Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adj] form of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She had suggested that they look at Van Gogh together , setting up another form of repetition , deliberate , contrived and aesthetic .
2 Anyone who has recently taken up some form of exercise will tell that it has brought them enhanced mental energy and concentration , the ability to sleep more deeply and a feeling of well-being .
3 If you spend most of your working day sitting down , then you are urged to take up some form of exercise .
4 You should take up some form of exercise . ’
5 For a brief moment she tried to summon up some form of resistance , as if by an effort of will she could deny her immediate instinctive reaction to his dark enchantment .
6 Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name .
7 A corresponding survey , carried out in Sweden in 1981 , found that orientation courses had only been evaluated in 8 libraries of 34 , one-third of the libraries had evaluated courses in manual information retrieval and about half the libraries with courses in computerized information retrieval had carried out some form of evaluation .
8 Yes sir , the , you 'll recall that carrying out this re this particular review to finalise the er fire safety review and members have accepted the recommendations from that in which sought to ignore that although we have an limited number of specialists inspecting officers that we widened the remit of all employees in the Fire and Rescue Service so that all er operational fire fighters carried out some form of inspection , thereby producing a higher work output than before .
9 1992 ) , almost every DHA had met with GPs either individually or in small groups ; three-quarters had held general meetings in addition and two-thirds had carried out some form of survey .
10 It is believed that all but two committees have carried out some form of investigation based on information provided in the 1991 series of reports .
11 I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation .
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