Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 2 | But he 'd still much rather have a new pair of football boots at Christmas . |
| 3 | I 'd much rather have a plain name I know what they 're talking about then . |
| 4 | I 'd much rather see a bright young woman around the place , than some of the desiccated fuddy-duddy men we meet . ’ |
| 5 | This will not so much create a two-tier structure within the Division , as enable a wider spectrum of students to participate in the profession , allowing them to stop off , by way of academic attainment , economic circumstances or job notice , at different levels , secure in the knowledge that they have professional status , capable of being upgraded if they so wish . |
| 6 | Erm , I think since we 've got some new people here , I 'll , I 'll perhaps just say a little bit about the group shall I , just to explain how we operate and erm and also how this meeting is going to operate erm . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought we 'd better just have a quiet word together before we go down and see the kids on the beach , ’ Ben was saying as Carole bustled back into the room , carrying a tray laden with plates of cakes and biscuits . |
| 8 | The difference between their debts and those of Third World countries however , is that while loan institutions can seize an individual 's assets , they ca n't so easily reclaim a nuclear reactor or a dam . |
| 9 | What he would like even more would be to own the fine boat , the means to support the boat ; and the further means to enjoy a style of life which could so easily include a fine boat , because that would surely embrace fine horses , fine coaches , fine clothes : Wealth . |
| 10 | Another reason for its failure was that CAFFE could only ever provide a single path through the diagnostic tree ; there was no way to volunteer information and to jump ahead to a later section of the flow chart . |
| 11 | I would only ever use a tiny quantity for its perfume . |
| 12 | These exercises will firm up these vulnerable areas and if this routine is done daily then you will not only quickly see a noticeable difference , but feel the strength and power in your arms as you go about your everyday business . |
| 13 | And I accept that he might have been upset but there are no polemics , so why destroy a great victory ? |
| 14 | ‘ Of course you 're suggesting the side lines were n't legitimate and this may be hindsight , but now I look back Mr Hatton did perhaps occasionally have a shady air about him when he talked of them . |
| 15 | It would thus still have a two-thirds majority in the constituent assembly . |
| 16 | I mean I 've actually I tried to persuade a colleague of mine that I could quite easily sexually harass a male student of mine , and the reason I could do that , or the way I could do that , is because I have power over him . |
| 17 | By 1970 a professional full-track mono tape recorder could just about achieve a signal-to-noise ratio of 70 decibels , while the full frequency range could just about be squeezed onto a tape cassette running at 1.875 inches per second . |
| 18 | Many builders are unlikely to develop sophisticated costing techniques for their stores department , which will usually only represent a small fraction of the total materials purchases for the business as a whole . |
| 19 | At the low-end of this market , for example , no suppliers can any longer offer a proprietary technical workstation , it has to be open systems . |
| 20 | It follows from this reasoning that a company law focussed on the public interest should define management duties exclusively in terms of profit maximisation and should more generally provide a legal framework orientated towards that end . |
| 21 | And I think an over sixty no matter who they are , they would still just have a small return . |
| 22 | If you can not manage anything , you can always just enjoy a short break and plan a date and a strategy for the return to your exercise routine . |
| 23 | A delicatessen will usually also have a good selection of nuts — Brazils , pecans , pistachios , walnuts and cashews — all of which are invaluable in a vegetarian diet . |
| 24 | An ecologically engineered design will much more closely resemble a natural habitat — such as a wetland , with its distinctive plant and animal species — than a conventional building . |
| 25 | He 'd much more likely kick a drunken beggar , but that 's what most people are like and you can put up with it . |
| 26 | If a bird pecks at these it will probably only make a small tear in the edge of the wing and the butterfly may then escape . |
| 27 | But , although they will have an intimate knowledge of computers , they will probably not have a deep knowledge of the particular application of the proposed software . |
| 28 | A subordinate class , such as the working class will , by definition , be low on economic resources and this will reproduce its subordination ; but it may also possibly generate a collective ethic to cope with adverse circumstances and so reproduce itself in this way according to a common cultural identity . |
| 29 | There will probably always remain a real inequality of races , as there is always inequality of individuals . |
| 30 | And some years you 'd probably maybe get a few pounds back and sometimes you would er maybe have to pay a few pounds . |