Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was only restrained from burning it to the ground by Harcourt , who urged him to ‘ be a little less impetuous and content yourself with what you have done ’ . |
| 2 | There are few aquarium fish which are so uniformly peaceful and easily-maintained as the rasboras . |
| 3 | For someone who appeared so gleefully wicked and amoral , Cleo seemed surprisingly dim when it came to character judgment . |
| 4 | Much less flashy and class orientated in a UK sense , they have more of a general consultancy view of the world , with a problem-solving approach rather than just an interest in completing a job . |
| 5 | He had , in fact , had a very pleasant breakfast with his father , eating a third bowl of cornflakes and toast , without for one moment feeling uncomfortable or wondering why his father should be so gently considerate and butter his toast for him . |
| 6 | ‘ When I started using glass it seemed so much smoother and warmer-feeling that I decided to stick with it , ’ he says . |
| 7 | He was obviously so happy and content in himself and his vocation that he had no real worry about being himself — even in the pulpit . |
| 8 | The Earth 's atmosphere blocks off all radiation from space other than light and radio waves ( and some infrared wavelengths ) , so only optical and radio telescopes can see the heavens through clear ‘ windows ’ . |
| 9 | Staring up at him , her stomach in knots , she thought she 'd never seen him look so frighteningly distant and patrician … |
| 10 | It is when we turn to practices based ( in whole or in part ) on the use or transformation of non-human material objects and forces that the social relations become much more complex and variable . |
| 11 | Is the Minister further aware that there has been an enormous erosion of confidence in the reliability and roadworthiness of buses since deregulation , especially in south Wales during a period in which monopolies have been created as stronger firms capture weaker ones and cowboy fleets undercut the operations of firms that are much more conscientious and safety conscious ? |
| 12 | The more arresting flip side of this 12″ contains the real beef through ‘ Volumina ’ , with its toyed-around Tranceporter vocal sample and the much more effective and piano cruising ‘ Allround ’ , which lifts the basis of the pretty uninteresting A-side into a more dripping acidic romp . |
| 13 | These involve much more open and distance learning and the creation by photocopying and electrocopying , of ‘ customised ’ packs of materials for students . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's much more aggressive and mean-looking , so it might make people think again before joyriding , ’ said Mark , of Lambeth Road , Linthorpe , Middlesbrough . |
| 15 | What we are seeing is the emergence of much more diverse and fluid organisations operating on much smaller local units . |
| 16 | I think the key point is Yeltsin , like Gorbachev , unlike the coup leaders is part of a very privileged elite in the Soviet Union and the difference is that to express the erm , you know trying to put them , advance themselves in society at the expense of the rest of Soviet 's society , applicable difference is erm much more inventive and sort of packed on the end to justify er that , that the moves they are making , I mean at , you know like I say that can be seen in the very democratic step that Yeltsin 's been taking since he 's been the Russian president . |
| 17 | As soon as Howard sees him he realizes why Prue is so specially calm and matter of-fact . |
| 18 | The effect is still good , but harmonically more obscure and dissonant . |
| 19 | Later he came in and was so delightfully natural and dear . |
| 20 | Flysheet : once the flysheet is draped over the inner it fixes onto the poles at ground level so both inner and fly are attached to the poles . |
| 21 | He goes on a bit but he 's basically very good-hearted and kind . |
| 22 | Placing Irigaray 's work in the context of Freudian and post-Freudian theory , Whitford suggests that Irigaray 's apparently very traditional and essentialist use of symbolism has a strategic function , like that of Derrida 's analyses , designed to draw attention to the underpinnings of Western metaphysics , in order to undermine them . |
| 23 | When midway through the set four go-go dancers appear , the warped cabaret becomes all too slick and momentum is lost . |
| 24 | When midway through the set four go-go dancers appear , the warped cabaret becomes all too slick and momentum is lost . |
| 25 | When Canon Wheeler had finished with her , Julia had wanted to go away somewhere private and weep . |
| 26 | Nevertheless there is little doubt that in the cases of Frederick and Joseph at least a feeling that an enlightened ruler ought to be above merely personal and family considerations , that it was his duty to sacrifice them ruthlessly on the altar of the State , was a factor in their behaviour to their own blood relations . |
| 27 | The progressively more strident and bellicose demands of Nazi Germany were matched only by the progressively more acquiescent and neutralist responses of France and Great Britain . |
| 28 | More than 300 Londoners boosted the crowd to just under 1,000 and boss Phil Holder was delighted with the display at the Del Duca Stadium . |
| 29 | More than 300 Londoners made the trip to improve a poor crowd to just under 1,000 and manager Phil Holder was delighted with the performance at the Del Duca Stadium . |
| 30 | If the GATT talks fail , those EC industries which are already internationally competitive and world leaders will be penalised the most . |