferred term supplied . |
| 5 | I watch for precisely that reason . |
| 6 | Has the hon. Gentleman , who reads with his lips so much that he could almost give lessons to the Leader of the Opposition , read the amendment which deals with precisely this issue ? |
| 7 | Now , it was logically possible that the cue used by the recruits following a dancer was something other than the angle of the dance — and for a while von Frisch was sharply criticised for precisely this reason . |
| 8 | The medical and clerical inquiries of the 1840s had frequently complained about precisely these difficulties of identifying ‘ immoral ’ women . |
| 9 | Of course , the passages had been constructed with precisely this intention . |
| 10 | First , black workers were recruited for precisely those jobs , usually poorly paid and involving unpleasant working conditions , which the indigenous white working class was able to reject at the time of economic expansion , thus preventing the development of bottlenecks in production and permitting higher levels of capital accumulation . |