Example sentences of "of [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All econometric models are vast simplifications of reality , entailing several layers of approximation , and the economic theory available may in any case be very limited , or controversial , or capable of quantifying in only a rough-and-ready fashion . |
| 2 | Sliphouse manager at Barlaston , Paul Bentley , claims : ‘ A number of developments — notably the introduction of high intensity magnets and finer , stronger sieves — have enabled us to reduce the incidence of specking very significantly . ’ |
| 3 | This corporate approach as well as the " steady state " requirements of the NHSME in the first year of contracting not only affected the district 's attitudes to its own providers but also what they hoped to achieve from the changes . |
| 4 | He reckoned he had picked the wrong waves at the Hard Rock at Sunset , and was worn down by the sheer hard labour of surfing so long in such arduous conditions . |
| 5 | Following her death , Chris and his girlfriend , instead of drawing closer together , fought . |
| 6 | And I think there 's a lot of goes on here . |
| 7 | Well it does n't go up on the wall it , it kind of goes around so it 's not like public knowledge in there all the time . |
| 8 | Enough to remind her of the consequences of submitting so easily to a man who despised her . |
| 9 | ‘ You mean if I got kind of aroused right now , I should n't fight it or flounder , or try to control it , but just be it . ’ |
| 10 | FOR FAR too long , glasses have been a matter of seeing well rather than looking good . |
| 11 | You know she went straight in for it without sort of seeing how well |
| 12 | Sixty years ago C. J. Herrick , the American comparative anatomist , dubbed it the ‘ organ of civilisation ’ , and I have set myself the task of seeing how far our scientific knowledge of nerve cells might earn the neocortex this grandiose title : Would these nerve cells , as actors , be able to perform the play , ‘ Civilisation ’ ? |
| 13 | He should beware of presuming too far on the patience of the Prince of Gwynedd . ’ |
| 14 | There , I felt , we could chat for hours without the fear of stepping back absentmindedly and continuing the conversation from a hospital bed in Fort William . |
| 15 | In short a process of levelling up rather than the levelling down anticipated by many critics of comprehensive provision . |
| 16 | So I think erm Hertfordshire 's voice should be heard and however , my resolution asks us to look at the possibility of opposing not only the building of terminal five but all further airport expansion in the South East be it at Heathrow , Stansted , Gatwick or Luton . |
| 17 | One woman traced her like of cooking not only back to her mother but to her grandmother . |
| 18 | There 's some sort of building up ahead . ’ |
| 19 | Community policing was once the normal form of policing in the United Kingdom , but the increasingly bureaucratic and professional nature of policing unintentionally yet progressively separated the police from the community , leading to more anonymous and impersonal contacts between them ( see Ericson 1982 : 24 ) . |
| 20 | I 've just sort of painted recently so I do a bit but no much . |
| 21 | Leading indicators have the potential to assist in the correct identification of turning points , as well as to improve the accuracy of forecasting more generally . |
| 22 | He says that getting fatter may be the result of a build-up of eating even as little as 200 , 100 or 50 calories a day more than you expend as energy — over a period of months or years . |
| 23 | A good way to break the habit of eating too quickly is to put your knife and fork down after each mouthful . |
| 24 | Presumably if they did modify their behaviour it was in the direction of approximating more closely to their own beliefs about what constitutes good teaching . |
| 25 | Mountbatten 's ‘ execution ’ , claimed the IRA faction responsible , ‘ was a way of bringing emotionally home to the English ruling-class and its working-class slaves … that their government 's war on us is going to cost them as well … |
| 26 | The advent of accountability in the UK has therefore had the effect of bringing closer together the values ascribed to education by both UK and US governments . |
| 27 | And the Australians are also thinking of bringing in both Brendon Julian and Michael Slater for a taste of international cricket . |
| 28 | ‘ If you ask me , it comes of hanging around too long with Glastonbury , who regards his every word as wise or witty . |
| 29 | That meant he and Sara had hours and hours of hanging around together waiting to be called — and they got to know each other rather well . |
| 30 | Trees managed the business of dying very well . |