Example sentences of "[conj] a carefully [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it would be purely a matter of waiting for the assassin 's bullet to strike home , or a carefully planned accident to take place . |
| 2 | A day later he claimed that he had been the victim of a dirty tricks campaign , saying that his house had been under surveillance and that a carefully organized smear campaign had been waged against him , apparently concerning loans alleged to have been made to his petfood company several years previously . |
| 3 | This vagueness was inherent in a concept which expressed deep-rooted instincts rather than a carefully conceived policy . |
| 4 | Dumb bells , hours of exercising and a carefully planned diet of vegetarian food and fruit juice had completed the programme . |
| 5 | It has many advantages over the traditional ‘ Winchesters ’ with a lower centre of gravity and a carefully controlled flow of glass within the mould so that there are no weak spots or pressure-vulnerable areas . |
| 6 | Abstinence , abstemiousness and a carefully controlled diet keep them in one piece . |
| 7 | The hotel is open to non-residents and has a reputation for good food and a carefully chosen selection of wines . |
| 8 | Four generations of Glynns , and the fourth of the dynasty had got himself murdered in his own office ; no heat-of-the-moment crime either , but a carefully planned murder executed in cold blood out of hatred , or fear , or obsessive greed . |