Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a highly [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The equations were originally developed as a highly simplified model ( mathematically a very severe truncation ) of the equations of Bénard convection ( Chapter 22 ) . |
| 2 | Lillie Moulton was invited to Fontainebleau in August 1866 on a day of ‘ intolerable heat in a crowded train which made for a highly unpleasant journey ’ . |
| 3 | Small numbers combined with attractive hospitality make for a highly sympathetic approach and partners are encouraged to attend together . |
| 4 | What is being said is that it 's intended to keep what 's regarded as a highly successful regime going on existing lines . |
| 5 | The insect maxilla is to be regarded as a highly modified walking limb , whose main shaft is represented by the palp and base by the cardo and stripes . |
| 6 | It would seem from these comments that Hitler 's association with the solution of the ‘ Jewish problem ’ was regarded as a highly positive attribute in the eyes of mainly the ‘ politically active ’ part of the population which formed the bulk of the film 's viewers , but that among ‘ ordinary ’ Germans there was also a considerable degree of disinterest in the ‘ Jewish Question , . |
| 7 | ‘ My reply was short and to the point and I 'm disappointed that what I regarded as a highly confidential matter between two clubs should , 48 hours later , be the subject of Press comment . ’ |
| 8 | Falconet , originally known as ASAT ( Advanced Subsonic Aerial Target ) , was designed as a highly manoeuvrable target for surface-to-air missiles such as Rapier . |
| 9 | It makes no sense to contemplate a general policy of reducing adverse events in people 's lives , even if it were possible , unless perhaps they were crises which might unavoidably lead to the person becoming trapped into a highly stressful lifestyle . |
| 10 | It can be fused into a highly chromatic technique such as serialism . |
| 11 | It can also be rolled into a highly visible arm band . |
| 12 | Obviously he behaved in a highly suspicious manner today , but a guilty conscience can inspire one to do strange things . |
| 13 | The MIT-originated Sparcle CPU project described at Hot Chips ( UX No 395 ) proved to be an old LSI single-execution 40MHz Sparc CPU simplified for fine-grain multiprocessing in a highly parallel MIT system called Alewife . |
| 14 | The theory , in all its latest elusiveness , might suit Tristan , more or less , but continued to stand in a highly problematic relation to Wagner 's musical oeuvre as a whole — an oeuvre surely too varied for any useful all-embracing formula . |
| 15 | We are ‘ pluralists ’ in that we recognize that a large number of varied elements ( including a variety of interest groups with greater or lesser power ) are involved in the penal system and its crisis , and that these elements interact in a highly complex manner . |
| 16 | Their ‘ great weekend ’ as he put it had come to a highly unsatisfactory end yesterday evening , when he had dropped her off at home , and after seeing her in , had ridden off with scarcely a word . |
| 17 | This project looks at a highly distinctive group — migrants from the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe — who because of their French nationality ( the islands are departements d'outre mer ) and the organised nature of their migration share only in part the socio-economic characteristics of the foreign immigrant population . |
| 18 | For example , Ralls ( 1977 ) argues that ‘ the intensity of intrasexual selection in a species should be proportional to the ratio of the lifetime number of offspring sired by a highly successful male compared to the number born by a highly successful female in her lifetime ’ while Payne ( 1979 ) suggests that the extent to which variance in breeding success differs between the sexes is important . |
| 19 | All that we have available is the notes for the first part of the introduction , written , presumably , in the spring , and consisting of a highly condensed discussion of Greek tragedy and its development . |
| 20 | But to see the delight on the players ' faces on their return to the headquarters marquee after each day 's match for a glass or two of DB export and sumptuous food made for a highly successful occasion . |
| 21 | Unisys Corp has introduced a clustering system for its 2200 series mainframes that it describes as a highly parallel processing technology yielding significantly higher levels of system performance for mainframe servers . |
| 22 | The latter released a biodegradable shampoo bottle in Germany last year , which according to the company , met with a highly positive response from the buying public . |
| 23 | The second exhibition gives carte blanche to the film director Peter Greenaway who has chosen a series of works on the theme of flight , presented in a highly spectacular way . |
| 24 | Elites representing different religious , ethnic , tribal and ideological beliefs and different views on the desirability and pace of industrialization frequently seem to engage in a highly dangerous form of musical chairs . |
| 25 | Hodgkin 's painting is typical of his mature , highly abstract work having a strong , surrounding ‘ frame ’ of red paint and an ‘ interior ’ formed out of bright colours applied in a highly direct manner . |
| 26 | Matthew married a woman who came from a highly volatile family . |
| 27 | It is essential that contacts with non-KPMG clients are made in a highly professional manner . |
| 28 | That is to say that every individual lives according to a highly structured set of personal obligations which he or she must continually fulfil . |
| 29 | After making unsignalled turns and abrupt lane changes through Chevy Chase , and Bethesda , she blasted to a highly illegal speed south on the Beltway , ducked off it rejoined a few miles along and finally came down to a leisurely cruise through the Virginia countryside . |
| 30 | The window is a col neatly dividing Creag Meagaidh and another Munro , Stob Poite Coire Ardair but , more significantly , it acts as a highly efficient wind tunnel . |