Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am most grateful to have the opportunity to develop once again on the Adjournment the problems associated with trunk roads in Leicestershire . |
| 2 | In 1945 , in the closing months of the war in Europe , she convinced the Administrators of the Old Vic and Sadler 's Wells that it would be altogether admirable to reopen the theatre in Roseberry Avenue with the world premiere of Benjamin Britten 's first opera , Peter Grimes . |
| 3 | Talking about Hamlets , I need another quotation before I begin my travels , for when it comes to research into English I have found that it is rarely possible to predict the end-point of the journey when one starts out , or whether one 's road leads anywhere at all . |
| 4 | However , it is rarely possible to define the size of the largest or smallest particles precisely in a size distribution . |
| 5 | And in the absence of someone you can legitimately blame ( it 's rarely possible to give the person firing you the sort of vitriolic tongue-lashing you 'd like to ) , you may hit out at your nearest and dearest . |
| 6 | As the clues trickle out and the town 's secrets are slowly unmasked , Lynch luxuriates over the images onscreen , focusing on tiny details a motorcycle reflected in the pupil of Laura 's eye in an old home video ; a cryptic letter ‘ R ’ dug out from underneath her fingernail in a morgue whose fluorescent lights flicker nervously that makes the show such a visual delight . |
| 7 | They 'll either hint I was downright dishonest to sign the contract in the first place or they 'll make out I ca n't even spell my own name . |
| 8 | Presumably this identified the place as being Italy , but it might have been anywhere . |
| 9 | Presumably this puts the liability of the railway company up to £200 on the same level as that fixed by the common law and , on the other hand , does not deprive it of any of the defences pleadable at common law which are discussed above , e.g . |
| 10 | Presumably this eases the pain of not being able to afford the fags they would light . |
| 11 | The categories and concepts he hammered out in his attack on Idealism — many of them of course drawn from Idealism itself , but refashioned by him — are by no means wholly adequate to serve the restatement of Christian theology , and could indeed lead to the emergence of philosophies quite alien to Christianity itself . |
| 12 | It seems that the wise are the ones who are most afraid to take the Ring . |
| 13 | At this early stage of the Indian election campaign , the debate is not over who is most suited to run the country , but which politician is the least bent . |
| 14 | If I can just erm refer to our previous experience of er conversions which I think is probably a little peculiar given the nature of a seaside resorts . |
| 15 | Those who forget the virtues of solidarity in order to protest against the downgrading of individual agency might recall that it has been intellectuals who have been most prone to inflate the significance of individuals — particularly intellectuals — to the same degree that their theories propose universal categories and claim universal effects . |
| 16 | The most popular suggest the evil that vigilant Christians must fight against , evil prowling beyond the sanctity of the church . |
| 17 | I am extremely grateful to have the opportunity to raise this issue and I am glad that my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is present , because I know that he will listen with his usual thoughtfulness , great knowledge and understanding of the problems that I will enunciate . |
| 18 | Would n't it be much simpler to tackle the problem at its root , and at least try to return towards old fashion farming methods — smaller fields , natural fertilisers and pest controls , a level of productivity we can comfortably consume and an end to the gradual poisoning and demolition of our countryside ? |
| 19 | Matters would have been made that much simpler had the guild clerk also been the parish clerk and it might well have been the case in some instances . |
| 20 | An alternative notation which may sometimes be more convenient is ( 5 ) , with square brackets marking the fact that this word-meaning is taken to match an entity : If , however , the mind does not feel that BOTTLES is sufficiently specific to identify the target of its attention , then the identification may be extended as in ( 6 ) , where we adopt a plain arrowhead as our representation of qualification : We assume that a qualified entity remains an entity ( see Appendix B ) , and this can more conveniently be represented by our alternative notation as in : It is quite important to stress the retention of the same subscript i in ( 7 ) . |
| 21 | Will such businesses be sufficiently profitable to generate the interest of the private sector ? |
| 22 | Perhaps that explains the footprint — it was a visitor from one of the other islands . ’ |
| 23 | The SPD maintained that it was only possible to fund the reconstruction of eastern Germany by increasing taxes for the well-off . |
| 24 | The point being emphasised here is that it is only possible to understand the suddenness of the onset of the downward spiral by keeping in view the production of fixed capital . |
| 25 | The final three categories represent the progressive development of a professional style of nursing , in which patterns of personal , social and emotional functioning in all aspects of the work are sufficiently self-disciplined to enable the nurse to work effectively . |
| 26 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 27 | Benefits were kept sufficiently low to preserve the incentive to work and save , but those least able to work or save — the lowest paid , the irregularly employed and women — gained least of all . |
| 28 | I SHALL be so sorry to see the end of the florin . |
| 29 | To Wycliffe 's austere , almost puritanical approach , Kersey opposed an earthy realism and both were sufficiently tolerant to make the combination work . |
| 30 | The customary sex of the marriage bed does so little to stop the mind working , and the mind must stop working if the flesh is to have its due gratification ; the acknowledgement of its glory . |