Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [pron] is " in BNC.

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1 Power is used most effectively when it is used unobtrusively .
2 Put another way , a child will learn most effectively when there is harmony .
3 Consideration of the Commission 's proposal for the telematics programme by both the European Parliament and the advisory bodies to the Research Council is going on apace and it is hoped that this programme will be one of the first from the third Framework programme to be adopted in 1991 .
4 Although exercise will be working properly only if it is vigorous enough to cause some sweating and panting , you can check what it is doing to your heart , if you fear overstraining , by monitoring the pulse rate .
5 you 've got to keep your hand moving er but there 's a temptation to try to er put more on so that it is thicker you know , but it does n't work that way you know
6 In the following example from the organ pedal melody of the Entrée in Messiaen 's Messe de la Pentecôte , only four pitches are used , yet the composer reshapes the rhythms and note-orders so skilfully that there is no feeling of repetitiousness or monotony : In Example 17 , from the slow movement of Bartók 's Fourth String Quartet , we have a wonderfully sweeping melody which seems to grow out of the first bar .
7 As has been previously noted he gave much attention to the unique colour of the Cumbrian mountains and this he combined with the sunlight and shadows falling on the hills so skilfully that it is possible for an observer with local knowledge , to tell the warmth of the sun or the time of day.Just as the mountains give colour to the lakes , so in turn do they reflect the colours of the sky .
8 Alas , there is no way this can be overcome but it occurs so rarely that it is not in itself an outstanding problem .
9 They do it so rarely that it is good for them .
10 Again , Thompson and Spencer suggest that intense stimuli habituate only slowly but there is some evidence that they might acquire latent inhibition especially readily , ( Crowell and Anderson 1972 ; Lantz 1976 ; Schnur and Lubow 1976 ) .
11 He did this so effectively that it is to this day referred to as the Wallace Line .
12 ‘ You have disturbed a burial site all right but what is important is that you do n't disturb it further , ’ he advised .
13 He may say he is all right when he is not .
14 Even bottom right may be all right as it is .
15 Mrs Smith comes home from school four times during the day to make sure her mother is all right and she is also usually up three or four times in the night to attend to her mother .
16 Governor Clinton , in other words , is a man who could well be accused of wanting power so badly that he is , quite literally , prepared to kill for it .
17 He hit one so hard that he later died , and injured another so badly that he is still in hospital .
18 Hamlet treats her so badly because he is angry at her lack of willpower against Claudius , the man he hates .
19 This is especially so since it is introduced into the body via a closed container and through tubing connected to plastic catheters or stainless steel canulae which fit closely and tightly .
20 The much publicised schism between Adobe and Apple followed by the latter 's siding with Microsoft — a company it was then attacking in the courts — all seems a little strange , especially so as there is no actual product involved , only a ‘ standard ’ .
21 The use of a shotgun for rabbit clearance , as opposed to the fun of the occasional shot , continues to be less effective than the rifle and especially so when it is used by individuals rather than in conjunction with an organised rough rabbit shoot .
22 But because I am a girl I ca n't stop my brothers from doing wrong , so please help Kim to behave better so that there is no more trouble . "
23 Sheila admits that food additives are a great worry — so much so that she is investigating the possibility of growing her own exotic vegetables in a hothouse .
24 She seems to have been wholly unaware that she was in fact queen of a kingdom with a justifiably high opinion of itself — so much so that it is actually supremely ironic that Mary , brought up in one of the greatest of European countries , should have found this one , smaller , but passionately European , so much less interesting and appealing than the kingdom of England , not only Scotland 's traditional enemy , but already beginning the descent into the isolation which it was to maintain for much of the seventeenth century .
25 The latter was exquisitely beautiful , so much so that it is dangerous for any mortal to look upon her .
26 Except that on three separate programmes this weekend , Neil was urbane , witty , direct and honest — so much so that it is now rumoured he might go into TV presenting .
27 According to Kuhn , the latter is characterized by total disagreement and constant debate over fundamentals , so much so that it is impossible to get down to detailed , esoteric work .
28 As a spokesman for the UK surfing community , Chris Hines is increasingly well-informed , so much so that he is now a worthy opposition in the corridors of power .
29 A problem , after all , is only so if it is a problem to someone .
30 But our language is constantly changing and what is correct is only so because it is accepted as such .
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