Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having hinted at its defects on several occasions , I feel the time is now right for a more detailed examination of the various editorial ‘ improvements ’ . |
| 2 | It is indeed possible for a theoretically single item to have more than one location simultaneously , typically the case with temporary locations and compound objects . |
| 3 | The technical advances of recent years have made it possible for a particularly skilled artist , such as Matt Yuricich , working for instance on the final rooftop confrontation between Deckard ( Harrison Ford ) and Roy Batty ( Rutger Hauer ) in Blade Runner , to reduce the number of generations of film going into the composite ( ie action + backgrounds ) by imitating the colours of film rather than of nature ( or , in this case , of the concrete jungle ) . |
| 4 | While most are manufactured in handy sizes to make popular-sized pools , it is quite possible for a little extra expense to have one made to personal specifications . |
| 5 | This has little effect and the courts will still regard the contract as one contract ( albeit a severable one ) and therefore it is possible for a sufficiently serious breach to be a repudiation of the whole contract , Smyth ( Ross ) v. Bailey ( 1940 H.L. ) |
| 6 | It 's possible for a really thick outdoor sweater or jacket , but beware if you want to make a full length coat ! |
| 7 | Nevertheless I felt his efforts to provide a visiting Canadian friend with as much colourful information as possible about a rather dull and isolated town was admirable . |
| 8 | ‘ You must have been asleep for a very long time , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Yet the Italian should perhaps be grateful for a more discriminating anniversary review of his achievements in place of the flood of notes and words which almost submerged Mozart 's genius . |
| 10 | Third , the ‘ bureaucratic bourgeoisie ’ , inflated in numbers and enjoying large incomes by African standards , paid for by copper exports , is in control of the state apparatus and decision-making ( see Szeftel 1980 for a more detailed and sophisticated analysis ) . |
| 11 | They formed in 1980 as a purely instrumental jazz-funk band and their excellent playing always kept them interesting as a live band : I know ‘ they can really play their instruments ’ is a boring credential , but it can count for something . |
| 12 | How how about that as a very practical suggestion or as you say perhaps finding |
| 13 | Her ribcage lifted and her chin tilted up in self-defence to warn him off , but he seemed to interpret that as a provocatively brazen invitation . |
| 14 | would be looking at that as a more meaningful contribution to . |
| 15 | Chesarynth thought about that for a very long time . |
| 16 | as to which of those distinguished people should be dispensed with , but nevertheless it might be the advantage of everybody if the numbers of the cabinet were reduced to sixteen , I personally thought that for a very long time . |
| 17 | ‘ It may be that for a very few the search itself is a necessity . ’ |
| 18 | All that for a very modest price . |
| 19 | It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the regional conferences demonstrated such a diversity of views on important aspects of educational policy that the way was left clear for a more decisive lead from the centre . |
| 20 | Selection of keywords is often easier for a more structured assignment or where more " concrete " concepts are being dealt with . |
| 21 | Tait fouled Chester midfielder Graham Barrow twice in the space of seconds and was booked ; when play restarted Tait was red-carded for a pretty innocuous challenge on Chris Lightfoot . |
| 22 | Er well he was unemployed for a quite some time er and he got odd casual jobs er and then finally doing er as late as the second world war he got er he got employment on the railway . |
| 23 | There are those critics of the polytechnics who regard this as a most unfortunate development and would go so far as to castigate them for betraying their primary purpose , which they see as providing for the communities in which they are located , something which of necessity can only be done primarily through part-time provision . |
| 24 | Some performances treat this as a rather flashy excuse for orchestral fireworks . |
| 25 | However , most mathematicians would see this as a very narrow view of their subject . |
| 26 | Ana lingered to join them and Felipe evidently took this as a very good sign . |
| 27 | We have to visualize this as a very gradual process , the early transitional plants perhaps creeping across mud flats , or partially submerged . |
| 28 | Now the defenders of participatory democracy would consider this as a very weak objection . |
| 29 | Tumin regards this as a very questionable assumption . |
| 30 | When policy was seen to be hurting the colonies , some protested ; but even the many who accepted that Britain 's relations with its colonies were unsatisfactory saw this as a relatively minor blemish on an otherwise desirable system . |