Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group seems to have been given only the most broad and general of aims . |
| 2 | Its sites were on variable , disturbed and fertilised soils and mainly included only the less vulnerable trees . |
| 3 | The outlook was considered all the more rosy from their point of view , since Denwood would have to be made what is known as a divisional point , that is to say , a station of more than ordinary importance , inasmuch as it would indicate the end of a running section — the point where the train would have to change engines . |
| 4 | Most of the technical legal controversy has concerned not the more serious varieties of indecent assault but the more ambiguous forms , where the element of indecency is used to separate the sexual offence from the non-sexual . |
| 5 | Although this was an extremely delicate operation for Nizan to perform , given that in 1934 he had carried out the rather complex act of ideological rehabilitation designed to demonstrate that Gide 's intellectual itinerary was such as to lead him inevitably to a commitment to communism , he none the less succeeded in combining professional respect for Gide 's qualities as a writer with penetrating criticism of what he considered to be Gide 's superficial analysis and hasty dismissal of the Soviet state . |
| 6 | Here is carried out the most theoretical physics of any in Britain . |
| 7 | The three winners ' works will be hung on the apparently dreary corridors of the BBC Television Centre . |
| 8 | India has made perhaps the most dramatic move of all the shifting land masses . |
| 9 | It is made all the more aggravating when people living inside the city know how little it costs the authorities outside the city to do precisely the same job . |
| 10 | This task is made all the more necessary by the fact that opponents of absolute holism often find it strongly counter-intuitive , not to say absurd ; although they can grasp it at a very general level , they have difficulty in imagining either how it could be developed , or what would make it plausible . |
| 11 | It was a very sunny day and it was made all the more complete by Albert being on duty on the return journey . |
| 12 | Such allegations paved the way for justification of the German occupation of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 — justification made all the more credible by the appearance , at almost exactly the same time as the German navy , of British warships in Norwegian waters and of British troop landings at Narvik and Trondheim . |
| 13 | While his crimes , he said , were not the ‘ worst form of indecent assault ’ they were made all the more serious because of his position . |
| 14 | The incident was made all the more galling by the fact that neither climber had broken an axe of crampon in 27 years of combined mountaineering experience ! |
| 15 | ‘ The day 's events are made all the more hectic by the many telephone calls and queries I receive from members of the public , fellow officers and councillors . |
| 16 | The contrast is made all the more poignant by the ‘ Lithium ’ promo vid and its scenes of psyched-up mayhem from last year 's Reading . |
| 17 | It was made all the more intense because it was directed inwards . |
| 18 | However , the task of a new nanny was made all the more difficult because the children , bewildered and unhappy , felt that they had come to take the place of their mother . |
| 19 | And it 's been made all the more interesting by brightly coloured accessories — many from Julie 's home town in Trinidad . |
| 20 | It is made all the more unfair by the fact that the institutions have been deprived of any real access to the water authorities . |
| 21 | An SVR4-on-Alpha plan has been in the works for as long as a year ( UX No 386 ) and was made all the more likely when Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA announced it would implement SVR4 on the high-end Alpha AXP systems it is to market . |
| 22 | It was made all the more infuriating by the fact that she had dressed with more than usual care , splashing out far more than she could afford on a red silk jersey creation from an expensive boutique . |
| 23 | ‘ The killings are made all the more reprehensible by the fact that innocent children were involved , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Arsenal 's lack of genuine quality in midfield was made all the more painful by a fine display by David Rocastle . |
| 25 | A peculiarly bad film which is made all the more dreadful by scattered shots of Greek swains sitting beside ancient pillars and playing their pipes , Ships with Wings represented a turning point for Balcon , who had supervised the film 's production at his Ealing Studios . |
| 26 | So your ideal system would have been to have a few strategic Cabinet committees beneath the Cabinet that would have done all the most controversial business ? |
| 27 | This city once possessed possibly the most important woollen manufacturing industry in France and the great textile barons took advantage of the rising reputation of Champagne by giving bottles away to customers . |
| 28 | Apart from that , life had taught her to pry because sometimes doing so turned up the most surprising things . |
| 29 | Markets have always sought out the most profitable locations , and this has inevitably created problems for declining areas . |
| 30 | She disposed quickly of red herrings , usually sought out the least probable suspect and rarely failed . |