Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are mostly technical and make few concessions to the casual browser . |
| 2 | I mean the thing that they latch onto all the time is that they think it 's perfectly reasonable that they should compliment a young woman and so on , and I do see , Bill , that this is a problem because these men have been brought up like this and they think of themselves as being polite and courteous and , you know , a little flirtatious and doing all the things that actually they were taught women like and is rather nice . |
| 3 | Because she was so tall and slim all the clothes looked marvellous on her and the other girls would groan their envy . |
| 4 | Fresh fruit and raw carrots are an alternative and represent healthier eating but they are perishable , less profitable and need some preparation before sale . |
| 5 | As Gombrich points out : ‘ the experience of the underlying constancies in a person 's face which is so strong as to survive all the transformations of mood and age and even to leap across generations , conflicts with the strange fact that such recognition can be inhibited with comparative ease by what may be called the mask ’ . |
| 6 | This is shown by prices in the " grey market " which are often reported to be so low as to negate all of the gross fees , thus absorbing all of the underwriters ' risk premium . |
| 7 | But pace bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis said in a statement : ‘ We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments . |
| 8 | We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments in the papers . |
| 9 | It 's not especially awful but lacks any real bite or hookline — and therefore looks like a sinker . |
| 10 | It 's not especially awful but lacks any real bite or hookline — and therefore looks like a sinker . |
| 11 | Such obligations , usually based upon kinship relations , are highly specific as regards both the actions demanded and the identity of the individual subject to them . |
| 12 | More importantly , the financial and time pressures on heads of houses have become so acute as to leave little appetite among senior publishing people for taking on additional responsibilities . |
| 13 | This case falls within ( a ) : the school was so over-subscribed that to admit all the applicants would have prejudiced the provision of efficient education . |
| 14 | A passion so intense , a caring so complete as to make all other feeling insignificant . |
| 15 | He 's very funny , terribly generous and heightens any occasion . |
| 16 | Exceptions occur when a position is so specialised or obscure that search is the only way ; but by the laws of demand and supply , such jobs as these usually attract high salaries in any case . |
| 17 | This is the most beautiful place I have ever been , a land of snow that is so fresh and clean that to ride over it seems criminal . |
| 18 | Yeah cos it 's much easier than dragging all |
| 19 | It is true that the actual distribution of property in society is far from equal ; but it is not so skewed as to give any individual a monopoly of economic power . |
| 20 | The new Lady Woodleigh looked as if she might take her riding-crop to him if he so much as uttered another word . |
| 21 | Er I think that 's wonderful , wonderful work they 've done , er they 're absolutely dedicated , they 've so much as spent all their time in the last four years working here . |
| 22 | Fantastic literature ‘ does not introduce novelty , so much as uncover all that needs to remain hidden if the world is to be comfortably ‘ known' ’ … |
| 23 | I think you know I was con trying to concentrate on getting the facts over and doing it properly and not listening for the comments so much and thinking more you know what , what can I get out of this here erm |
| 24 | In relation to corporate governance and in the different field of financial reporting , the legal framework is less restrictive and allows much more opportunity for organic development . |
| 25 | That core of meaning is necessarily general and vague enough to make such variations possible , but it is not so vague as to permit any meaning whatsoever to be placed on the word . |
| 26 | That adjourned meeting should be so fixed as to allow those who had not timeously lodged their applications or objections to have these applications or objections timeously lodged for the adjourned meeting of the board . |
| 27 | Others were less fortunate and spent more than a week exploring the delights of the Senegalese capital before completing their journey . |
| 28 | These goals never are ( never can be ) so explicit as to exclude all subjectivity in interpreting performance against them . |
| 29 | There were few role models in the wider society which suggested that our creativity was so diverse and has such wonderful potential . |
| 30 | So I might have thought ‘ well , why are n't I much younger and having this wonderful and exciting life ? ’ ’ |