Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was of most interest , however , was that these subjects then performed less well in subsequent trials when the outcomes were made controllable than did those animals or students who had previously been in controllable situations . |
| 2 | Over 15O staff from around the London area spent Sunday April 25 getting bruised and muddy while shooting each other in a Surrey wood . |
| 3 | Doubtful whether to accept this honour , he was persuaded to do so when the NID asked him to represent them as well . |
| 4 | There are instances where the official syllabus recommends one type of content and emphasis ( e.g. in language skills ) , while the official examination is clearly constructed with the intention of testing different ones ; or cases in which the official aims of education extol the virtues of self-reliance and enquiry-based education , whereas the official syllabus contains an outline of content so rigid and overcrowded as to render any initiative almost impossible to achieve . |
| 5 | These goals never are ( never can be ) so explicit as to exclude all subjectivity in interpreting performance against them . |
| 6 | That core of meaning is necessarily general and vague enough to make such variations possible , but it is not so vague as to permit any meaning whatsoever to be placed on the word . |
| 7 | Connecting the ME-6 up to an amp , power amp or mixer is as easy as connecting any effect pedal , and once hooked up the ME-6 can store 25 different effect combinations in five memory banks . |
| 8 | It is true that the actual distribution of property in society is far from equal ; but it is not so skewed as to give any individual a monopoly of economic power . |
| 9 | Trent thought of calling at her to relax but he knew that it would be as pointless as trying another smile . |
| 10 | He had decided to opt for medicine rather than the stage , and had felt virtuous , mildly sacrificial , a little self-important while making this choice . |
| 11 | BELVILLE : [ getting a little bored with PAMELA 's compliance ] You are very obliging , Pamela , but now be so good as to find some fault with me and say what you would wish me to do to appear more agreeable to you . |
| 12 | finance ministers and central bankers will be more concerned than generals and defence ministers to keep the cow healthy , well fed and growing than to extract more milk in the form of taxation from the wretched animal . |
| 13 | So far I have discussed two attempts to distinguish the different types of political system in terms of an evolutionary scheme ; one of them ( that of Spencer ) being so abstract as to have little value in establishing a precise historical sequence , while the other ( that of Marx ) possesses less of an evolutionary character than may at first sight appear and leaves unsolved many problems in the construction of an adequate typology of precapitalist and capitalist societies . |
| 14 | Programmes of study should be so constructed as to give all pupils the opportunity to enjoy work in a wide range of literary forms . |
| 15 | However , if collocations like ’ weak tea ’ and ’ powerful car ’ are so numerous as to evade any method of acquisition other than years of learning , how then should a machine-readable collocation dictionary be compiled ? |
| 16 | It is particularly important when using this scale that your remedy is well selected . |
| 17 | From this , we find that first impressions are extremely important ; physical appearance and the things we can first tell about a person are very important when developing that impression . |
| 18 | It is therefore extremely important when assessing any child for language impairment to ask what kind of language is appropriate for the child 's home and immediate environment , and whether or not the child 's ability is consistent with her experience and the expectations of those around her . |
| 19 | If you use a stick-microphone , support it on a stand and position it as close as possible while allowing enough room for you to handle the script without rustling noises getting onto the recording . |
| 20 | In the evening there was an example of a shift in emphasis that was so pronounced as to cause that part of the day to become an event in its own right . |
| 21 | The supply of left-handed clubs is so insufficient as to deter those left-handers who may be considering taking up the sport . |
| 22 | A sharp knife is essential when carving any joint . |
| 23 | Once arrived , the guests found themselves , for most of the time at least , caught up in a ritual of entertainment which was so smoothly organized as to be unnoticeable and , given the Empress 's indefatigable energy , so tiring as to eliminate any possibility of boredom . |
| 24 | I 'd rather walk down the road naked than put that thing on . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Then , if you would also remain here for a few moments , Madame Ash , perhaps Madame Craig would be so kind as to come this way ? ’ |
| 26 | Alone of the Pacific species , N. emarginata shows something like a comparable variation in shell shape with exposure ( Crothers , 1984 ) , but the shell is so thin as to afford little protection from crabs regardless of its shape ( Kitching , 1976 ) and an ability to resist desiccation could be of great value to this highQQintertidal species in sites protected from continuous spray . |
| 27 | Interestingly , the exhibition identifies two paintings in particular as possessing this quality of intimacy : William Nicholson 's and Victor Pasmore 's portraits of their respective in which the intimacy of the marital relationship , it is supposed , finds direct pictorial expression in the paintings themselves . |
| 28 | ‘ After that write-up , it had better be something a bit more decisive than tossing each other off in the bogs . ’ |
| 29 | In order to ensure the quality of our service , and to avoid undue pressure on their colleagues , we have no option other than to dismiss these people . |
| 30 | When victimization followed the settlement — with union members left homeless by tied cottage evictions as well as without a job — the union had no option other than to take this treatment lying down . |