Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said from experience that in using an agency it was extremely difficult to get even a small number of carers , quote , you know who is coming when they arrive through the door , unquote . |
| 2 | It was not possible to put together a written record of the work we did not displays at the July ‘ 81 Q.T. Day , as some sections ’ notes ( 1st & 2nd Ball groups , 2nd Club group ) were never received . |
| 3 | It is not possible to demonstrate adequately a specific hypothesis but one fact is certain : Wilfrid so earned the enmity of Ecgfrith that despite an appeal to Rome which endorsed the justice of his case , he remained in exile and was still an outcast from his church when Ecgfrith fell in battle against the Picts on 20 May 685 . |
| 4 | Similarly , only one transition action may be specified and it is not possible to have both a task and transition associated with the same state . |
| 5 | Service industries are now in a worse predicament than ever , because it is no longer possible to register even a business name in Britain . |
| 6 | Since Marxists have been more concerned to analyse the workings of capitalist societies than to draw up blueprints of collective organization after the state has withered away ( an exercise which in any case Marx regarded as Utopian and unscientific ) , it is not easy to piece together a communist theory of administration , in the sense of a model for society after the stage of socialism , during which the dictatorship of the proletariat systematically removed the material foundation of state repression . |
| 7 | this apparently buys an exhibition gallery utterly inadequate to host even a moderately-sized show ; a restaurant not large enough to serve both staff and members and be an income-generating venue for the public ; a bookshop that needs twice as much space if it is to be the premier one in England ; library and drawings storage that will mean costly out-housing as soon as the new facility is opened ; and finally — my own personal quibble — a drawings collection that will have lost its allure as a magnet for donor support . |
| 8 | People are not merely dupes , but are more likely to accept uncritically a line which is constantly propagated by the media if it does n't touch them personally ; otherwise they are more likely to insist on making up their own minds . |
| 9 | Many highly evolved species protect their fry from being eaten , as the parents are more able to drive away a would-be predator . |
| 10 | It is usually much more successful to choose either a very pale background that contrasts with medium to dark colours , or a very dark background that sets off very pale and silvery grey shades . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Data Logic is also prepared to put together a guide for integrating Tuxedo with CICS/6000-effectively Transarc Corp 's Encina if it can find backers . |
| 12 | It remains to be seen whether at this eleventh hour for the English countryside , those other giants , the forestry and the agriculture industries , are also prepared to take seriously a wider frame of reference . |
| 13 | It is probably best to use just a couple of sounds at a time — or work alone ! |
| 14 | It is probably best to use just a couple of sounds at a time — or work alone |
| 15 | By shopping around and comparing prices it is often possible to save quite a bit of money , but even so , dry mixes always work out more expensive than mixing your own , although they do also cut out the preliminary stages of the mixing process . |
| 16 | Stuart thought the man must be really strong to push about a hundred trolleys at one time . |
| 17 | It would be far preferable to use only a few words — a brief poem where every word is potent : |
| 18 | However , while it was comparatively easy to cobble together a story around a popular star , the British industry was not yet well organized when it came to finding a steady output of ideas for dramatic features and developing them into workable scripts . |
| 19 | They are legally entitled to say either a receipt or some other evidence of purchase . |
| 20 | We were pleasantly surprised to find quite a few previously unseen photos relating to the demolition of the line , als osome unseen material that we arranged to have photo-copied for the Society . |
| 21 | As we have seen , it is n't easy to throw together a flying machine . |
| 22 | When he sat down it was almost impossible to continue even a pro forma debate . |
| 23 | An account of society in terms of practices which may ‘ complement ’ or ‘ undermine ’ each other is therefore potentially able to provide both a social theory , and a theory of history , since it gives us a way of analysing the relations between practices at a particular time and the conditions in which they change . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a lovely piece , not on the same level as Mozart 's , of course , but it 's certainly instructive to hear even a lesser composer 's point of view ! |
| 25 | It would be smooth sailing , if one could determine the course of one 's actions only by one general principle whose application at a given moment was too obvious to need even a moment 's reflection . |
| 26 | I am writing direct to say I hope we may meet when you are in the UK next month , and sorry I am you were too busy to manage even a few words on the ‘ phone earlier this week . |
| 27 | Unlike Leavis 's , Winters 's deconstruction of tradition proved too extreme to have even a temporary lodgement in the academy , though his readings of sixteenth-century poetry have had some influence , and a theorist such as Gerald Graff acknowledges a debt to Winters , who was his teacher . |
| 28 | Bassano 's book was published in Venice , however , and Venice-where ‘ music had her very own home ’ as Francesco Sansovino claimed in his Venetia , citta nobilissima et singolare ( Venice , 1581 ) — was politically at odds with the papacy during the latter part of the century and was shortly afterwards able to defy successfully a papal interdict . |
| 29 | Bill was seldom able to put together a consistent run of appearances in our 2nd Division seasons 1921–25 but , when he did play , his graft and pluck were always appreciated by our fans and the press of the time because Palace continually struggled in Division Two and the hard-working , tenacious attitude which Bill always showed was a valuable asset against powerful and more skilled opponents . |
| 30 | She , 17 years his senior , was ebullient , romantic and far too impatient to spend even a minute searching for the perfect phrase when a cliché would do . |