Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After initially welcoming this movement , Plekhanov , Lenin and other ‘ orthodox ’ Social Democrats became afraid that concentration on immediate economic goals might lead the emergent labour movement to become preoccupied with merely economic rather than political goals . |
| 2 | ‘ She was only upset yesterday because some silly schoolmate was telling her horror stories about visits to the dentist . |
| 3 | With the deradicalising of students in the Reagan years , Sarris 's criticisms seem less relevant , and the film is less dated now than those made at the same time or a little later that did reflect the Counter Culture , such as Alice 's Restaurant , The Strawberry Statement , Getting Straight and Zabriskie Point . |
| 4 | The ‘ full development of an ear for language ’ encompasses a wide range of related skills , understandings and competences , underlining our belief that the language and literature facets of the English curriculum should be seen as mutually supportive rather than exclusive . |
| 5 | The appeal of such a position is of course very considerable , and seems no less strong today than two centuries ago . |
| 6 | This doubt is especially prevalent today since religious faith is often viewed as anything but a matter of truth . |
| 7 | Since all the schools follow the same teaching plan and since the content of the programme followed by children in the early years is less demanding academically than that followed by adolescents , it is easy to argue that teachers in the lower grades require less training . |
| 8 | ‘ This is a great mystery , ’ declares the apostle Paul , for it is so much more than two people getting together . |
| 9 | With every hot day in July worth so much more than one in the mists of September , the later start threatens to take the gloss of what , at first glance , seems set to be a good harvest . |
| 10 | The smell of lion 's faeces makes red deer extremely nervous even though thousands of years have elapsed since the two species lived together . |
| 11 | But as accountants , although we were respected for our expertise , like lawyers , our work was entirely reactive rather than proactive , ’ says Mr Riley . |
| 12 | In it Pomponius reflects on the difficulty of enforcing modal legacies , and the fact that very often the obligation they generate is merely moral rather than legal . |
| 13 | The breakfast dishes were n't even washed , though I have n't so many now as two daughters are away . |
| 14 | Any European Common Foreign and Security policy which includes Swedish and other neutral interests must be less effective even than that which can be expected to emerge from the current unsatisfactory record of EEC action in foreign affairs . |
| 15 | The smoke contains levels of carcinogenic substances and heavy metals like cadmium , lead and berillium that are way in excess of permitted limits , some of which are much higher anyway than those in West Germany — lead 34 times , berillium 80 times and cadmium 166 times . |
| 16 | Use of a highly similar construct for the second axis means that the resulting map represents only one rather than two dimensions of judgment . |
| 17 | They 'll probably still send somebody , but perhaps only one rather than two . ’ |
| 18 | Printers , traditionally an exclusive ‘ closed shop ’ of workers , say that initiation ceremonies for apprentices are less common now than 20 or 30 years ago . |
| 19 | Less tenable even than that situation are those in which no policy exists and well-intentioned initiatives such as those described above or smoothly functioning inter-disciplinary networks succeed because of personnel rather than the execution of a statement of intent . |
| 20 | It was so dodgy though cos all the black kids you know and they were going no man you 're alright in the corner like being left alone |
| 21 | This traditional spokesmanship , which can imply serious responsibilities , is naturally becoming less significant today as modern communications and education reach into the furthest quarters of the globe . |
| 22 | He , like Samuel Cyuma is slightly concerned that it is only valid up until 23rd September . |
| 23 | If the word romance suggests improbability more often than not , then Masefield 's sea-stories are basically realistic rather than romantic , in tone as well as in material . |
| 24 | And , despite some tensions , generally social rather than musical and mostly on tours abroad , there is no doubt that his work with the orchestra helped revolutionize the whole idea of the conductor — orchestra relationship . |
| 25 | By Friday , after four days of being enthused at , confused , intrigued and occasionally feeling rather excited , the 800 delegates must have been glad to think of one computerised future that was just different rather than scary . |
| 26 | Matriliny and patriliny are thus complementary rather than contrasted principles and we shall entirely miss the point if we treat the Nambudiri and the Nayar as belonging to different " types " of society . |
| 27 | There is no doubt that Bohr 's influence was immense , but his contribution at this period was largely implicit rather than explicit , as far as the tale of attributed discoveries goes . |
| 28 | That does not mean women do not have their own scent — it 's just sweeter rather than musky . |
| 29 | … reader instruction as at present interpreted remains largely instructional rather than educational , and emphasizes the value of the library as a storehouse of knowledge rather than a storehouse of wisdom and understanding . |
| 30 | Moving up a price bracket , there are probably more villas with pools , luxuriously comfortable rather than Costa-glitzy , along these lovely beaches that on any other coast in Europe . |