Example sentences of "a [det] carefully [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rare to find an elderly person 's home that could not be made much more comfortable , convenient and secure for her by a few carefully planned improvements and adaptations . |
| 2 | A few carefully placed lamps will provide atmosphere and show off the surrounding plants . |
| 3 | The first was a mistake which , all politicians will tell you , is easily made and relatively simple to correct with a few carefully worded statements and some abuse of the media . |
| 4 | Paul Arkwright had been brought to the house in Holborn one Sunday afternoon , a day when Robert Asshe habitually received a few carefully chosen guests , by his professor , an old friend and admirer of Asshe 's unconventional renderings of Shakespeare 's plays . |
| 5 | It was this challenge which seems to have led him in 1896 to call a meeting in Bride Street , London , of a few carefully chosen colleagues which resulted in the establishment of the International Federation of Ship , Dock and River Workers which was renamed in 1898 the International Transport Workers ' Federation . |
| 6 | In evolving PNP policy , therefore , officers consulted no more than a few carefully chosen heads , leaving the rest ignorant and deeply suspicious of what was going on . |
| 7 | Guglielmi of course declined to describe his object-oriented operating system beyond a few carefully chosen buzzwords . |