Example sentences of "to be a highly " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an almost equally dramatic sequel to the race when Carroll House , who is known to be a highly strung individual , lashed out several times as he was returning and almost caught well-wishers patting his quarters . |
| 2 | The forthcoming debate promised to be a highly uncomfortable occasion with my defence alternating between ‘ no decisions have been taken ’ and ‘ wait and see ’ . |
| 3 | But there was little disguising Tory delight in what proved to be a highly effective exercise in damage limitation , despite the above-average swing towards Labour . |
| 4 | The French proved to be a highly motivated and very brave addition to the ranks of the SAS , but in some ways they were a mixed blessing . |
| 5 | This , as Economist journalists discovered , proved to be a highly unorthodox meeting , as two outsiders , neither of whom were bound by the Privy Counsellor 's oath of confidentiality , were in attendance : ‘ Chaired by Mrs Thatcher , [ the meeting ] was attended , unusually , for part of the time , by two outsiders : Sir John Cuckney , Westland 's chairman … and Mr Marcus Agius , a director of Lazard 's , Westland 's financial advisers . ’ |
| 6 | However , what has often gone unnoticed is that in most cases this does not happen and , even more interesting , in some the outcome is what has been called ‘ outstanding ’ ; that is to say , the individual turns out to be a highly competent and sometimes very creative adult . |
| 7 | As Hooper wrote in 1985 , ‘ China 's current educational system is proving to be a highly elitist one . |
| 8 | I found the Vulcan to be a highly versatile jacket — great for hillwalking , spring skiing and everyday use . |
| 9 | But she proved to be a highly effective change master in her organization , responsible for many successful new projects , because she is a superb coalition builder , drawing hardly at all on her relationship with the CEO . |
| 10 | Symbolism , which is always a relationship of evocation , is held in most studies to be a highly variable process which is dependent upon the social positioning of the interpreter and the context of interpretation . |
| 11 | The self to whose development the authors relate this process tends to be a highly individualist subjective self , of the psychological rather than the anthropological tradition , with given psychic needs . |
| 12 | To be a highly visible minority of two in communities which were often as expressive as they were antagonistic was an abrupt reversal of the roles we had so unthinkingly come to accept in our British prep schools . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Underlying all of these seems to be a highly developed magnetic sense . |
| 15 | The result was that United Brands had to abandon what was generally acknowledged to be a highly efficient distribution system , arguably to the detriment of consumer welfare . |
| 16 | The language tutor , be he or she in EFL , ESOL , or Foreign and Community languages , is increasingly expected to be a highly competent professional able to tackle an increasingly demanding and diverse teaching environment . |
| 17 | It should by now be clear to the reader that the purchase decision may turn out to be a highly complex one , subject to a wide variety of inter-related economic and behavioural influences . |
| 18 | Of his collaborative works with Herbert , Marble Hill and the White Lodge are classic examples of the first-generation Anglo-Palladian villa , of which the former in particular was to be a highly influential model amongst later designers ; while the bridge at Wilton is one of the most perfect and most memorably inventive of all Anglo-Palladian images , and was to be faithfully copied on four occasions — at Stowe ( by 1742 ) , Prior Park , Bath ( 1756 ) , Hagley ( by 1764 ) , and Amesbury ( 1777 ) . |
| 19 | Anna Children proved to be a highly skilled draughtsman and contributed more than 200 illustrations to her father 's 1823 translation of Jean Lamarck 's Genera of Shells . |
| 20 | And , work-wise , it proved to be a highly productive fortnight . |
| 21 | Supported Distance Learning is seen to be a highly cost-effective way of teaching English in Eastern Europe , where the acquisition of the international language of business is essential for the regeneration of a free market economy . |
| 22 | The mayor of Dushanbe , Maksud Ikramov , issued what proved to be a highly controversial decree on the same day allowing the removal of statues of Lenin . |
| 23 | From a pilot study comparing the antiviral effect of interferon , acyclovir and a combination of interferon and acyclovir , it was concluded that combination therapy appears to be a highly promising treatment for chronic hepatitis B. As more recent controlled studies have shown that acyclovir does not enhance the therapeutic effect of interferon alone , the results of the pilot study could also be interpreted as indicating that a second course of interferon after short term primer interferon therapy is more effective than a single course . |
| 24 | So far the APT system has proved to be a highly effective way of extending trading hours until approximately 6pm , which enables LIFFE to increase its overlap with the North American time zone . |
| 25 | You do n't need a vast repertoire of games in order to be a highly effective drama teacher . |
| 26 | Oh , crumbs , Leith thought , and , while knowing Rosemary to be a highly intelligent girl , had a most worrying feeling that her parents had been putting some hard groundwork in on the proposition that , once married , women were n't supposed to have friends ! |
| 27 | Hoddle says he expects the Italians to be a highly skilled team , but says his own side will contain some talented players . |
| 28 | Currently , all FIMBRA members are able to offer pensions advice , even though they may not be properly qualified in what is acknowledged to be a highly complex area . |
| 29 | This seems to me to be a highly , high responsible budget bringing us closer and closer to a position where we will eventually reach . |