Example sentences of "of [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we neared Arran the clouds became denser , and in turn cast deep shadows over the Firth and the Arran coast , or were lit up with a glow of intensely bright sunlight ; while the glory of Arran , its mountain-peaks , were lost amid the clouds that enshrouded them . |
| 2 | ‘ An overwhelming flood of intensely bright patterns in supernatural colours exploded behind my eyelids , ’ he wrote . |
| 3 | If it did , it might be valuable in patients with gout , when abnormal deposits of uric acid are responsible for the development of intensely painful joints . |
| 4 | Moreover , this lever is strengthened by electoral democracy , which legitimates the promotion of locally preferred policies , and in this way local states , and especially electoral local government , are not only used by those dominant at the centre to enable them to manage uneven development , but can also represent specifically local interests . |
| 5 | Whereas in most parts of England , thatched roofs were made of locally available straw , in the lowlands , especially in East Anglia , the common reed was used — the same plant which provides a home for a whole hierarchy of warblers , moths , and bees . |
| 6 | Expansion of the work of the Court of Protection is favoured but if this is not thought appropriate then some form of locally accessible tribunal or court to exercise supervision , possibly supplemented by some form of guardianship , is considered desirable . |
| 7 | Tall-herb and fern-rich communities became increasingly rare , presumably confined to areas of locally fertile soils . |
| 8 | We went first to the Visitor Centre , an old long house barn built of locally quarried limestone and slate , to check up on ‘ new arrivals ’ — summer migrants flying in . |
| 9 | Had it not been for seasonal visitors , the list of locally popular dishes would have been depressingly brief ; burned steaks , fried fish , and barbecued chicken . |
| 10 | In the 1979 and 1983 elections there were examples of locally popular candidates holding their marginal seats against the national swing . |
| 11 | Some groups can claim considerable success in neighbourhood improvement ( at modest financial cost ) by making use of locally wasted assets — land , buildings and people with skill and energy . |
| 12 | You just have to look round a lot of trophy cabinets and you can see a lot of locally sponsored cups and trophies in there . |
| 13 | Editor , — Virginia Morley gives an example of locally sensitive purchasing , attributed to North Derbyshire Health Authority . |
| 14 | At least some of the increase in late life fitness in ‘ old ’ lines could have been caused by reduction in the frequency of predominantly late-acting mutations , and a study of the effects of reverse selection suggested that this was the case , and that mutation accumulation had therefore also contributed to ageing in the base stock . |
| 15 | The first proper historical evaluation of the subject to have been made in the United States , the exhibition has been organised by curator Elizabeth Armstrong and her associate , Joan Rothfuss , and will be seen at the Whitney Museum of American Art ( 16 July-3 October ) , Chicago 's Museum of Contemporary Art ( 13 November-16 January 1994 ) , the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts , Columbus OH ( 18 February-17 April 1994 ) , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( 12 May-24 July 1994 ) and the Fundacio Antoni Tapies , Barcelona ( 17 November1994–12 January 1995 ) , the only European venue confirmed for this important exhibition of predominantly European material , although Armstrong told The Art Newspaper that she expects to add at least two further venues in Europe , one of which may be in London . |
| 16 | This model was intended to enhance the practical skills and productivity of predominantly rural populations . |
| 17 | Part of an answer to these may be found in the fact that a personal visit ( by the researchers ) to the areas where the black arrestees lived revealed that these were pockets of very poor houses in large wards of predominantly good class housing . |
| 18 | But in the case of most crafts there was a long and complex development towards the radically different organization of the craft or trade union , which belongs to the epoch of predominantly capitalist development and social relations . |
| 19 | The situation may therefore be one of predominantly increased production of VLDL ; however , it is also likely that a clearance defect is operative , as the rate of disappearance of intravenous Intralipid was reduced in a study of Type 2 diabetics , possibly due to low fatty acid incorporation into adipose tissue ( Lewis et al , 1972 ) . |
| 20 | Secondly , is a group of predominantly geometric pavements possessing linear , banded arrangements , little ( if any ) figural detail , ! and deliberate placement of a few , plain motifs . |
| 21 | They are usually rather brightly coloured ( although some , particularly in Morocco , use brown and grey shades of undyed wool ) , and employ a variety of predominantly geometric designs of Anatolian , Persian and Central Asian influence or origin . |
| 22 | The invisibility of women in the sociology of work is guaranteed by the choice of predominantly masculine jobs in research design . |
| 23 | The complaints , cautions and convictions for offences relating to animals in the UK are horrifying , and are as much a reflection of the relative toughness of our laws as the number of predominantly domestic pets kept per capita . |
| 24 | On Feb. 27 the government tabled in parliament the long-expected Land Acquisition Bill allowing for the compulsory purchase of 5,500,000 hectares of predominantly white-owned land . |
| 25 | The legislation made provision for the compulsory purchase of 5,500,000 hectares of predominantly white-owned land earmarked for redistribution to black families . |
| 26 | So , while in the past we have been placing into the care of the private sector the management of predominantly physical activities , we are now privatising parts of the local authority that are direct holders and processors of information . |
| 27 | On Monday 27th many insurgents converged on the Tauride Palace , seat of the Duma , and that evening a group of predominantly Menshevik intelligentsia established a Provisional Executive Committee ( EC ) of the soviet in the palace and summoned factories and barracks to elect deputies to it . |
| 28 | A group of predominantly Protestant families known as ‘ first-class Goyigamas ’ dominated the ranks of the mudaliyars . |
| 29 | The discipline had thus successfully established and maintained the continuity of the English genius as an at once moral , human ( i.e. engendered ) , and poetic force ; and it had developed procedures for regulating the admissibility of particular fictional works to this field of predominantly male-to-male discourse . |
| 30 | The subject of Les Fruits d'or ( 1963 ) is a novel which is itself entitled ‘ Les Fruits d'or ’ ; this situation acts as a catalyst for tropistic interactions amongst a set of predominantly anonymous figures who are trapped within the fixed patterns of social discourse . |