Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It most expressly includes a responsibility within the family circle . |
| 2 | The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches . |
| 3 | This one stayed back , unzipped her anorak and from somewhere inside produced a silver metal can . |
| 4 | The idea was that this was a way of ironing out minor disputes , but the clause was worded widely enough to cover a dispute arising out of wrongful termination of the contract . |
| 5 | Right so have a look , . |
| 6 | Last year there were some , so the Liberal Democrats took the view that we could only properly set a budget at the capping level and that is a level at which we set our budget and it was a level at which we set our budget back in December and right through to this date . |
| 7 | The very fact that I had only properly discovered a foundation of happiness when separated from the world should have shown me that the tendency of the world was to flood and destroy such a thing . |
| 8 | Secondly , though such a society may exhibit the tension , already described , between those who accept the rules and those who reject the rules except where fear of social pressure induces them to conform , it is plain that the latter can not be more than a minority , if so loosely organized a society of persons , approximately equal in physical strength , is to endure : for otherwise those who reject the rules would have too little social pressure to fear … |
| 9 | Doing so presumably gives a director complete control over the performances , but surely at the expense of the final result . |
| 10 | Pascale Bachmann and colleagues , of the Institut fur Polymere in Zurich , have apparently successfully devised a series of elegant systems that would appear to fulfil the criteria of simple chemical autopoiesis . |
| 11 | ‘ But she had always wanted to be in uniform , so eventually became a policewoman . |
| 12 | So I 'd much rather seem a bit weak with Mrs Joe than shout at her , or hurt her , or hit her . |
| 13 | I would much rather see a return to the carefree approach by the like of Ballesteros and Lyle . |
| 14 | She could not refuse ; Mary so rarely took a holiday . |
| 15 | Throughout his chaotic years in Paris he continued to go to life classes , but he could not afford the five francs an hour for a model and so rarely had a chance to paint the nude , except for his girl-friends , and that , as he was beginning to realize , was expensive too . |
| 16 | This is lost soon after laying commences in April or early May — which is a shame , because most people visit the sea-bird colonies in summer , and so rarely see a shag in all its glory . |
| 17 | To do so effectively requires a commitment from the teaching force — from headteacher to probationer . |
| 18 | The French , the Dutch , and the Spanish were ready to attack them , and over so widely scattered a set of islands the attacker would always find some weak spot to invade and devastate . |
| 19 | All right wait a second , I 'm coming down . |
| 20 | It is all right to tell a whopper on an answering machine ( ‘ We 're sorry that we can not answer your call right now ’ is either a lie or a statement of the obvious ) , but no one will forgive you for not ‘ getting back ’ to him later . |
| 21 | This , combined with external concept/keyword access — through either maps or the Housing Unit datafile — will help pupils identify the true relationships between topics , which may not be so clear using a program such as EDFAX . |
| 22 | One prophet who so remarkably combines a rebuking with a strongly consoling side to his ministry is Isaiah , and in a beautiful passage ( Isaiah 50:4,5 ) about God 's communication to man he says this : |
| 23 | Right A new staircase to an old design Below right Polishing a copy of a walnut veneer chest on a stand . |
| 24 | Joanne had torn a ligament so badly refereeing a basketball match that she was on morphine for a week after hospital surgery , and could n't even walk let alone play golf . |
| 25 | Dauntless doubted whether she could direct her attention upon anything long enough to sustain a sense of faith . |
| 26 | Even so , she had lingered long enough to watch a tanker ploughing a parallel course , though in the opposite direction , probably bound for the big oil refinery . |
| 27 | We need a time limit which is short enough to be attractive but long enough to effect a result . |
| 28 | Warner paused , but not long enough to invite a response . |
| 29 | Undaunted , one of the Marines took it upon himself to pop out from hiding just long enough to hurl a grenade at the gun position . |
| 30 | The total playing and recording time : eight hours , long enough to record a string of television programmes . |