Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , I shall dispute that ontological existents can be coherently treated in an uncritical metaphysical fashion as " things ( existing unconditionally ) in themselves " . |
| 2 | The US Magellan spacecraft launched in May 1989 [ see p. 36674 ] was successfully placed in an elliptical orbit around the planet Venus on Aug. 10 . |
| 3 | Provided the springboard doctrine is sensibly applied and injunctions granted only in the clearest of cases so that the recipient of the information is not effectively placed in a worse position than if he had not received it , the interests of both the supplier of the information and the recipient can be satisfied . |
| 4 | The beamed lounge with its log fire is elegantly furnished in a country-house style . |
| 5 | Laura could n't seem to tear her eyes away as she absorbed the man 's hawk-like , tanned face and the sensual appeal of his tall , broad-shouldered body elegantly clad in a black long-tailed jacket and dark-striped trousers . |
| 6 | Dead trees turn out to be commonplace — hundreds of them standing knee deep in the wide , slow meanders of the Murray River or more loosely scattered in a macabre parkland where what passes for good grazing has been toasted a mauvy brown by the long summer sun . |
| 7 | A modern lift can be elegantly installed in an old building . |
| 8 | To quote the same news report : ‘ Supporters who had been fierce rivals seconds before when Don Gillies fired in an 80th minute equaliser for Bristol , suddenly joined in a combined celebration . |
| 9 | Too much sun , for example helps trigger the premature bolting to seed of some crops in summer , which is one reason why later sowings of radishes , salads or spinach are much better situated in a cool , shady bed . |
| 10 | On the other hand , a child who has difficulty in establishing social contact with others may find the unpredictability of an ordinary classroom overpowering and be better placed in a special class or unit . |
| 11 | In his study of the development of literate practices in medieval England , From Memory to Written Record 1066–1307 ( 1979 ) , Michael Clanchy has suggested that the problem is better formulated in a different way . |
| 12 | But then what else could she have expected as she was only clad in a thin night-gown . |
| 13 | On the outside , the LSE II has all-wood decoration : contrasting rings of rosewood , walnut , maple and mahogany all gathered in a single band for the soundhole rosette and purflings of walnut , maple and rosewood running around the top edge . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's right , be a disappointment to me , ’ said Mrs Cousins , warmly clad in a dark brown woollen dress with huge leg-of-mutton sleeves now going out of fashion . |
| 15 | The message is apparently contained in a 220-page apostolic exhortation to the clergy , most of which is uncontentious : priests must be ascetic and chaste as well as celibate , taking a keen and benevolent interest in the poor and in sinners , who are the poor in spirit . |
| 16 | Five patients ( 2% of those admitted ) were mechanically ventilated in an intensive care unit . |
| 17 | Even an estate worth upwards of £100 a year might well consist of no more than a couple of manors plus an assortment of lesser parcels , all located in a single county . |
| 18 | For the rest of the decade the working classes were only depicted in a small number of undistinguished films which celebrated or exploited the skills of particular groups of workers . |
| 19 | With these primitive materials the native painted those elements of his surroundings belonging to the mythology of the Dreamtime when the earth was fashioned and the life thereon : snakes , birds , fish , turtles , crocodiles , and humans , all depicted in a rich and decorative formalised style . |
| 20 | I 've got a plain TeX version of Leeds ' league fixtures for this season all nicely done in a ruled table . |
| 21 | Intestinal mucosal strips were treated at room temperature for 30 minutes in a 1.5 mg/ml DTT solution , after which the strips were washed in Hanks 's balanced salt solution ( HBSS ) and then gently stirred in a 1 mM EDTA solution for two periods of 60 minutes to release the epithelial cells . |
| 22 | I was fortunate to find between the leaves of a large book an exquisitely penned transcription of the Commandments and the Lord 's Prayer , all embraced in a delicate architectural framework , dating from the late eighteenth century . |
| 23 | It was as if two distant times had suddenly met in a single second and two different women in a single gesture . |
| 24 | The familiar is suddenly seen in a new way ; the student 's core discipline is illuminated under a different cognitive perspective . |
| 25 | Their daughter had provided all the labour-saving devices : dishwasher , washing machine , spin-dryer , all housed in a disused still room near the back door , although until she came the Copleys had been reluctant to use them in case they could n't turn them off , visualizing the machines whirling away all night , overheating , blowing up , the whole rectory pulsating with an uncontrollable power . |
| 26 | The plain infinitive ( without to ) is only used in a verbal , never in a nominal function . |
| 27 | It 's all told in a bouncy rhyme , with outrageously funny pictures . |
| 28 | Wit often depends on the use of a single word perhaps used in an unusual way . |
| 29 | If the ‘ Hooligans ’ were regarded as an un-English phenomenon , they were also understood as an entirely unprecedented development and respectable England felt itself to have been suddenly engulfed in a new rush of crime . |
| 30 | Physical geography is much needed in an urban setting … |