Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a fairly [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Samaranch has received a fairly agreeable press since becoming IOC president in 1980 . |
| 2 | Scotland has had a fairly successful period over the past two or three years and some think that we might not now be so successful — but there is a lot of talent up here . |
| 3 | Recognition that cultural pressures on women to diet contribute to anorexia nervosa has had a fairly recent history . |
| 4 | Now that I have peace to do all this , I realise what I had previously suspected : the gilgul has used a fairly primitive spell . |
| 5 | It 's very nasty vapours and has got a fairly low flashpoint and is unfortunately carried on the motorways every day of the week . ’ |
| 6 | And in this connection , the award this year goes to Catherine who already has got a fairly formidable pedigree in the movement , shop steward , member of a branch committee , trades council , young members ' advisory committee , the National Committee but I think best thing so far , she 's actually chaired the T U C young members ' conference and that 's an achievement for this union as well . |
| 7 | I propose to use a fairly dark hardwood , or even stained oak depending on the cost . |
| 8 | This method has been used with success in the study of the coinage of archaic and classical Greece , where , for instance , the evidence of several large hoards has enabled a fairly detailed sequence and chronology to be established for the earliest Greek silver coins , made in the fifty years or so before about 475BC . |
| 9 | Only when a project manager has reached a fairly high level in a company hierarchy will it be necessary to deal with the whole of the tendering process . |
| 10 | In recent years mystery with history has become a fairly popular sub-genre of crime fiction . |
| 11 | I 'm leaving school soon and I want to get a fairly good report , you know . ’ |
| 12 | But in spite of its size and its history — it was founded in 1910 — BSM has kept a fairly low profile . |
| 13 | I then put a cream silk backing on the mount , again to keep the overall effect as plain as possible , since I planned to design a fairly full flower combination in the oval aperture . |
| 14 | Some ascribed it to a plot by ‘ the men in grey suits ’ ( a catch-phrase often used to describe a fairly ill-defined set of senior party officials , government business managers and elder statesmen ) . |
| 15 | Because of the emphasis on good care rather than biological bonds , this school of thought tends to hold a fairly favourable view of good substitute carers and to wish to strengthen their position vis-à-vis the natural parents . |
| 16 | Er , the public consultation that was held actually did n't produce anybody saying they were opposed to the line of the road or even that the road should go there , so we seem to have a fairly unanimous decision that way , that the road should be er implemented . |
| 17 | He sounded almost admiring , but then went and spoilt it all by adding , ‘ Although I suppose if you 've gone through life getting yourself into situations like this you would be bound to develop a fairly strong streak of subbornness by now . ’ |
| 18 | I like to have a fairly tough action , and for slide I 'll string from a 16 gauge top to a 58 bottom . |
| 19 | This can be contrasted with the centesimal scale where we may have to wait a fairly long time to ascertain the action of the remedy . |
| 20 | Much attention has been focused on the concept of ‘ reasonable excuse ’ , where the courts have attempted to impose a fairly stringent test on persons whose reason for carrying a weapon is said to be fear of attack . |
| 21 | Having written a fairly scathing account of this approach in draft , I sent it to John Austin Baker ( as I have also sent my account of their work to Christian feminists whom I discuss in this book for comment ) only to receive a delightful letter from him which rescinded much that he had written , explained that he had been given the title , and essentially agreed with my criticism ! |
| 22 | AS A barometer of public opinion RW&P 's Postbag seems to give a fairly good cross section . |
| 23 | He must have become a fairly senior member of his own company , since he was one of the receiving trustees of Painter-Stainers ' Hall in 1580 , and one of those releasing the hall to others in 1605 . |
| 24 | For many people the launch of the Capital Guarantee Bond on 30 October may have seemed a fairly simple process . |
| 25 | This would however have involved a fairly cumbersome organisation , with regional committees and large numbers of volunteers trained to talk about money management to schoolchildren . |
| 26 | The undercarriage appears to have a fairly narrow track , but this is probably more of an illusion due to the colossal length of the wings . |
| 27 | Having obtained a fairly comprehensive view of the farm situation in Great Britain as it relates to training an attempt was made to compare it with the position in Europe . |
| 28 | Then , having established a fairly exact area , the next step is to turn down the receiver volume so that you are able to pinpoint the precise spot where the receiver is immediately above the ferret . |
| 29 | As a result the accounts produced will tend to reflect a fairly accurate view of the profitability of the business . |
| 30 | However , we managed to trim a fairly untidy conifer hedge , 2.1m high and 6m long , with one charge and some life left in the battery . |