Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But do n't be misled , the book will most assuredly sink in a hot tub . |
| 2 | Program start-up is rather annoyingly interrupted by a 15s delay at a screen showing Jandel Scientific 's reminder of the licence agreement , followed by a summary screen showing the program 's status in terms of memory use , maths coprocessor installation , estimated processing speed rating for the detected hardware , and various user-modifiable program settings . |
| 3 | " Datachase " had three main objectives : to encourage young people to learn about environmental issues ; to help students develop presentation and creative skills through the use of computers , and to demonstrate how problems can often be most successfully solved as a result of collaborative effort . |
| 4 | The other had continued pain that was eventually successfully managed by a laparoscopic cholecystectomy . |
| 5 | It was most colourfully embodied in a parable of a white man shipwrecked on an island inhabited by ‘ negroes ’ : |
| 6 | In between the ladies and the gents ( matches I mean ) we were ushered to private rooms , where , beneath striped awnings , we were right royally entertained to a distinguished tea . |
| 7 | Of all the sectors , Telecommunications was the most highly valued with a 25.5 price to earnings ratio and 1.57 total market capitalisation to turnover ratio . |
| 8 | Strictly speaking , this alternative ‘ mental ’ element is not a mens rea requirement at all , although it is properly enough described as a fault element . |
| 9 | The most outspoken supporters of these methods , such as John Holt would argue that learning involves activity , one of the elements most obviously lacking in a classroom dominated by ‘ chalk , talk and writing ’ . |
| 10 | He was not only widely respected as a critic but also regarded with affection for the genuine humility which made him always interested in others ' opinions . |
| 11 | Similarly , a blouse which is purchased from a shop as an alienable commodity may then become so intimately associated with a particular individual that it may not even be borrowed by a sibling , After some time , however , the object may lose this close association , becoming , as jumble , an alienable commodity once again . |
| 12 | The Williams family have been here since 1797 , when Robert Williams bought the manor of Littlebredy , which had long since degenerated into a farmhouse . |
| 13 | Hassan , who was usually with him in Abu Dhabi as well as England , manoeuvred into the rear seat of the Mercedes and I took my place beside the young son who had long since graduated into a licensed driver . |
| 14 | A hushed , sleeping stillness had long since settled like a heavy blanket over the place , but Lissa stirred quietly in the depths of the armchair . |
| 15 | Eh , , I mean there 's a idea the money that 's been spent on the railways instead of on motorways we 'd be a lot better off , and I think and Partners subscribed to that because I think that erm , had more money being spent on the railways that we would have been much better off , oh I 'd much rather go on a train journey than on a motor bridge journey . |
| 16 | The Russians would much rather deal with a right-wing conservative any day because they know where they stand , rather than a left-wing liberal who might do something off the wall , like act on principle , for heaven 's sake . |
| 17 | But for the moment it is enough to recognize that even unanimity can have its problematic aspects ; and , since unanimity is so rarely achieved on a large scale , we need to consider next the next best thing , the principle with which democracy is very often crudely identified : majority decision-taking or majority rule . |
| 18 | A collection so rarely seen as a compact whole , provided many with an eye opener as to the quality and range of the work housed in the University corridors and offices . |
| 19 | It looks as if Mr Honecker , 77 and only slowly recovering from a gall-bladder operation , is incapable of grasping the situation in his country . |
| 20 | In spite of this caveat , the implicit assumptions on which policies are based have only slowly evolved from a colonial , Euro-centric and messianic intellectual frame of reference which has endured the waning of empire and the regaining of political independence of most former colonies . |
| 21 | It 's selling half a million snails every year , and they 're becoming so widely accepted as a food that they 're even being sold on the supermarket shelves . |
| 22 | Others , such as Morris ( 1972 ) , Panitch ( 1980 ) and Diamant ( 1981 ) , think that corporatism must be bureaucratic , but meaning that the state will be dependent on expert officials operating according to technocratic norms only loosely controlled by a political elite . |
| 23 | ‘ Is it all right to walk on a Sunday , Uncle Rory ? ’ |
| 24 | He felt guilty as he thought of Maeve 's sweet face , and embarrassed that he should be so powerfully attracted to a woman dedicated to God . |
| 25 | JOHN UPSON 'S horses have been so badly hit by a throat infection that only six out of his 30-strong string are fit to run . |
| 26 | Brought in early last year , Max had been so badly kicked by a sadistic owner that most of his bodily organs were in the wrong places . |
| 27 | Now is it not they 'll ask you , reasonable to recycle some of those savings and surely regain the into the provision of those ten fire officers that the service so badly needs for a number of years now the Fire Inspector 's report has identified the confidence levels as we in our service . |
| 28 | Try not to click with mouse and type on the keyboard while Windows is frozen because when it comes back it acts on all of the commands that you have given it — so apparently switching from a state of deep sleep to rapid activity that can look like another stage in a serious crash ! |
| 29 | My interest in whether they were making much progress towards the glorious flavours beginning to arrive from Australia , New Zealand and Southern America was only somewhat tempered by a certain nervousness on behalf of my liver and my head . |
| 30 | If the pillars are really in the proper places , there is not a stone on the site long enough to act as a lintel , and to provide a basis for the stone-built superstructures which at present sit on Evans ' concrete and iron supports . |