Example sentences of "in [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I left my last job in rather strange circumstances and that does n't help things . ’ |
| 2 | Hypnotists now often suggest that the subject focuses his attention by staring fixedly at a drawing pin on the wall , while telling him in rather monotonous tones that he is becoming more relaxed and sleepy . |
| 3 | The reasons why so many seek futures in sports , and in rather specific areas of sport , do not lie in the rather obscure realms of anatomy , physiology or psychology . |
| 4 | In Italy a roughly similar consular bulletin on trade relations with foreign countries and means of developing them appeared from 1862 , though irregularly and often in rather skimpy issues . |
| 5 | Lipoproteins come in various shapes and sizes but most of the cholesterol is carried in rather small particles called low density lipoproteins or LDL — so-called because of the preponderance of lipid to protein , giving the particles a low density . |
| 6 | Bramblings are winter immigrants , normally visiting Britain in rather small numbers each year — but occasionally irrupting in thousands if continental beech mast crops fail . |
| 7 | So far , though , volcanoes have been discussed in rather general terms as though the volcanoes of the constructive plate margins were identical to those of the destructive . |
| 8 | Time spent collecting concrete evidence that you possess these and similar skills and qualities which are often expressed in rather general terms will pay off handsomely when you are required to prove your worth in an interview . |
| 9 | It goes on to discuss , in rather general terms , regional , state and network possibilities . |
| 10 | Any reasonably well-known professional scientist will receive from time to time letters written by bell-meaning people who indicate , usually in rather guarded terms , that they have in their possession the solution to the riddle of the universe and they just need a little help in polishing it up or propagating it . |
| 11 | Some had died in rather mysterious circumstances , others been sent abroad on this task or the other . |
| 12 | Called a snuffer , it looks like a tiny gold-plated cooling tower and can only be found in rather grand shops : Asprey , Fortnum & Mason , Selfridges and Smythson of Bond Street . |
| 13 | Well it will , they have n't had a free election except for one they had in rather stressful circumstances a few months ago , since oh , the early er ninteen thirties , and one er wonders whether the population could be going to administer to Mr Kohl the same sort of surprise that the British population administered to Churchill in nineteen forty-five . |
| 14 | Lloyd George spent large sums of his private fortune ( acquired in rather dubious circumstances as a treasure chest for the Coalition Liberals between 1917 and 1922 ) , in research activity which recommended radical policies for the Liberals in areas such as land reform and unemployment policy in the 1920s . |
| 15 | Zahedi clearly had the Shah 's ear and often made policy suggestions outside the foreign-policy area , a tactic which resulted in rather strained relations with Prime Minister Hoveyda . |
| 16 | On the other side , ‘ some years ago we observed that quite a large proportion of the concentrated acids we sold was diluted by our customers on site and sometimes in rather unsatisfactory conditions ; small companies did n't have facilities to dilute acid safety — it generates a lot of heat . |
| 17 | It is likely that , whichever it is , it will tell you about the buyers of your product and its competitors only in rather broad terms — those of the basic demographics : age , sex , social grade , area , presence of children . |
| 18 | We discuss the computer program in rather anthropomorphic terms , referring successively to the talents personality and style of the computer program . |
| 19 | The simple designs burst upon a tired market which offered little else but large floral designs often in rather garish colours . |
| 20 | Ivy had gone on to ask about me : ‘ I believe he is in rather low spirits . |
| 21 | Er our only problem is that some of our housing is concentrated in rather large blocks , and that does put pressure looking for v var variety of sites in the county and we are erm getting a lot of objection for some potential development sites in our area at the present moment . |
| 22 | Of course the cruder methods of pressing grapes in those days would often have resulted in rather murky-looking wines which failed to clear properly . |
| 23 | Similar tragedies can occur even in rather unusual settings and caused by a different train of events , for example the North Sea Piper Alpha episode 1988 , where staff died either on the blazing oil installation or drowned in the surrounding sea of fire . |
| 24 | And he had done it tactfully as well , just mentioning to one or two people who had Dierdriu 's ear that Grainne and Fergus were sometimes seen together in rather questionable circumstances . |
| 25 | And in rather chilly summers they eat less , so plants can get out of hand . |
| 26 | It is true that the French are prone to see things in rather sombre terms : it suits their sense of drama . |
| 27 | The language of science overlaps with that of ordinary life , but words like ‘ field ’ , ‘ elementary ’ and ‘ family ’ came to be used in the later nineteenth century in rather different senses in physics , chemistry and biology . |
| 28 | I wondered what memories were passing through the minds of the other members of the group , especially those that 50 years earlier had paid a flying visit to Norway in rather different circumstances . |
| 29 | It was an example that , in rather different circumstances , was later to commend itself to the Capetians . |
| 30 | So investment planning and enterprise democracy stand in rather different relations with national politics . |