Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe what we should say at the end of the day is erm just is n't talking about that , he 's on about a completely different subject and we really should n't erm we should n't beat over the head for having a bad theory of the self . |
| 2 | The second is how to elicit people 's preferences , and though score sheets , questionnaires and semantic difference scales have been widely used , the search is still on for a more effective method ( Propst and Buyhoff , 1980 ) . |
| 3 | So the search is on for a more durable , ‘ horizontal ’ resistance to a variety of races of a pest . |
| 4 | Oh she 's alright , she just had double nappies on for a very long time |
| 5 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 6 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
| 7 | It was looked on as a very serious offence . |
| 8 | I can say " This is a cherry " and everyone understands what I mean , but I can not very well say " This is an offspring " without committing a grammatical impropriety , except perhaps as a contextually forgivable elipsis when it is already clear whose offspring is being talked about . |
| 9 | It proved enough for a most handsome victory over decidedly off-colour Ontario and it was an enormous pity that Rod Snow , the dynamic Newfoundland no.8 , sustained a neck injury that kept him out of the final . |
| 10 | This is not really good enough for a supposedly authoritative special publication under the RSC 's banner and I feel that , overall , a more convincing book might have emerged had all the papers been independently refereed . |
| 11 | Only through a very effective regional policy could these differences perhaps be reduced to an extent that would be compatible with the existence of a monetary union . |
| 12 | But only for a very short time . ’ |
| 13 | But only for a very short time . ’ |
| 14 | They saw the animal only for a very short time . ’ |
| 15 | She was hit by a wave of familiarity ; the sudden realisation that this was the man with whom she had shared so much , if only for a very short time . |
| 16 | Only when this phase has been completed , and perhaps only for a relatively brief period at the height of a crisis , can a second phase of overt conflict between proletarians and capitalists become manifest ( Przeworski , 1977 ) . |
| 17 | Becker and Engelman combined only for a pleasantly smoochy encore by David Jaeger , composed this year and arranged by Engelman from a piano accompaniment to the viola . |
| 18 | The size and weight of the larger models would suit them only for a fairly hefty boat . |
| 19 | Only during a relatively brief period in the 1950s and 1960s did another form — the high-rise block of flats — become almost as dominant in new local authority construction as the house with the garden , and then generally in the more densely populated urban areas ( Dunleavy , 1981 ) . |
| 20 | He raised his eyes , morosely , as Morse took Dixon 's seat opposite him and pulled another chair alongside for a very blonde young WPC , who amongst other accomplishments was the only person in St Aldate 's HQ with a Pitman shorthand qualification for 130 w.p.m . |
| 21 | Dirk Coetzee did n't have to wait long for a really big job . |
| 22 | Schleiermacher 's own account of Jesus relied heavily on such psychological study ; so , for that matter , did that of Liberal Theology ; and so too did those which saw Jesus only as a particularly heroic and noble representative of the human race , as did the immensely popular Life of Jesus by the Frenchman Ernst Renan ( 1823–92 ) . |
| 23 | They know him only as a highly efficient and exacting captain . |
| 24 | As far as it is possible to ascertain , this particular meaning appears to manifest itself only as a purely human phenomenon |
| 25 | Its chief heterodoxy , ironically enough , was the large theory of Greek cultural development invoked to explain the mystery ; ironically , because the view of Greek culture actually advanced was based — with explicit acknowledgement — on ideas familiar to all classical scholars and accepted by them without demur , but accepted only as a purely historical phenomenon . |
| 26 | In practice there is much overlap and all of the above must be taken only as a very approximate guide . |
| 27 | Norman Davis will be remembered by many with affection not only as a very great scholar but also as a most delightful and faithful friend . |
| 28 | THE villagers listened patiently as a very senior policeman tried to persuade them they could do without their village bobby . |
| 29 | Anyone who seems suitable will receive an informal visit and then come down for a more formal interview . ’ |
| 30 | If an aspiring agent does n't go to college or university , there is no reason why he or she ca n't apply to an agency and come in as a very junior person to work their way up . |