Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would , he thought with a smile , be most unfitting to explode on landing under the circumstances . |
| 2 | All the more tragic therefore that one of the earliest deaths in boxing , and perhaps the most controversial resulted from a fight in which a deaf boxer took part . |
| 3 | At all levels of church life there is an urgent need for role-models to encourage even the most prejudiced and most embattled to rethink their ways . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose it 's a little absurd to keep them all now . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't think it 's dead vain to care about how you look . |
| 6 | I did so , feeling rather strange to stand half-undressed in the presence of a mummified corpse . |
| 7 | Any political party ought to have vision , but it 's rather strange to find your editorial ( ‘ The vision thing ’ , 8 May ) quoting William Beveridge on the evils of Want , Disease , Squalor and Ignorance . |
| 8 | Something rather strange has happened to me . |
| 9 | It is most annoying to have unintelligible chattering somewhere behind you whilst watching the fish or beating the eggs . |
| 10 | Bigger country , not one tight little prejudiced clapped out topheavy society , less breathing down one 's neck . |
| 11 | Well , what we did was we what we did was we erm found the alarm system to try and calculate some reasonable output rates erm but what we found was the output rates seemed incredibly low using based on the completion that they have got So what we was we erm took the nine week 's work that they 'd done and erm plus they 'd obviously based our output rates on that erm just for a little example , using the allowances we have n't got whereas actually we 'd been calculating it on what they had n't worked so , that was basically what we So moving on to the actual short-term programme |
| 12 | Sorry go on sorry go on . |
| 13 | He pulled the cap a little lower to shield his eyes from the glare , and said negligently , ‘ I did n't think it needed explaining . |
| 14 | ‘ Have you found somewhere pleasant to live in London ? ’ |
| 15 | Although it is most usual to think of salami as an Italian speciality , they are , in fact , made throughout Europe . |
| 16 | We would be most grateful to receive nominations before the closing date , March 31st . , . |
| 17 | If there is any separate documentation or further material useful to our Working Party , we should be most grateful to receive it . |
| 18 | If you have any comments you would like to make to me on this exercise I shall be most grateful to receive them . |
| 19 | I would , therefore , be most grateful to hear from anyone who has any memories or anecdotes of the company pre-1959 , whether from customers , employees or other analysts of that era . |
| 20 | I am most grateful to have the opportunity to develop once again on the Adjournment the problems associated with trunk roads in Leicestershire . |
| 21 | Ryarsh also makes non-standard special shapes , although it is most economic to select from the extensive range of standard specials . |
| 22 | A sleek black plastic casing surrounds this contender and it 's really rather pleasant to look at . |
| 23 | It might even be rather pleasant to ride through this strange , beautiful world with the silver moonlight . |
| 24 | Presumably that does not apply here . |
| 25 | ‘ Deputies in Scotland are the tier to recruit from , so presumably that says something about what they did n't want , ’ said one rejected applicant . |
| 26 | Woman 's Own produced a rubber rhyme which sounds rather vulgar to encourage its readers to part with their old rubber corsets . |
| 27 | Well yes , yes in terms it sounds mos most confusing compared with a straightforward business world but if , if , if the campaign are saying that it 's got to be this way for legal reasons they 're not prepared to accept it . |
| 28 | Somehow , I felt it was rather sacrilegious to mention Jesus 's name aloud where we were . |
| 29 | ‘ Look , Jenny , ’ said Sheila , ‘ we were all dead sorry to hear about your mother . |
| 30 | Seen on the ground the Piper Apache is a chubby little bird , somewhat dated and rather sedate looking in comparison with its younger cousin , the Twin Comanche , but there is an impression of dependability and a promise of comfort . |