Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we 'll lose any hope of a properly integrated transport system . |
| 2 | Some students felt they had been rather hard pressed in relation to their knowledge of chemistry , but Coleman rightly said that a properly educated gentleman could be expected to understand the general principles and applications of chemical science . |
| 3 | He adopted the same line in his lectures on the foetal circulation — this was a subject of little practical importance , but it was one of which a properly educated man should have some appreciation . |
| 4 | It was , as they saw it , Mrs Thatcher 's abuse of the loosely defined conventions that made such politically conscious people demand constitutional reform , one cardinal feature of which should be a properly articulated status of citizenship . |
| 5 | ‘ I think , ’ said Robert , trying to stop his voice climbing any higher , ‘ that we should find Hasan a properly Islamic home as soon as possible . |
| 6 | First we tension the foot and then the luff until we get a properly shaped aerofoil . |
| 7 | Thus , in A Taste of Honey , all Jo really needs is adequate love from a properly caring mother ; instead she has to seek the transitory solace of a passing Black sailor . |
| 8 | The payer must send the payment in a properly stamped envelope , enclosing the plaint note or summons ( or otherwise clearly identifying the plaint number ) and enclosing also a self addressed envelope so the court can return a receipt with the plaint note or summons ( if sent ) . |
| 9 | They chose their governments , except during the seven buffoonish years of the colonels ' dictatorship , in a properly democratic way . |
| 10 | We may remember with pleasure the picture of the skinny midshipman stuffing his stockings with oakum to give the impression of a properly gentlemanly leg . |
| 11 | A properly radical perspective would look instead at fundamentals — at the shape of schools as organisations , at the relationships between managerial and professional aspects of work in schools and at the whole question of the location of management as a set of tasks and processes ; at who does what , where and when in the management process . |
| 12 | She tried at first to do so in a properly genteel way , nibbling daintily . |
| 13 | I suppose , too , that I felt guilty : if I had behaved like a properly loving wife and refused to let Flora monopolize Richard so blatantly — which I only did because I was enjoying Adam 's company — the situation might not have arisen . |
| 14 | This will give a properly formatted listing . |
| 15 | As far as heads were concerned , coordinators needed from them a properly negotiated version of the Authority 's job specification , support for the difficult tasks they were required to undertake , and a preparedness to include them within the team of senior staff involved in the development of policy . |
| 16 | But even in the least conducive conditions , with no wind , you should be able make a properly held-off touch down within about two fuselage lengths of your chosen spot . |
| 17 | The knock-on effect is unacceptable to the Government , because it means having a properly resourced training programme , a properly resourced pre-school education programme , proper training opportunities and the development of measures to counter unemployment . |
| 18 | We need a properly resourced railway network not an empty piece of paper . ’ |
| 19 | Pre-packed filtration systems and the growing emphasis on high-tech media are both in danger of making us forget the very important role that floss — and better still , a properly bonded filter mat — can play in … raising Zebra Finches . |
| 20 | Pre-packaged filtration systems , and the growing emphasis on high tech media are both in danger of making us forget the very important role that floss , and better still a properly bonded filter mat can play in filtration . |
| 21 | At a committee meeting of Standing Committee of Convocation it was resolved that the Chairman of Standing Committee should write to the Chairperson of Hong Kong ‘ Branch ’ with the proposal that the ‘ Branch ’ should become a properly constituted Branch of Convocation , enclosing a model constitution for information . |
| 22 | However , it must be remembered that these groups work best at the initial stages of research when concepts still have to be clarified ; they can never replace a properly constituted sample . |
| 23 | We now turn to consider what is involved in using the formal interview schedule for a properly constituted sample survey . |
| 24 | The question is one of confirming that the legal agent on the record has a properly constituted authority to receive the sum on behalf of the Republic . |
| 25 | ( 5 ) A licence granted otherwise than at a properly constituted meeting of a licensing board or otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be void . |
| 26 | He is empowered to authorize the use of these powers to a properly constituted body and the RP is seen as fulfilling this role . |
| 27 | She had already gathered that her new employer was extremely well connected and , as might be expected from a woman of her standing , required absolute discretion of her staff and the encouragement of her children in a properly modest attitude to the family 's privileged position . |
| 28 | Thus ‘ good ’ , ‘ bad ’ , ‘ ought ; , ‘ right ’ , ‘ wrong ’ have primarily valuational meanings , at least in a properly ethical use of them , while words like ‘ brave ’ , ‘ lazy ’ , ‘ rude ’ , ‘ selfish ’ , ‘ considerate ’ , and so forth which have a much more settled descriptive meaning , have a partly valuational meaning . |
| 29 | Utilitarianism is a properly ethical theory , inasmuch as it puts forward the basics of a moral position , while emotivism belongs to what is sometimes called meta-ethics which professes to explain the nature of what is going on when an ethical or moral view is advocated . |
| 30 | They considered , inter alia , the arguments in favour of a trial by jury in these cases ; whether there are types of cases which could be dealt with effectively or justly outside the criminal justice system ; and also whether there should be a properly structured system of plea bargaining with proper safeguards . |