Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 2 | Only one major problem arose during the course of this extensive but meticulously planned renovation exercise . |
| 3 | More generally one can say that for attitudinism ethical statements invite the hearer ( or perhaps the speaker when in discourse with himself ) to express his agreement or disagreement in attitude , or perhaps join in a shared attempt to arrive at some stable and better based attitude , towards what is in question , and that this is quite a different matter from any discussion concerning the psychological state , of approving or disapproving , on either the speaker 's or hearer 's part . |
| 4 | Our recommended list for this relatively-open and well filtered style of tank , with plenty of water movement , is given , plus some recommendations for other styles of community tank . |
| 5 | Hot while this damp and still clings round my head , |
| 6 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 7 | He understood that heaven and hell were here on earth , and that little by little heaven would drive out hell , and that the efforts of men of intelligence and goodwill should be dedicated to hastening that process ; and that even the word ‘ should ’ , with its implication of duty and overtones of guilt , was in this brave and newly discovered world , inappropriate . |
| 8 | Lowly born or high born there is a saint for you . |
| 9 | Some perfect and well scarred nut slots protect a tricky move into the final groove , which is bridged pleasantly to the top , always assuming your rope drag has not got out of control . |
| 10 | And we bought this extra and then went better side of the bed . |
| 11 | JAMMING : Punk fanzine that grew into glossy monthly and then did n't grow any more . |
| 12 | This fine and little known house has a number of features of interest , and is by far the most important neo-classical house in the area . |
| 13 | Encouraged by the Labour government of 1964–70 and the attempt of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation to restructure parts of British industry , GEC took over AEI and English Electric and successfully reorganised the ailing electronics industry during the 1960s by rationalisation , elimination of duplication and elimination of excess capacity . |
| 14 | Throughout the Harlem Renaissance of the twenties and through to the forties it was sustained by a few ambitious but poorly funded independent companies whose efforts received limited exposure . |
| 15 | He had slept well , woken early , said Office , celebrated Mass , broken fast and then swept both his house and Philomel 's stable . |
| 16 | Naturalists had to fall back on their judgement in family grouping ; and some then and since have followed Adanson , a great French contemporary of Linnaeus , in trying to weigh up all characteristics of an organism instead of taking one or a few as crucial . |
| 17 | They made 100 variations from this negative and then threw in No.101 ( which measures 1397 x 2743 mm ) and No.102 illustrated here . |
| 18 | This substantial and carefully argued paper deals with a number of thorny methodological issues , such as defining the scope and relevant contexts of the syntactic variable ( see 7.4.1 ) and problems associated with the low frequency of particular verbs . |
| 19 | They were all built around the 1720s and all have bold keystones and this dramatic and sometimes swooping raised centre : as though a countrified Vanbrugh or Thomas Archer had been at work . |
| 20 | Some able and highly motivated visually handicapped people develop sophisticated levels of hearing and touch that astound the fully sighted , but these are not an automatic compensation for poor vision , and there is considerable individual variation in these areas of competence . |
| 21 | Biblical interpretation , Adam and Eve , original sin , evolution , miracles , evil , the nature of God , free will , prayer , Galileo and Charles Darwin — here are all these issues in 22 short and attractively written chapters , each one a readable essay . |
| 22 | It was clear that UUUC were going to do well but many people including perhaps some UUUC candidates themselves were surprised at the extent of their success , The relative absence of " Centre " candidates in the Westminster X-vote election of October 1974 was marked and this alone and understandably made realists doubt the validity of the figures as a guide to a single transferable vote election six months later . |
| 23 | This depressing but widely held view of life in old age is the foundation upon which judgements are made about individual worth . |
| 24 | As in Finland , in country areas , Sweden retains some small but beautifully painted churches . |
| 25 | It was not fun enough for the fans , nor artistic enough for the art loving public ( or so it seemed from the vulgar poster and catalogue ; actually , it contained some wonderful and rarely seen pieces of silver ) . |
| 26 | A modern cottage-style property offering spacious accommodation in this convenient and well served Northamptonshire village . |
| 27 | There are some delightful and newly published illustrations of them from manuscripts they made , peering out of initials which they are still painting , or kneeling in corners , or , in the case of Nicolaus Bertschi of Augsburg , apparently accepting a mug of beer from his wife Margaret . |
| 28 | Situated in a 10 minute stroll from the lake , this clean and well run hotel has a small lounge , a bar , a pretty terrace where drinks are served , two further terraces with chairs to relax in , and a restaurant which serves good Italian cooking . |
| 29 | Although the wording of the Act suggests that it could be used in cases of abuse , it seems that there is such a general sense of unease about the law as it stands that some new and especially designed statute will be necessary for effective provision . |
| 30 | There is n't much you can do about this other than vengefully shoot up the sacrificial unit in your following turn . |