Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ryarsh also makes non-standard special shapes , although it is most economic to select from the extensive range of standard specials . |
| 2 | There was remarkably little to do in the hospital if you did n't want to read Agatha Christie or knit half-mile scarves . |
| 3 | After four years at sea and now without compass and sextant , apparently the main attributes of its navigational aids , the old tub and crew are in need of a refit and the new establishment would be most foolish to embark upon the same kind of voyage.J I HOWARD , Glendale , Upper Street , Witnesham . |
| 4 | This match had all the ingredients which still make the British game the most exciting to watch in the world — speed , commitment and flair . |
| 5 | Clearly , it is most unpleasant to sit on the beach surrounded by dog excrement , and of course , above the high tide mark , it will remain here without being washed away by the sea . |
| 6 | Often a family of bull , cow , and pup can be found quite close to the dunes and is most interesting to observe from a reasonable distance . |
| 7 | This is one reason why firms are often most willing to start with a clean sheet of paper when setting up a new subsidiary , as Britain 's Midland Bank did when it established First Direct , its successful telephone-banking business . |
| 8 | ‘ I am extremely sorry to hear about the royal situation , but it is a personal matter , ’ she added . |
| 9 | I am naturally extremely sorry to hear of the personal circumstances that the hon. Gentleman very properly brings to the attention of the House , but he will not expect me to prejudge any issue of criminality that may arise . |
| 10 | Why is it so pleasant to walk down a particular street , drive through a country village with its church , cottages and farms , or visit a country house and gardens ? |
| 11 | That kind of situation , Dr is entirely right to say to the general assembly , that kind of situation is utterly unforgivable , it 's utterly unforgivable . |
| 12 | If a given investment project within the domain of operation of capitalist enterprises were considered desirable as part of an investment plan ( to satisfy a definite ‘ social need ’ , to gain export revenue , to develop a ‘ growth industry ’ , to preserve employment ) and yet the capitalist enterprises concerned were unwilling to invest then the investment planning authorities would have two broad options : either nationalise the enterprises and force them to invest on criteria other than those of profitability , or ‘ distort ’ the market to render the project sufficiently profitable to appeal to the enterprises . |
| 13 | Air is so vital that it is only possible to live for a few minutes without it . |
| 14 | Maggie had so little to do during the day that she spent much of the time chatting and gossiping with Rose . |
| 15 | It is only confusing to shift from the intellectual argument to how Freud and others acted . |
| 16 | Trespass was obviously unsuitable to deal with the case where the owner had voluntarily put his goods into another 's possession and the other refused to re-deliver them , but this situation was covered by the remedy of detinue . |
| 17 | In ‘ Grey Shadows ’ the areas of grey are sufficiently solid to balance with the strong blues and yellows , but the sense of landscape remains . |
| 18 | Carolyn found it suddenly possible to talk about the future , which she had not dared to do before . |
| 19 | As this develops it will be helpful ; but it is not a complete solution , for institutions will never be sufficiently well-equipped to intervene in the thousands of firms they own . |
| 20 | It is exceedingly inconvenient to live on a hill top , especially before modern methods of water supply were devised . |
| 21 | The car was not so exciting to drive as the Mascot , but he had to admit that it was less demanding . |
| 22 | We might speculate that those with dementia would be less willing to participate in a research project than the mentally fit . |
| 23 | In some of these cases the defendant appeared mentally normal when examined by the doctor , but the doctor was none the less willing to infer from the circumstances that there had been abnormality of mind at the time of the killing , and to write a report which brought this within section 2 . |
| 24 | He said he said erm he thought people might be less willing to speak at the meeting if they knew it was being recorded , which seems entirely reasonable . |
| 25 | In this time it became clear that the military and state security forces were not all solidly behind the coup , especially in the face of popular resistance , with Russian Federation ( RSFSR ) President Boris Yeltsin setting himself at the head of protesters apparently willing to fight for the new freedoms brought about by the reforms of perestroika . |
| 26 | While the courts are chary of ‘ trespassing upon the province of Parliament ’ , because of the doctrine of the supremacy of Parliament , it appears that Parliament is not so willing to accord to the courts a rightful province upon which Parliament should not trespass . |
| 27 | It is perhaps easier to work with the Germans , whom Britain fought so bitterly in the first half of this century , than with the French or the Italians , whose active roles in the Second World War were prematurely curtailed . |
| 28 | And , thirdly , there is the expectation that the body of knowledge is in some sense developmental or cumulative , though this notion is perhaps easier to relate to the sciences and technology than the social sciences and easier to the social sciences than the arts . |
| 29 | But if that were the explanation , it would imply that the movement was only willing to act in the general interest when the Labour Party formed an assured Government , and having decided that its defeat was impending , abandoned any sense of responsibility save for the unions ' immediate , sectional interests . |
| 30 | Vietnam , however , maintained that internal issues should be discussed with the SOC government in Phnom Penh ; it was only willing to talk about the international aspects of the problem , and urged the USA to expand the talks to include the SOC government . |