Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't rise sooner , because 't is the worst thing in the world for the complexion ; nat that I pretend to be a beau ; but a man must endeavour to look wholesome , lest he make so nauseous a figure in the side-bax , the ladies should be compelled to turn their eyes upon the play . |
| 2 | The changes identified by the Tomlinson report are of such a magnitude and involve so great a culture change that the planning and decision making will need to be made with a great deal of care and integration . |
| 3 | I want as precise a time of death as I can get . |
| 4 | Both proponents and protesters are right to present their views and it is incumbent on politicians to ensure that adequate regulatory controls provide as large a degree of environmental protection as is possible when dealing with the relatively unknown . |
| 5 | Should you just want one large fish as a pet then provide as large an aquarium as is possible , with a 36″x15″x15″ being recommended as the smallest . |
| 6 | This , as Tudge ( 1988 ) discusses , is a major reason why it is necessary to prevent plant extinction , as is currently occurring in tropical rainforest regions where deforestation is proceeding at a rapid rate ( section 7.3.1 ) , and preserve as large a gene pool as possible . |
| 7 | Having also personally experienced the problems at Southwark Offset , I realise how daunting the prospect of trying again must have been . |
| 8 | ‘ I think the lads now definitely realise how important the situation is . |
| 9 | Erm perhaps also say how urgent a lot of people but perhaps there ought to be sort of changes in planning law er changes indeed which erm this Council has sent messages to government about erm er previously . |
| 10 | One of the first to bring global warming to international attention , Hansen says the effects of the Philippines eruption underline how sensitive the atmosphere is to small changes in heat balance and how vulnerable it is to the greenhouse effect . |
| 11 | Amongst the criticisms of UK financial institutions are the allegations that UK banks place too great an emphasis on lending to consumers , whereas overseas banks are primarily concerned with long-term industrial finance . |
| 12 | The Government feels that the disclosure regulations , which came into force in October 1991 , place too onerous a task on auditing firms and clients in monitoring payments to associates which at the same time are unlikely to impair the independence and integrity of the audit . |
| 13 | Over the last few years I can admit to having heard enough of the individual experiences of examination candidates to make me totally cynical about a system which confers , supposedly , passes and grades of equal status on students in public examinations that cover so wide-ranging a diversity of structure and subject content . |
| 14 | Within the military classes , we can sometimes reconstruct family trees which reveal how wide a range of status was held by men within a single family group . |
| 15 | Political maps of the time show how complex the situation really was when Rodrigo began to exercise an influence . |
| 16 | What television can not do is convey the rise and fall of the holes and show how undulating the land is . |
| 17 | The figures are good news and show how successful the company has been in a competitive market . |
| 18 | The figures in the table below show how grim the situation was . |
| 19 | All religions show how difficult the path is to embodying their high moral ideals — they acknowledge a high failure rate , the majority do not come anywhere near achieving what they should , and the more saintly or holy within the religions see this the most clearly . |
| 20 | It must surely increase tensions and expectations and put too great an emphasis on nationalistic feelings . |
| 21 | So had they put too high a sort of level for subsistence ? |
| 22 | Consequently , sentences for black youth tend to move up tariff ( receive too severe a sentence for the offence ) in the criminal justice system too early on . |
| 23 | The value of such catalogs is that they prevent too parochial a view of the scientific effort . |
| 24 | By reducing the scope of the enquiry we make more certain the worth of what we are doing ( always assuming , of course , that the study itself is well conducted ) , and by describing carefully what we do we make it possible for other researchers to duplicate our own study or conduct a similar one with slightly different variables . |
| 25 | It says there , how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation , if we ignore God 's offer , if we ignore the ga , the the offer of Jesus Christ , of forgiveness and of life , how shall we escape ? the apostle asks . |
| 26 | You will honour me beyond measure if you accept so small a token from one who is your humble servant . ’ |
| 27 | Few hotels enjoy so enviable a position near the Rialto Bridge as this . |
| 28 | The programme was evaluated in a number of different ways , in order to produce a triangulation effect and thereby obtain as full a picture as possible of the functioning of the courses . |
| 29 | I give as good an impression of a drunk as I ever will , but when someone calls my name from the shadows I spin to face the darkness where he stands . |
| 30 | I shall take up the individual cases that the hon. Gentleman has brought to my attention and give as detailed an answer on them as possible . |