Example sentences of "a highly [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of the sharp rise in the costs of doing business in Singapore in the 1980s , many companies are still choosing it as their regional base because of the ease of doing business there : it has one of the world 's most modern infrastructures , a free enterprise system with no foreign ownership restrictions , no exchange controls , few tariff barriers , a highly motivated and skilled workforce and attractive investment incentives . |
| 2 | Partnership incentive schemes are comparatively rare but can result in a highly motivated and dedicated work-force . |
| 3 | Since fewer than ten English harpsichords survive from this period it was therefore something of a rarity , and quite obviously a highly prized and valuable acquisition . |
| 4 | The General Staff is , in the words of one expert , ‘ a highly centralised and powerful organisation with immense prestige ’ ; but it is not a law unto itself . |
| 5 | To a certain extent this limit is transcended in social insects — bees or ants , for example — which live in a highly organized and cooperative community . |
| 6 | With George 's anarchic tendencies I often wondered why he ever chose to work in such a highly structured and formal setting as the organisation . |
| 7 | Within an amazingly short time he developed into a highly accomplished and individual painter . |
| 8 | The reason for chlamydia 's comparatively late arrival on the microbiological scene is that , although behaving in many ways like a virus , it is in fact a highly specialized and adapted bacterium . |
| 9 | A right circular cylinder moving along its axis of symmetry makes a highly idealized but straightforward model of a deforming impactor . |
| 10 | For this we have to thank Professor Hinsley , a highly respected and trustworthy historian , who would not allow deceptions to appear under his name . |
| 11 | The monkeys themselves turned out to be a highly evolved and accomplished band of thieves , and were treated by the Biranese as a neighbouring tribe . |
| 12 | Access to the status of a regular employee in a large firm is both a highly controlled and selective process which generates two distinct segments in the labour market . |
| 13 | Speech is , of course , in its very nature a highly organised and complex sequence of sounds , but there is more to speech and language than sequential motor activity ( Poeck and Huber , 1977 ) . |
| 14 | Below , we found a highly organised and well-maintained saloon . |
| 15 | He delivered an extremely enthusiastic presentation on a highly specialised and narrow topic . |
| 16 | And a highly biasing and prejudicial process it can be . |
| 17 | There is frequently a " personal " element in poetry , but this element is couched within a highly formalised and conventional genre . |