Example sentences of "of [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | White holes , by contrast , are presumably areas of intensely strong antigravitational repulsion . |
| 2 | As we neared Arran the clouds became denser , and in turn cast deep shadows over the Firth and the Arran coast , or were lit up with a glow of intensely bright sunlight ; while the glory of Arran , its mountain-peaks , were lost amid the clouds that enshrouded them . |
| 3 | ‘ An overwhelming flood of intensely bright patterns in supernatural colours exploded behind my eyelids , ’ he wrote . |
| 4 | If it did , it might be valuable in patients with gout , when abnormal deposits of uric acid are responsible for the development of intensely painful joints . |
| 5 | It was said that the ‘ Treasures of Britain' exhibition could not be seen in England for lack of somewhere suitable to mount it . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure I can think of somewhere suitable , somewhere nice and quiet where we wo n't be disturbed while we have our little talk . |
| 7 | They had dreamed of somewhere that was beyond the fence . |
| 8 | I 'm really just trying to find out if anyone knows of somewhere decent . ’ |
| 9 | Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet , clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations . |
| 10 | I dream of somewhere quiet Where no one can find me . |
| 11 | Sometimes , it 's simply a question of somewhere safe to go after school while parents are working . |
| 12 | Also , because as served in 99 out of 100 Chinese restaurants , they would arrive sticky with grease and boiled to a hue of nauseously vivid waxy-yellow . |
| 13 | Moreover , this lever is strengthened by electoral democracy , which legitimates the promotion of locally preferred policies , and in this way local states , and especially electoral local government , are not only used by those dominant at the centre to enable them to manage uneven development , but can also represent specifically local interests . |
| 14 | Whereas in most parts of England , thatched roofs were made of locally available straw , in the lowlands , especially in East Anglia , the common reed was used — the same plant which provides a home for a whole hierarchy of warblers , moths , and bees . |
| 15 | Expansion of the work of the Court of Protection is favoured but if this is not thought appropriate then some form of locally accessible tribunal or court to exercise supervision , possibly supplemented by some form of guardianship , is considered desirable . |
| 16 | Tall-herb and fern-rich communities became increasingly rare , presumably confined to areas of locally fertile soils . |
| 17 | We went first to the Visitor Centre , an old long house barn built of locally quarried limestone and slate , to check up on ‘ new arrivals ’ — summer migrants flying in . |
| 18 | The house is built of locally hewn blue lyas stone , and originated in 1580 , with a new front added in 1850 . |
| 19 | Built in 1883 of locally hewn pink and grey granite , it has an attractive landscaped garden with fine views stretching to the distant mountains . |
| 20 | Had it not been for seasonal visitors , the list of locally popular dishes would have been depressingly brief ; burned steaks , fried fish , and barbecued chicken . |
| 21 | In the 1979 and 1983 elections there were examples of locally popular candidates holding their marginal seats against the national swing . |
| 22 | Some groups can claim considerable success in neighbourhood improvement ( at modest financial cost ) by making use of locally wasted assets — land , buildings and people with skill and energy . |
| 23 | You just have to look round a lot of trophy cabinets and you can see a lot of locally sponsored cups and trophies in there . |
| 24 | Editor , — Virginia Morley gives an example of locally sensitive purchasing , attributed to North Derbyshire Health Authority . |
| 25 | At least some of the increase in late life fitness in ‘ old ’ lines could have been caused by reduction in the frequency of predominantly late-acting mutations , and a study of the effects of reverse selection suggested that this was the case , and that mutation accumulation had therefore also contributed to ageing in the base stock . |
| 26 | The experimental results suggest that ageing in Drosophila has evolved in part as a consequence of selection for an optimal life history , and in part as a result of accumulation of predominantly late-acting deleterious mutations . |
| 27 | As Hannah points out in his historical study of the development of the corporate economy , during the course of the present century British industry was transformed from ‘ a disaggregated structure of predominantly small , competing firms to a concentrated structure dominated by large , and often monopolistic , corporations ’ . |
| 28 | The first proper historical evaluation of the subject to have been made in the United States , the exhibition has been organised by curator Elizabeth Armstrong and her associate , Joan Rothfuss , and will be seen at the Whitney Museum of American Art ( 16 July-3 October ) , Chicago 's Museum of Contemporary Art ( 13 November-16 January 1994 ) , the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts , Columbus OH ( 18 February-17 April 1994 ) , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( 12 May-24 July 1994 ) and the Fundacio Antoni Tapies , Barcelona ( 17 November1994–12 January 1995 ) , the only European venue confirmed for this important exhibition of predominantly European material , although Armstrong told The Art Newspaper that she expects to add at least two further venues in Europe , one of which may be in London . |
| 29 | This model was intended to enhance the practical skills and productivity of predominantly rural populations . |
| 30 | Part of an answer to these may be found in the fact that a personal visit ( by the researchers ) to the areas where the black arrestees lived revealed that these were pockets of very poor houses in large wards of predominantly good class housing . |