Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The section on the chemistry of gasication is not so definitive partly because the temperature gradient , which varies according to fuel and gasifier design , affects both the position of chemical equilibria and the relative rates of different reactions within the gasifier but also because few experimental results are available for interpretation . |
| 32 | She continued to look extremely doubtful even when Peregrine told the bystanders that it was none of our damn business what happened in Eastern Europe . |
| 33 | It is becoming less popular now because of the lack of support it gives to the lower back , although it does give more buoyancy than other types . |
| 34 | ‘ Piss ’ is one of several four-letter words less acceptable today than it has been in the past . |
| 35 | We would like to point out that many people at the centre told us that the attitudes we had encountered were less prevalent now than they had been in the past , and would continue to diminish . |
| 36 | A majority of the United Kingdom workforce decided against strike action and the mood of the Glasgow workers was so clear yesterday that a vote did not have to be taken . |
| 37 | Indeed this ‘ gender neutral ’ definition of sexism has become so prevalent even since the first edition of this book was written , it is necessary in this revised edition to be much more explicit about my use of the term . |
| 38 | Darwin 's finches , for example , could be seen to be extremely interesting only when their affinities were pointed out to him by a taxonomist . |
| 39 | This doubt is especially prevalent today since religious faith is often viewed as anything but a matter of truth . |
| 40 | Auntie Ethel 's old school friend , Elaine , not so popular now that she was Rich and Successful . |
| 41 | A small number of cycad genera survive in the tropical and subtropical regions today , but they are much less conspicuous today than they were 120 million years ago . |
| 42 | Nor is the road between , say , Salisbury and Winchester necessarily medieval just because it now links the two medieval towns . |
| 43 | In 1792 wages in Sheffield were said to be so high generally as to allow the leisure-preferring cutlers to live comfortably from working only three days a week . |
| 44 | They are still the most glamorous club in Britain , but our confidence is so high now that we could take them apart . |
| 45 | Furthermore , the process of converting names into dealing clients was time-consuming and costly , although it would have been far less economical still if the Department of Trade 's regulations had been properly adhered to . |
| 46 | Although comparisons with the latter may be less rigorous linguistically and will not focus directly on specific features such as cohesion and narrative structure , there is none the less some stylistic benefit . |
| 47 | They are less reliable even than the telephones . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ That 's a great shame , because unemployment is so universal nowadays that I would have hoped the stigma would disappear . ’ |
| 49 | It will be abundantly clear already that you are in the midst of superb quality rock . |
| 50 | The Drôme , the Tricastin , the Nyonsais regions are so different from Provence , so unfrequented early in the year , so interesting historically and architecturally why hurry off to the south ? |
| 51 | Perhaps because something called a stoup in a church was not so interesting enough as he had thought . ’ |
| 52 | It was irrational to be so resentful now when it was so nearly over anyway , but she was too infuriated by his failure to love her to be thinking clearly . |
| 53 | Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim so that he could not see ’ ( 27.1 ) . |
| 54 | All the crew here think the Indians are fantastically primitive just because they do n't have radios . |
| 55 | Since all the schools follow the same teaching plan and since the content of the programme followed by children in the early years is less demanding academically than that followed by adolescents , it is easy to argue that teachers in the lower grades require less training . |
| 56 | Bargaining structures within the international context , although extremely heterogeneous rather than conforming to any simple and tidy pattern , may be broadly classified in terms of the level at which negotiations are mainly conducted . |
| 57 | I found it an impressive programme and I hope it will not lead Mr Heseltine to conclude that chess sets are less harmful potentially than television sets . |
| 58 | While the Panel does not fall squarely within this category of body , its activities are considered by the courts to be sufficiently similar so as to be subject to judicial review . |
| 59 | The smell of lion 's faeces makes red deer extremely nervous even though thousands of years have elapsed since the two species lived together . |
| 60 | So violent sometimes that they can not stand up but lie perfectly exhausted . |