Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She brought her hands away from her face only long enough for one look before continuing into the hall and up the stairs . |
| 2 | Similarly , the leftist politician , Meir Pa'il does not foresee a return in the sense intended in UN Resolution 194 : ‘ Clearly , the mere establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip would not provide a concrete solution for the problem of the Palestine refugees in Lebanon and perhaps not even for those in the Gaza Strip … |
| 3 | Perhaps not surprisingly for some Americans , as Heath reported , it was not the Vietminh who were seen as the enemy but the French . |
| 4 | However , those who operate the law are well aware that it will only be respected to the extent that it conforms with public opinion : the reason why journalists and broadcasters are not prosecuted much more often for undoubted infringements of the letter of the laws of contempt and official secrecy is simply that the authorities are well aware that up-to-the-hilt enforcement of these vague laws would bring the law into further disrepute , and precipitate precisely the sort of clash between government and the press that it has been the British genius to avoid , whenever possible , by cosy arrangements . |
| 5 | How much more so for faecal incontinence ! |
| 6 | In this shot the PSU is mounted sufficiently far away for easy access . |
| 7 | Acton 's vision of a final version of history became impossible long ago simply for practical reasons , even had it remained intellectually acceptable . |
| 8 | My set-up seems to suit these fish — my last Plec lived apparently quite happily for 15 years , and the latest arrival has soon settled down and is growing very quickly . |
| 9 | I got one down there once for some reason . |
| 10 | " Oh , it 's still raining much too hard for that , " said Cowslip , as though there could be no two ways about it . |
| 11 | It was slightly over thirty sea miles from Berwick to Dunbar , a very long row , much too far for any one night , whatever the conditions . |
| 12 | But the material was far too heavy and the skirt much too tight for any real comfort in these conditions . |
| 13 | They want the Government to be in the heart of Europe , negotiating positively and effectively not only for British interests but for a better Europe . |
| 14 | Goal of the week belongs to Oxford United 's Les Robinson — a scorcher — a net bulger — the best so far for Central South . |
| 15 | This worked well for those in the A stream but not so well for those in the B stream , and badly for those in the C stream , who got discouraged . |
| 16 | Yet the volunteers had been beavering away down there for two months , working well into the night on many occasions , and were to be there for many more months to come . |
| 17 | The Nine Miles graffiti that declares ‘ Bob lives ’ is not just there for romantic reasons . |
| 18 | But in this particular lesson the decision structure is something of a mirage , for as we have already pointed out at this stage the situation is not real enough for these children to be making anything but a superficial gesture — going through the motions of making a decision . |
| 19 | The guy was quick on to the brakes , but not quick enough for poor old Pikey . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's probably just as well for all concerned at the club that I should hang my boots up for a while . |
| 21 | And — despite the fact that their portraits were largely drawn by monks — they were men in a distinctively lay tradition : not for them Gerald of Aurillac 's yearning for the cloister ; though they might put their sword to the service of the church , they wielded it just as often for secular purposes and to gain renown . |
| 22 | The Lithuanians readily get together for music , singing and more recently again for political statement . |
| 23 | It should be mentioned that the specific item search in Okapi '87 was knocked up rather hastily for this experiment ; the Okapi projects have not been concerned with specific item searching since 1985 . |
| 24 | Besides my kind luncheon host and hostess , I met the Marquess and Marchioness of Abergavenny , he succeeded the late Duke of Norfolk as the Queen 's Representative at Ascot , a role he carried out most effectively for ten years , during which time he suggested many improvements that her Majesty agreed should be carried out . |
| 25 | Carry the hand far enough forwards for immediate use as a reverse punch . |
| 26 | ( v ) Pupils should learn how to organise and express their meaning appropriately not only for different specified audiences ( as for key stage 3 ) but also for generalised unknown audiences , eg in producing instructions for a game , letters to a newspaper , publicity campaigns , etc . |
| 27 | The paddle is light and therefore not over strong ; even the clothing and buoyancy aids are especially designed and often not man-enough for white water touring and too garish for quiet flat water paddling . |
| 28 | He faced to the front again then turned back more slowly for another look . |
| 29 | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was carried out as often for high strictures ( 20 of 27 ( 74% ) as it was for the group as a whole ( 48 of 62 ( 77% ) ) . |
| 30 | But our records do n't go back far enough for that . |