Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , as they saw it , Mrs Thatcher 's abuse of the loosely defined conventions that made such politically conscious people demand constitutional reform , one cardinal feature of which should be a properly articulated status of citizenship . |
| 2 | At a committee meeting of Standing Committee of Convocation it was resolved that the Chairman of Standing Committee should write to the Chairperson of Hong Kong ‘ Branch ’ with the proposal that the ‘ Branch ’ should become a properly constituted Branch of Convocation , enclosing a model constitution for information . |
| 3 | They considered , inter alia , the arguments in favour of a trial by jury in these cases ; whether there are types of cases which could be dealt with effectively or justly outside the criminal justice system ; and also whether there should be a properly structured system of plea bargaining with proper safeguards . |
| 4 | Next day I moved to 40 Beaumont Street and began a vastly expensive career of alcohol . |
| 5 | A vastly increased supply of turf and logs was required for the many fires the occasion demanded . |
| 6 | Injects a vastly increased amount of money into the prison system ; |
| 7 | They enjoyed a vastly improved standard of living , but Marjorie Gedge soon felt homesick . |
| 8 | Their collapse was brought about by opposition movements demanding greater democracy , but also a reconstruction of the economy to achieve higher rates of growth and in particular a vastly improved supply of consumer goods . |
| 9 | One of the longest pieces is taken from The Thirties , Malcolm Muggeridge 's over-rated chronicle , short on detail , long on a relentlessly ironical sense of superiority . |
| 10 | Which means of course if you work for Trading Standards , as I did until very recently if you work for Trading Standards you tend to get a rather jaundiced view of shopping . |
| 11 | It is a rather tidy kind of argument with no loose ends . |
| 12 | Ianthe took a rather prim sip of wine . |
| 13 | A rather odd concoction of wine , oil , salt and corn was sprinkled on to the house by Midlands , West & Wales director , Martin Smout who performed the ancient ‘ topping out ’ ceremony . |
| 14 | Those who bought the Cabinet Cyclopedia therefore got a rather odd view of zoology , conservative in its types and symbols but up to date in its appreciation of J. V. Thompson 's work , and rarely dull . |
| 15 | Given the nature of the tasks facing industry , that seems a rather small amount of money . |
| 16 | They have been collecting goodies from all over the globe , with no trouble or expense spared , and have recently announced that they have just paid a world record price for a rather small amount of tea . |
| 17 | In this case it is again not the ancestors who are important , but a rather diffuse constellation of nature spirits . |
| 18 | This is a rather complex technique of composition . |
| 19 | One of these was converted by Blair to give Dungannon a rather flattering margin of victory . |
| 20 | ‘ My conversation with him this evening made me realise that he can be quite devious , and also that he has a rather cruel sense of humour . |
| 21 | Karl clutched Erika as they negotiated a rather icy patch of pavement . |
| 22 | This is a rather strange piece of behaviour , which gave rise in the l9th century to the belief that the female cuckoo swallowed her egg after laying it and then regurgitated it into the host 's nest . |
| 23 | ‘ May I observe that this is a rather strange sort of idleness … ’ and he went on to admit that , although it was difficult for him to defend his present way of life , there was purpose in it , even if that purpose was an obscure one . |
| 24 | The responses reveal a rather worrying lack of communication , with a resulting lack of trust . |
| 25 | A rather terrible bubble of mirth broke from him . |
| 26 | He is ‘ a gentleman with a rather perplexed expression of face , and with very grey hair disordered on his head , as if he did n't quite see his way to putting anything straight ’ , but kind and honest . |
| 27 | It is easy to see why credo , ‘ I believe ’ , should be a dubious case : belief does seem to leave something to the discretion of a trustee , and there may well be doubt whether a rather tentative expression of belief sufficiently expresses a testator 's intention that a trust should be set up . |
| 28 | Many people these days have a rather negative concept of health in that they tend to look on it as a state in which one does not feel ill or has no pain — in other words , a state of absence of illness . |
| 29 | Recognise that er , the implications of that but you 're right , co coercing could be er an adve a rather negative end of influence . |
| 30 | Nor , on the evidence of a rather poor run of West Saxon charters was there any such restriction on the power of the West Saxon king to do so . |