Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well this is rather strange you should ask that question , cos I just bought , bought an Engli er , erm dictionary |
| 2 | The most telling one , from the point of view of this study , was found only as recently as 1893 in the Brestimont Collection . |
| 3 | Trafford are statistically the worst sinners in the League and Doshan was a little upset their very aggressive manner was only penalised three times . |
| 4 | But I saw judgement in your face , and it shattered me , precisely because I know I must seem to deserve the very worst that anyone could imagine . |
| 5 | At its most absurd it might mean that companies could be sued for sending letters to the wrong address . |
| 6 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 7 | Once a soldier had been certified medically deaf he was always shipped home . |
| 8 | B B C Radio York oh no hang on sorry I got that wrong . |
| 9 | Also featured here are motion and sound videos of each of these prominent people , the most memorable one being a very angry speech from Adolf Hitler . |
| 10 | There are various tests for colour perception , some using plates of solid colour , but the most usual one is the Ishihara Test which presents a symbol or number depicted in coloured dots against a background of dots of another colour . |
| 11 | Proposals differ in detail , but the most usual one is to give vouchers , which would pay for basic education , to everyone . |
| 12 | My company is an outstandingly tolerant one , and has great respect for the individual . |
| 13 | ( You are dead right he is . |
| 14 | At last the rain held off and although the wind was a little strong I knew that I had to fly her . |
| 15 | Perhaps the most that one can say of the bureaucracy is that it is a force for inertia in public spending since , once created , agencies programmes and projects are very difficult to dismantle . |
| 16 | Or rather , the most that one can predict is that the 1990s will be a period of yet more bumps and twists , swerves and U-turns , and unexpected developments . |
| 17 | As none of us can ever get outside logocentrism ( its power over our habits of thought and over our language is so pervasive ) , the most that one can do is work against them from within in this sort of way . |
| 18 | It is important , however , to remember that all transactions in land since 1947 have taken place in the full knowledge that the 1947 development value was the most that anyone would hope to receive by way of compensation from the 300 million fund . |
| 19 | It had a nice square kitchen with one long window and a little narrow one , both with stone lintels . |
| 20 | The Iroquois Indians believed Hahgwehdiyu to be the Most Divine One , responsible for creating the world . |
| 21 | When you invade the penalty area and make that all-important shot you 'll wonder why you bothered — the goalkeepers are so irritatingly agile it 's almost impossible for either team to score ! |
| 22 | Right dear I will |
| 23 | Allowing that , being feelings , they are , more accurately speaking , in my mind , this use of ‘ perceive ’ , though to us a rather strained one , must seem to the Cartesian to be the paradigm for philosophically responsible talk of what it is to perceive something . |
| 24 | And you could also feel the , the shuddering of the , the wings and the fuselage er and er it was rather frightful you know , if you had n't been before . |
| 25 | So should voters , it would be rather absurd I think , well Mill thinks , that if jurors were expected to come to a decision on the basis of what they would prefer , would you prefer this person to be sent down or would you prefer them to get off . |
| 26 | Right that one then . |
| 27 | Right that one or those two stuck together would make a third . |
| 28 | Right that one . |
| 29 | right that one .. |
| 30 | Right that one here he is |