Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accompanying and often preceding this destruction there was taxation . |
| 2 | ‘ And you 've had to live with this , knowing what she was doing was wrong and yet showing such concern for her . |
| 3 | She could n't pretend to be sophisticated and flippant and terribly cool any more . |
| 4 | Endill was sad at this because the Bookman was very clever and probably knew more than all the teachers put together . |
| 5 | Check which modules are not accessible and either remove these modules from the DC ( using option 2.1.2 — Update DC ) or obtain the passwords from the corresponding managers . |
| 6 | The ford was crossed by a mill dam and consequently was extremely difficult and dangerous and thereby occasioned several unlucky accidents . |
| 7 | Tail held straight and fully bristled This is the signal of an aggressive cat . |
| 8 | Adam Goodley has star quality as the young innocent abroad , but even he has to bow to age and experience : Frank Lazarus as the seen-it-all piano player ( with a heart of gold , natch ! ) is wonderfully witty and quietly steals this entertaining and pleasing show . |
| 9 | He said he was sorry and normally obeyed all the driving rules , but this time failed to keep his eye on the speedometer as he made his way to Birmingham . |
| 10 | They were both depressed and both told each other their problems . |
| 11 | But after critics savaged his second symphony , Elgar became deeply depressed and never wrote another major work . |
| 12 | Tighten all the bulbs in their lampholders , and check that these are intact and fully enclose all metallic parts . |
| 13 | Like her , he tries to set local government within ‘ the context of the encompassing political economy ’ , but he also argues that Cockburn 's approach , by presenting local government as an instrument of capital makes it ‘ unproblematic and so renders any detailed study of it almost superfluous ’ ( Dearlove , 1979 , p. 217 ) . |
| 14 | Naseby looked blank and then dismissed this as more evidence of London eccentricity . |
| 15 | Borrowers are increasingly sophisticated and thus have less need of information that the intermediary can offer , particularly as lead manager performance can be monitored in the grey market , i.e. information asymmetries are becoming less important . |
| 16 | The whole point is that if the intrepid aviator got shot down while blasting Gerry out of the skies above enemy territory , he could simply unzip his boot-legs and have a pair of civilian-looking shoes on his feet , and thus pass for a native and so escape those dreadful SS men in their tight little black uniforms . |
| 17 | More women are becoming health conscious and earnestly seek this includes what activities are safe during pregnancy . |
| 18 | Part of the problem was that Trinidad was so culturally and ethnically diverse and seemingly lacking any semblance of a common identity , the political arena therefore was simply a reflection of this diversity . |
| 19 | I shall be very brief and simply mention that |
| 20 | In multicellular organisms that reproduce asexually through a single-cell stage , the effects of Muller 's ratchet will be exacerbated , both because population sizes tend to be smaller than for protozoans , and because genomes tend to be large and hence to accumulate more mutations per genome . |
| 21 | Superintendent Huddleston assured his readers that pilgrims found this accommodation perfectly comfortable and never made any complaints . |
| 22 | It would be useless to pretend that identity of non-meanings , if it is to make sense , ought to be so explicable and then criticise this idea on the grounds that it can not be so explained . |
| 23 | The development and passage of legislation was aided throughout by the location of the Victoria state parliament in the state 's one major centre of population and by an effective and well advised all party parliamentary road safety committee that drafted the legislation and minimised partisan divisions . |
| 24 | I noticed there were no other women present and later learnt this was the Scottish custom . |
| 25 | It was much , much easier to be mischievous , to be slightly bad ; and while , of course , being very good was an infinity , an eternity , away from being very bad , being a bit bad was very similar to being a bit good and unfortunately offered more opportunities for fun . |
| 26 | Precisely what is meant by ‘ any substantial finding of contributory negligence ’ is open to some dispute at present , the view having been expressed by one judge that any contributory negligence greater than a minimal amount , must be substantial and hence prevent any interim payment . |
| 27 | If he had the chance he would fly all night long and also do any day flying . |
| 28 | Today the woods continue to be coppiced and also provide some most delightful circular nature trails — one extending to two and a half miles . |
| 29 | It was pointed out in Dann v Hamilton that the defence could apply in cases where : " the drunkenness of the driver at the material time is so extreme and so glaring that to accept a lift from him is like engaging in an intrinsically and obviously dangerous occupation , intermeddling with an unexploded bomb or walking along on the edge of an unfenced cliff " . |
| 30 | It 's a good job she had n't time to think too much about these things , else she would get angry and likely join those suffragettes . |