Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [verb] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , and erm because it 's all mass produced er they can actually build a nuclear power station for half the price that we can that obviously has an effect on the economics . |
| 2 | Peacekeeping forces do not have to be strong enough to overwhelm an army ; but they must be something more than score-keepers or targets . |
| 3 | However , by 1981 , in the context of wider cultural and social movements to the right , the proponents of the older conception of English felt strong enough to launch an attack on the new pluralism be grounded firmly in the study of the " classics of English literature . " |
| 4 | But most of the English fleet had been on Parliament 's side during the Civil War , and in 1650 the Republic decided it was strong enough to impose an embargo on trade and send out an expedition to make Virginia and the West Indian islands acknowledge its authority . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This obviously produces an impression which is quite similar to the more dominant " be aware " sense — that of the subject as possessing knowledge — the only difference being that the perfective explicitly evokes this knowledge as the result of the operation of obtaining it . |
| 7 | Um I think um where I 've seen things that er discussed under the heading of child sex abuse erm er it 's often the case that um y'know maybe in some families you find the situation where there 's a daughter who 's being abused by the father and then when the brother gets old enough to take an interest in sexuality , he joins in as well sort of thing and it 's er y'know it 's like there 's two blokes abusing the girl . |
| 8 | This naturally gives an advantage to the institutions ' closest advisers : American investment banks . |
| 9 | While the regional value of whisky exports can not easily be gauged with accuracy in view of the complex nature of the industry it is interesting nevertheless to attempt an assessment of its impact . |
| 10 | This always offers an opportunity for someone to attempt to see these serious conflagrations in a wider context , and this has been taken by Dr Grace Simpson as evidence of an uprising of the tribes of Wales ( Simpson , 1964 ) , although the archaeological support from other sites is very tenuous . |
| 11 | This also involves an inquiry into the ways in which the critique of the sign affects historical representation , and the dependence of history on the genetic metaphor and on narrative . |
| 12 | This also implies an interrogation of the imperialism of theory itself . |
| 13 | This clearly demands an answer , and it is one which the individualistic , myopically-therapeutic psychoanalysis of the present can not supply . |
| 14 | Since this clearly required an affirmative the constable nodded . |
| 15 | This probably represents an underestimate of the proliferative capacity of 14-day precursors because it is likely that not all cells are successfully incorporated into the reaggregates . |
| 16 | As the TUC would not negotiate with the NUWM this logically implied an end to the Movement which finally dissolve on the outbreak of war in 1939 . |
| 17 | As we saw with long-term insurance funds this inevitably means an emphasis upon company securities . |
| 18 | This often forms an exception to the normal turn sequence , because the enemy may move to within 8″ during his turn . |
| 19 | However he continues , it would be wrong simply to seek an account of actual practices within " critical " work : instead , it is necessary to attend to the " disjointed and episodic philosophy " which is activated in the course of ordinary teaching . |
| 20 | Test Pack 2 simply provides an alternative to Test Pack 1 — especially useful if you need to test the same student again , at a later date . |
| 21 | This then assumes an interpretation of the adjective as a predicate qualifier with the structure of ( 15 ) and ( 16 ) as exemplified in , for instance , ( 7 ) . |
| 22 | In all of this there existed an air of the cottage industry , with an informality that , consciously or not , took its measure from the example of its chairman , who continued to live and work — now with the added impedimenta of potties and baby-gates — on a houseboat on the Regents Canal ; who drove a second-hand Volvo ; and who had not long come into possession of a washing-machine . |
| 23 | The great edition of the Paston Letters is his most obvious monument , but beside this there stand an edition of the non-cycle plays , a series of influential articles ( notably one which unobtrusively undermined the theory of R. W. Chambers on the ‘ continuity of English prose ’ ) , and two modestly entitled ‘ revisions ’ ( really new editions ) of Sweet 's Anglo-Saxon Primer and of Tolkien and Gordon 's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight . |
| 24 | But shortly before this there occurred an event the consequences of which were to shatter the peace of Aquitaine . |
| 25 | Nor , it might be said , had Joffre , the cooper 's son , but he had been quick to cultivate what he lacked , whereas Pétain never made an effort to conceal the contempt of the Third Republic that he had acquired early in his career . |
| 26 | In the early 1640s Best compiled an account of his farming methods and other country matters , such as ‘ the fashions att our Country weddings ’ , for the benefit of his son , John ( 1620–69 ) , who succeeded him as lord of the manor . |
| 27 | It is easy enough to hold an opinion , but hard work to actually know what one is talking about . |
| 28 | Alida Thorne is a lonely woman , but it is easy enough to make an effort , to understand and accept and perhaps I have not tried . |
| 29 | A student has to be versatile enough to evade an attack by stepping , hopping or jumping to the side , while slipping into another more advantageous position in order to counter-strike . |
| 30 | Good gracious , ’ she breathed , ‘ if you really do believe that Rob and I are conducting some sultry little affair , do you think that either of us would be fool enough to use an office which adjoins yours ? ’ |