Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Byrne ( 1986 , p. 127 ) asks , ‘ does the lack of women councillors explain the apparent inadequacy of nursery provision , while there is an arguably ample supply of municipal golfing facilities ? ’ |
| 2 | And finally she said , ‘ That 's the most vulgar thing I 've ever seen in my life . ’ |
| 3 | YEAH ! ’ is , of course , the only thing you really have to say about this record , the first DEAD LOUD pop song whose chorus was the most vulgar thing a British group had ever sung , whose chords were monsters , whose drums suggested the possibility of imminent noisy sex . |
| 4 | But even the most mercenary of foreign firms grows a little queasier about trading with a regime which shoots dead its citizens , and then tries to score popularity points by offering convict labour to foreign factories ; and even the most unreconstructed optimist can see that the resurgence of hard-line Marxists in the Peking power structure is likely to militate against further free-market reforms . |
| 5 | Not even the most unreconstructed Keynesian would ever claim that the General Theory was an easy read . |
| 6 | Among that most representative breed of ministers , Moderators , it is even closer to the mark , and without consulting the records I can think of the Very Reverends MacLeod , Fraser , Craig ( Archie ) , Craig ( Robert ) and Reid , as examples . |
| 7 | The tawny owl produces the most representative prey assemblage from its habitat , including rare species , but the barn owl preserves the original community equitability more closely by concentrating on the more common species at the expense of missing the rare species . |
| 8 | Whilst by no means an ideal data base , WIRS does provide the most extensive and most representative survey information currently available on employers ' use of temporary labour in Britain . |
| 9 | A new survey for 1993 , ‘ Pay and Benefits in the Hospitality Industry ’ , will give the most representative review ever of the payment structure and wage costs in the UK hotel and catering industry . |
| 10 | And yet sometimes I wonder if the wittiest , most resonant irony is n't just a well-brushed , well-educated coincidence . |
| 11 | The most controversial attack in the air war occurred in the early hours of Feb. 13 when US aircraft destroyed an air raid shelter in the Amiriya district of western Baghdad . |
| 12 | It is the scale of the damp and condensation problem , however , that is likely to prove to be the most controversial finding . |
| 13 | The most controversial issue the Association handled was Harris Tweed where there was a sharp conflict between competing commercial interests . |
| 14 | The most controversial issue raised during the visit related to Japan 's colonial occupation of Korea , and specifically the forced recruitment of thousands of Korean women — some historians suggested as many as 200,000 — to be used sexually by the Imperial Japanese Army fighting in China and South-East Asia . |
| 15 | Chairman , can I say briefly that the merger and I 'm quite pleased that we 've finally er there is a death knell to this this awful word , it 's been bandied on for far too long , it 's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues and no one here would not admit er to the fact that it has been opposed on such massive scale and even today we 've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing er this this this dreadful merger decision that was hanging over the er the the two centres and I 'm pleased that er this this er amendment , this er er erm this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and and those that we should n't . |
| 16 | Whilst the Accord provided for increased powers for the provinces and a reform of the federal Senate , its most controversial element was its attempt to induce Quebec to sign the 1982 Constitution in return for a recognition that the French-speaking province was a " distinct society " . |
| 17 | Its most controversial element was a proposed ban on political strikes and on political rallies in working hours , with Pavlov suggesting that the introduction of a " special regime " in key industries might entail using force to break strikes . |
| 18 | The accord 's most controversial element had been its attempt to induce Quebec to sign the 1982 federal Constitution in return for the recognition of the predominantly French-speaking province as a " distinct society " . |
| 19 | It would be the most controversial film ever . |
| 20 | But the most controversial feature of the broadcast was the inclusion of the telephone number of Labour 's headquarters . |
| 21 | The most controversial feature was the building of new fortifications at considerable cost and , as it proved , an almost total waste of money and effort . |
| 22 | But the most controversial part of the bill relates to unofficial strikes , a legacy of the one-day summer stoppages on the London Underground . |
| 23 | So far so good — but this still left me with what was to prove the most controversial part of the whole social security review . |
| 24 | High on his reinvention list is his energy tax , the most controversial part of his budget , which is currently under scrutiny on Capitol Hill . |
| 25 | The most controversial part of the budget was a group of measures to tax land . |
| 26 | This is the most controversial part of the assessment arrangements . |
| 27 | That means joint commissioning , you have an example later on in your agenda in relation to learning disability services , I think it 's items nine , nine and eleven , erm , er , perhaps the most controversial part of the proposals that I 've , I 've put before the authorities , is that you do n't expect the structures for joint care planning to carry the full weight of joint commissioning when you 're talking about main budgets . |
| 28 | The abolition of Wages Councils , which set minimum pay rates for two and a half million low-paid workers , mainly women , was the most controversial measure . |
| 29 | Our most controversial cover last year showed a photograph of a red car going around a Swiss hairpin , with the headline ‘ Ford 's new Escort meets its rivals ’ , and then , underlined in red , ‘ … and loses ’ . |
| 30 | It has emphasised its continued support for Green Belts , although much of the most controversial development is taking place in areas outside them , and appears to be responding to the fears of its backbenchers about the electoral disadvantages of apparently condoning the wholesale ‘ concreting over ’ of southern England . |