Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided the springboard doctrine is sensibly applied and injunctions granted only in the clearest of cases so that the recipient of the information is not effectively placed in a worse position than if he had not received it , the interests of both the supplier of the information and the recipient can be satisfied . |
| 2 | ‘ Carry On goes in a seven-year cycle . |
| 3 | The beamed lounge with its log fire is elegantly furnished in a country-house style . |
| 4 | Laura could n't seem to tear her eyes away as she absorbed the man 's hawk-like , tanned face and the sensual appeal of his tall , broad-shouldered body elegantly clad in a black long-tailed jacket and dark-striped trousers . |
| 5 | Many could successfully survive in a harsh environment , and their bodies enabled them to evolve into larger and more diverse creatures . |
| 6 | It was Trainer himself who deftly headed in a right wing free kick at the start of the second period , but Ballycastle came back to equalise through Woods with two minutes to go before Gorman 's winner settled an exciting tie . |
| 7 | Dead trees turn out to be commonplace — hundreds of them standing knee deep in the wide , slow meanders of the Murray River or more loosely scattered in a macabre parkland where what passes for good grazing has been toasted a mauvy brown by the long summer sun . |
| 8 | To quote the same news report : ‘ Supporters who had been fierce rivals seconds before when Don Gillies fired in an 80th minute equaliser for Bristol , suddenly joined in a combined celebration . |
| 9 | Too much sun , for example helps trigger the premature bolting to seed of some crops in summer , which is one reason why later sowings of radishes , salads or spinach are much better situated in a cool , shady bed . |
| 10 | On the other hand , a child who has difficulty in establishing social contact with others may find the unpredictability of an ordinary classroom overpowering and be better placed in a special class or unit . |
| 11 | We obeyed and went in to sit in a sombre half-circle round the fire . |
| 12 | In his study of the development of literate practices in medieval England , From Memory to Written Record 1066–1307 ( 1979 ) , Michael Clanchy has suggested that the problem is better formulated in a different way . |
| 13 | But then what else could she have expected as she was only clad in a thin night-gown . |
| 14 | Another way to get the flavour of Japan , but requiring a little more courage than merely eating in a local café , is to stay in a Japanese-style hotel . |
| 15 | On the outside , the LSE II has all-wood decoration : contrasting rings of rosewood , walnut , maple and mahogany all gathered in a single band for the soundhole rosette and purflings of walnut , maple and rosewood running around the top edge . |
| 16 | She stopped , suddenly drowning in a confused , illogical longing to confide in this man , and wishing with all her heart that she was n't so terrified of the consequences . |
| 17 | The Piaroa view the arrogant and dominating character , which the Shavante would highly esteem in a mature male , as odious . |
| 18 | The other , instinctively realizing the danger , swiftly retreats in a reflex movement of social and theological withdrawal , but all that it does from then on is marked by a deepening social and intellectual insecurity . |
| 19 | died as , whatever and they went to his eldest brother he said he had to burn all because he only lived in a small flat , he and his wife and two children and they 'd got no room for them to so he had to burn them . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's right , be a disappointment to me , ’ said Mrs Cousins , warmly clad in a dark brown woollen dress with huge leg-of-mutton sleeves now going out of fashion . |
| 21 | The message is apparently contained in a 220-page apostolic exhortation to the clergy , most of which is uncontentious : priests must be ascetic and chaste as well as celibate , taking a keen and benevolent interest in the poor and in sinners , who are the poor in spirit . |
| 22 | A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to meet in a public house where I bought you half a dozen pints and we engaged in a long and fascinating conversation . |
| 23 | Even an estate worth upwards of £100 a year might well consist of no more than a couple of manors plus an assortment of lesser parcels , all located in a single county . |
| 24 | For the rest of the decade the working classes were only depicted in a small number of undistinguished films which celebrated or exploited the skills of particular groups of workers . |
| 25 | Two streams come down from a hilly hinterland and after a sedate infancy suddenly leap in a happy frolic through verdant surroundings to reach the village where they converge as the River Greta . |
| 26 | If the word " real " in the sense of " actual " or " actually existent " has any discernible function at all , then it is only to indicate in a roundabout way that a certain proposition , or propositions , are actally true ; and " true " , as we have just seen , is itself eliminable as a propositional predicate . |
| 27 | With these primitive materials the native painted those elements of his surroundings belonging to the mythology of the Dreamtime when the earth was fashioned and the life thereon : snakes , birds , fish , turtles , crocodiles , and humans , all depicted in a rich and decorative formalised style . |
| 28 | Without warning the grass suddenly exploded in a great shower and a livid white head emerged . |
| 29 | ( This exchange system enabled some universities to establish very large collections of theses , but it was very costly , since it depended on the production of multiple copies of theses , and the practise was only operating in a small number of American universities by the start of Worl War II . |
| 30 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |