Example sentences of "in a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I might , thought Lydia , but she said : ‘ I did n't poison Betty either ’ , in a childishly defensive way which put her in a worse mood . |
| 2 | This office was expensive in a subtly ostentatious way , minimalist but designed to impress the discerning . |
| 3 | Edward IV 's own solution to this problem is unclear-the first difficulty in a notoriously controversial period . |
| 4 | Edward IV 's own solution to this problem is unclear-the first difficulty in a notoriously controversial period . |
| 5 | In a notoriously tough profession he had the most deservedly celebrated career . |
| 6 | I looked round to find Karen standing in the centre of a group of businessmen who were eyeing her up and down in a blatantly sexual way . |
| 7 | Thus Richard Dyer has argued of gay machismo that , by taking the traditional signs of masculinity and ‘ eroticising them in a blatantly homosexual context , much mischief is done to the security with which ‘ men' ’ are defined in society , and by which their power is secured' ( ‘ Getting Over the Rainbow ’ , 61 ) . |
| 8 | Anyway , Julius seemed in a surprisingly reasonable mood this morning . |
| 9 | ‘ But we 've only just got here , ’ said Julius , in a surprisingly reasonable tone of voice . |
| 10 | Jenna wanted to roam off by herself and do a little window-gazing , but Marguerite took her arm in a surprisingly strong grip . |
| 11 | He spoke in a surprisingly deep voice . |
| 12 | ‘ I have to leave , ’ he said in a surprisingly gentle voice . |
| 13 | We went first to the short-termers ' section , which consisted of several barracks in a surprisingly spacious compound . |
| 14 | You may remember that , when Olympic diver Greg Louganis struck his head on the diving board , in a surprisingly short time he returned to the board to win a third Gold Medal . |
| 15 | As daughters earning good wages , they tended in their later years to become the sole breadwinners in households containing elderly mothers and , in a surprisingly large number of cases , handicapped or ailing sisters . |
| 16 | In general they did not seek harsh retributory sentences once order had been restored and in a surprisingly large number of cases actually went some way towards meeting the wishes of the crowd by doing something to encourage a lowering of prices and initiating or participating in relief measures . |
| 17 | She now knew where Giovanna lived , in a surprisingly large house opposite the café . |
| 18 | In a surprisingly bold move , Sir Leon is threatening court action by June against governments in ten countries ( only Germany and Belgium escape ) on the grounds that their state energy monopolies distort cross-border competition in contravention of the EC 's founding Treaty of Rome . |
| 19 | Financial and legal pressures have forced councils to hand over debt recovery to private agents known as sheriffs ' officers — Scottish bailiffs — in a surprisingly clinical fashion . |
| 20 | He held out his arm in a surprisingly old-fashioned gesture . |
| 21 | For a wide range of input and output patterns this system responds to removal of neurons in a surprisingly robust fashion , showing little degradation of function until a large number of neurons have been removed . |
| 22 | It is a lightweight steel structure on piled foundations and , elevationally , is treated differently to the existing block , in a consciously modern style . |
| 23 | However , the committee also approved an amendment , introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy ( Dem. , Massachusetts ) to allow federal and state prisoners to challenge the death penalty on the grounds that it was imposed in a racially discriminatory manner . |
| 24 | The man who had offered the seat had seen Ianthe as a tall fragile-looking woman in a pretty blue hat that matched her eyes . |
| 25 | So , we 're in a pretty strong position to make acquisitions if they appear at the right price and they fit our strategic framework . |
| 26 | When Rosalind and Philip first moved in , it was in a pretty parlous condition , with , amongst other nightmares , an elder tree with its roots in the great hall and its branches spreading in through the windows . |
| 27 | … and you can see that agriculture as a whole is in a pretty sorry state of affairs . |
| 28 | They were remarkable figures then , but almost 25 years on we beat them fairly handsomely , in a car which , although in a pretty healthy stage of tune ( probably around 350bhp ) , has nothing that any Cobra owner could n't have bought over the counter , and which is still perfectly useable on the road in small doses . |
| 29 | He says the animals are in a pretty poor condition . |
| 30 | I but is n't Wakefield one of those authorities when they 're all in a pretty central place . |