Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Government were part of the process of blocking the directive until it was so badly mauled that it is now very different from the one that we first saw and debated in the House a month ago . |
| 32 | It hit sectors and people who largely escaped before , the skilled , the clerical workers , the managers and the professionals who 've been badly mauled this time , and where last time around er the service sector was expanding to mop up some of those who 'd lost their jobs in manufacturing , this time the service sector too has been in deep trouble . |
| 33 | A hole was worn into the side of the saddle , the rear carrier was a write-off , and the saddle-bag was badly mauled . |
| 34 | Goshawk Squadron flew all that day , and came back from the patrols badly mauled . |
| 35 | I later learnt that the corpse had been badly mauled in battle , the face disfigured by a crashing axe blow . |
| 36 | The face and right hand had been badly mauled . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ Well , the body was badly mauled in battle . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ One side of the face was badly mauled . |
| 39 | ‘ They said it looks OK but they 've towed it off somewhere to search for clues . |
| 40 | Record-breaking and the alleged mania for quantification can not properly explain the appeal of sport . |
| 41 | The terms of this order are to govern any contract between the Buyer and Seller and shall prevail over any terms put forward by the Seller , unless the Buyer expressly agrees to them in writing . |
| 42 | The drafter may try to protect his/her client in the battle of the forms by including an appropriate provision in the terms such as : The terms of this order are to govern any contract between the Buyer and Seller and shall prevail over any terms put forward by the Seller , unless the Buyer expressly agrees to them in writing . |
| 43 | Labour , for example , wants next year to throw £20 million at a ‘ reading recovery scheme ’ for which there would be absolutely no need had reading been properly taught in the first place ( something which requires little in the way of ‘ resources ’ ) . |
| 44 | Because the national curriculum can not be properly taught without new textbooks , we will earmark funds for class and library books . |
| 45 | Rather I have argued that , properly taught , it is a highly suitable place to begin serious legal study . |
| 46 | Nearly every child if properly taught loves to draw and paint . |
| 47 | Sir Keith Joseph echoed the view of his predecessors and successors when he declared in 1984 , " History , properly taught , justifies its place in the curriculum by what it does to prepare all pupils for the responsibilities of citizenship . " |
| 48 | I , I doubt whether she 's been properly taught on the subject quite frankly . |
| 49 | The Cotton Twist Company rarely sacked anyone if they could wear them out first . |
| 50 | It was a long document ( as one speaker remarked , there was a danger it would grow so long that no one would read it ) , but after only two days of discussion the fathers voted overwhelmingly to accept the draft as the basis for the final document and went on to debate it section by section . |
| 51 | G thereby got hold of the barley , disposed of it and absconded . |
| 52 | The food at the hotel is mostly flown in from Vienna , so staying at Fudauri is Georgian extra-extra luxury . |
| 53 | The Muslim 's bird slowly righted itself , got unsteadily to its feet , then limped off through the legs of the crowd . |
| 54 | They rely heavily on evaluated , aggregated data . |
| 55 | The meal was finished , his father had returned to the newspaper , rather deflated at his family 's lack of appreciation of his vice-presidency , and his mother had finished her ice cream and was rising from the table . |
| 56 | Then he saw — or rather heard , for the clip of their boot-studs on the flagstones was what first caught his attention — a file of boys in football kit making their way along a covered path linking the courtyard to the playing fields that lay behind the school buildings . |
| 57 | ‘ D' you know because so many people switch off their TVs by remote control instead of pulling out the plug , they go on using electricity , the same in one night that would power Leicester for one day . |
| 58 | Keep on using lead free if the engine is not set properly after its recent service . |
| 59 | Fleming went on using mould extracts in selective media , and published once more on the subject before 1942 . |
| 60 | I shall carry on using the term regardless , and any hairy man who wants to challenge me about it is welcome to a wrestle . |