Example sentences of "[verb] a fairly [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The standard round 1.8mm nozzle provided a fairly accurate glue line and a strong bond was formed on wood , china , plastic and even foam . |
| 2 | of the victims studied by Amir in Philadelphia had been brutally beaten before , during or after the rape , other studies suggest a fairly low percentage of serious injury . |
| 3 | And one of the things that 's happened in our business I think , erm , is that , is the fact that during the recession people stopped keeping stocks and now they do need a fairly quick delivery of , of their products . |
| 4 | These two paragraphs provide a fairly bald summary of the legal position . |
| 5 | Experiments like these provide a fairly conclusive demonstration that , even in simple learning tasks , animals are learning about the nature and location of biologically important events like food . |
| 6 | The Novices , Rowdies and Town Boys provide a fairly linear hierarchy . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , it is likely that victim studies provide a fairly reliable guide for measuring ‘ conventional ’ crimes such as assault , robbery and burglary , where the individual will be well aware that he or she was victim . |
| 8 | All these three administer substantially the same law , which , by the time of Edward I , is already called Common Law , because it is a law common to the whole of England ; and it is becoming a fairly definite body of rules , capable of growth and expansion in various directions , but still with well-marked boundaries which can not be transgressed . |
| 9 | Eliot concurred ; but he still felt that sometimes it was necessary to write a fairly sharp rejoinder . |
| 10 | Apart from Dan Prachar , Oxford iced a fairly similar side to last season , including John Gravelle , Daryl Williams , Paul Donohoe and Jason Lester in their line-up . |
| 11 | IT IS not long before anyone interested in wildlife photography discovers that behind every good picture lies a fairly heavy investment in film ( to allow for the shots that did not work ) and a nigh on infinite amount of both time and patience . |
| 12 | Ceauşescu 's Balkan neighbour , Todor Zhivkov , maintained a fairly dynastic system , also with a bizarre , pseudo-academic angle — at least until the death of his favourite daughter , Ludmilla . |
| 13 | The regulation contains a fairly comprehensive list of permitted and proscribed practices ( the so-called white and black lists ) , and it also exempts the joint exploitation of the results of that R&D ( in particular , the manufacture of the joint-venture product and its licensing , but not joint marketing activities ) from Article 85 in certain circumstances . |
| 14 | Much attention has been focused on the concept of ‘ reasonable excuse ’ , where the courts have attempted to impose a fairly stringent test on persons whose reason for carrying a weapon is said to be fear of attack . |
| 15 | Apart from the odd wrangle over samples , the two opponents have enjoyed a fairly benign standoff , and thankfully avoided a revival of the late-Seventies ' punk vs disco debate . |
| 16 | The five weeks is structured to provide a fairly comprehensive picture of actor training though even so it can only provide an outline of classes at drama school . |
| 17 | Follow a similar path with the other two memory functions and the amp will remember the arrangement , enabling a fairly staggering amount of flexibility . |
| 18 | Having chosen the frame , I wanted a plain light background that would clearly show off the design , so I used a fairly heavy cream fabric — very often I avoid white backgrounds as the contrast with the flowers is too stark and harsh . |
| 19 | Look , you can see St Thomas 's over on the other side now — ’ They were climbing a fairly steep mound . |
| 20 | The boxed-off tail is now considered a fairly standard feature but it was a daring innovation in the mid-60s . |
| 21 | But it looks a fairly straightforward thing . |
| 22 | This looks a fairly chaotic sort of table and one indicative of the problems posed for the uninitiated in the matter of editions and the like . |
| 23 | Further while municipal law can survive a fairly high incidence of order-violation and still fulfil its ordering function , the nature of international conflict is such that comparatively few violations , perhaps only one attempt to resist the lawful force of a world state , might be more than enough to undermine the rationale for the whole edifice of peace law . |
| 24 | Short-term memory seems able to contain a fairly constant number of chunks , regardless of who much or how little information each contains . |
| 25 | Basically the journalist has a fairly simple rule of thumb . |
| 26 | Britain has a fairly long winter , and I know of only a few very hardy souls who are willing to go gold prospecting during this season . |
| 27 | As West has 6 Hearts , he is likely to be short in all the other suits , and with East returning the King of Clubs , there is a suggestion that he has a fairly long suit . |
| 28 | Now the systems analyst has a pretty good knowledge of the capability of the computer , and the user has a fairly good idea of the problem in his department . |
| 29 | It has a fairly pronounced slope and a hump in the middle which proved my undoing . |
| 30 | Ara has a fairly distinctive shape . |