Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I think we 'll lose any hope of a properly integrated transport system .
2 Some students felt they had been rather hard pressed in relation to their knowledge of chemistry , but Coleman rightly said that a properly educated gentleman could be expected to understand the general principles and applications of chemical science .
3 He adopted the same line in his lectures on the foetal circulation — this was a subject of little practical importance , but it was one of which a properly educated man should have some appreciation .
4 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 .
5 ‘ I think , ’ said Robert , trying to stop his voice climbing any higher , ‘ that we should find Hasan a properly Islamic home as soon as possible .
6 First we tension the foot and then the luff until we get a properly shaped aerofoil .
7 Thus , in A Taste of Honey , all Jo really needs is adequate love from a properly caring mother ; instead she has to seek the transitory solace of a passing Black sailor .
8 The development of relevant critical factors needs to be based on a properly sequenced series of requirements leading logically to success in the market place and hence NPV .
9 The payer must send the payment in a properly stamped envelope , enclosing the plaint note or summons ( or otherwise clearly identifying the plaint number ) and enclosing also a self addressed envelope so the court can return a receipt with the plaint note or summons ( if sent ) .
10 They chose their governments , except during the seven buffoonish years of the colonels ' dictatorship , in a properly democratic way .
11 We may remember with pleasure the picture of the skinny midshipman stuffing his stockings with oakum to give the impression of a properly gentlemanly leg .
12 A properly radical perspective would look instead at fundamentals — at the shape of schools as organisations , at the relationships between managerial and professional aspects of work in schools and at the whole question of the location of management as a set of tasks and processes ; at who does what , where and when in the management process .
13 She tried at first to do so in a properly genteel way , nibbling daintily .
14 I suppose , too , that I felt guilty : if I had behaved like a properly loving wife and refused to let Flora monopolize Richard so blatantly — which I only did because I was enjoying Adam 's company — the situation might not have arisen .
15 This will give a properly formatted listing .
16 It would be a pity if talk of road pricing were to divert attention from commonsense action needed now , or if it were seen as a substitute for a properly funded roads programme .
17 Increasing talk of Community Supervision Orders make a travesty of community care unless such orders are made in the context of good quality accommodation and a properly funded benefits system .
18 As far as heads were concerned , coordinators needed from them a properly negotiated version of the Authority 's job specification , support for the difficult tasks they were required to undertake , and a preparedness to include them within the team of senior staff involved in the development of policy .
19 But even in the least conducive conditions , with no wind , you should be able make a properly held-off touch down within about two fuselage lengths of your chosen spot .
20 The knock-on effect is unacceptable to the Government , because it means having a properly resourced training programme , a properly resourced pre-school education programme , proper training opportunities and the development of measures to counter unemployment .
21 We need a properly resourced railway network not an empty piece of paper . ’
22 Pre-packed filtration systems and the growing emphasis on high-tech media are both in danger of making us forget the very important role that floss — and better still , a properly bonded filter mat — can play in … raising Zebra Finches .
23 Pre-packaged filtration systems , and the growing emphasis on high tech media are both in danger of making us forget the very important role that floss , and better still a properly bonded filter mat can play in filtration .
24 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 .
25 However , it must be remembered that these groups work best at the initial stages of research when concepts still have to be clarified ; they can never replace a properly constituted sample .
26 We now turn to consider what is involved in using the formal interview schedule for a properly constituted sample survey .
27 The question is one of confirming that the legal agent on the record has a properly constituted authority to receive the sum on behalf of the Republic .
28 ( 5 ) A licence granted otherwise than at a properly constituted meeting of a licensing board or otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be void .
29 He is empowered to authorize the use of these powers to a properly constituted body and the RP is seen as fulfilling this role .
30 She had already gathered that her new employer was extremely well connected and , as might be expected from a woman of her standing , required absolute discretion of her staff and the encouragement of her children in a properly modest attitude to the family 's privileged position .
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