Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] [adv] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She loved the night sky , brilliant with stars , which to her town dweller 's eyes , seemed much nearer to earth here in East Anglia . |
| 2 | Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications is considering constructing optical communications networks as public projects , in recognition that competition has made companies such as Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp less willing to invest heavily in construction — NTT and other common carriers would be permitted to operate the networks , which the Ministry hopes would be used for broadcasting too . |
| 3 | This is extremely difficult to justify either in terms of legislative intent , or in terms of the relative competence of the two institutions . |
| 4 | If the attempt was made and failed , the organisation would be discredited and no longer able to intervene decisively in Ulster affairs . |
| 5 | In order to account for women 's lack of autonomy it is not sufficient to think merely in terms of removing a veil , or stripping away the outer layers . |
| 6 | Sir Kenneth said : ‘ It is not sufficient to think only in terms of crime control . |
| 7 | Spinks also sell old English banknotes , which are more likely to rise steadily in value . |
| 8 | Spinks also sell old English banknotes , which are more likely to rise steadily in value . |
| 9 | Spinks also sell old English banknotes , which are more likely to rise steadily in value . |
| 10 | If you want to stay on starboard tack after the start , it is usually better to tack just in front of a group of boats so that they are safely to windward once you start . |
| 11 | The series has a decidedly contemporary feel both in topic and in vocabulary . |
| 12 | On balance , it is probably helpful to think firstly in terms of the three broad categories , so as to separate the main production options available , and secondly in terms of the more detailed breakdown in order to draw up a truer picture of what may be possible in practice . |
| 13 | A ‘ snapshot ’ sequence of pyramids may reveal the effects of social ( e.g. family planning ) ; historical ( e.g. wars , plagues , famines ) and economic ( e.g. recessions ) changes on population structure , but it is also useful to think dynamically in terms of cohorts . |
| 14 | Thus , taking the phrase which Bolinger uses as an example , it is certainly not the properties inherent in being a man that are strengthened when one utters a sentence such as : ( 19 ) walking into the bakery , I met the very man The same conclusion is indicated by the fact that it is perfectly satisfactory to use very in conjunction with a word like one ( as Bolinger himself observes ) , and yet this does not express any property which can be intensified , except singularity which is of course intensified by a quite different word ; note the following : ( 20 ) that is the very one ( 21 ) the supermarket did n't have a single one Actually , when very operates within a noun phrase it clearly acts as an intensifier of exactitude , not of quantity , so it is entirely natural that it should focus on the article ; that is , it does indeed qualify a property , but that property is , approximately , the notion " recognizable by my audience " , as expressed in the definite article . |
| 15 | In many of the markets , both nuclear and industrial , it is now necessary to think internationally in order to maximise returns . |
| 16 | There was until recently one situation in which the Monarch might be called upon to exercise a degree of discretion but even this has now in practice been removed as the result of party political developments that took place between 1957 and 1965 … |
| 17 | It is quite another to stand defiantly in front of the guns and hold your ground . |
| 18 | Smart , well-dressed , mainly black , they 're a good-time crowd out for a form of entertainment that 's virtually impossible to find elsewhere in London on a regular basis — black comedy . |
| 19 | The Norderns looked at Marx who stood before them as if he was quite happy to stand there in silence all day . |
| 20 | While emphasising the interdependence between semantic expres-sions and underlying cognitive concepts , this approach also implies that not all of a child 's understanding of a particular experience may be expressed in language , and that a child may intend to express more than she is actually able to encode formally in language structures . |
| 21 | As it is , they say , British broadcasters are far too small to compete effectively in export markets or to resist overseas predators . |
| 22 | To ensure the continuing development of that resource , I was very pleased to launch formally in November our own programme towards achieving Investors in People status for GDA . |
| 23 | The Act is very wide ranging particularly in relation to the adjective ‘ identifiable ’ and subjects have considerable rights of inspection and amendment of their own records . |
| 24 | Too young to rule effectively in person , he was too old to make a minority an attractive prospect . |
| 25 | Too young to rule effectively in person , he was too old to make a minority an attractive prospect . |
| 26 | Obviously something like a car could only be considered a bribe ; on the other hand a vacuum cleaner , say , may be too expensive to give away in bulk but could certainly be offered for comparative testing . |