Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] " 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 | Clearly " form " even in its most denuded days had a necessary content for design . |
| 3 | Logic suggests that blame for such a situation must usually be equally divided , and that there are just as many bad , uncaring or downright lazy mothers as there bad , selfish and irresponsible fathers . |
| 4 | It 's loud , certainly , but by the time the third track , ‘ Earth Mofo ’ , kicks into gear the pattern of stodgy , leaden and downright lazy arrangements has already been well-established . |
| 5 | And finally she said , ‘ That 's the most vulgar thing I 've ever seen in my life . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Not even the most unreconstructed Keynesian would ever claim that the General Theory was an easy read . |
| 9 | It is also worth pointing out that the ELR can field one of the most representative ranges of ex-Western motive power , as the steam fleet can be supplemented by ex-BR ( WR ) diesel-hydraulics , |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | however , the strategy should switch from defence to attack such that these sites ( and others that may not qualify as the finest , rarest or most representative examples ) are protected as sources of biological quality ( Ffynnon Bywyd ? ) from which an impoverished countryside can be recolonised through schemes like ‘ Tir Cymen ’ and ESAs ; |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Perhaps the most resonant phrases in the whole debate came from the pro-rights organiser who suggested that future centuries would come to regard our attitude to animals with the same horrified disbelief we now feel for the periods which practised slavery . |
| 16 | And yet sometimes I wonder if the wittiest , most resonant irony is n't just a well-brushed , well-educated coincidence . |
| 17 | He had left behind as well the massive structures of farms and sheepfolds , with their strange irregular shapes , their gigantic mossy roofs , and little low walls . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It is the scale of the damp and condensation problem , however , that is likely to prove to be the most controversial finding . |
| 20 | The miners ' strike will give us an opportunity to discuss the militarization of the police , one of the most noticeable as well as one of the most controversial trends of recent years . |
| 21 | The most controversial issue the Association handled was Harris Tweed where there was a sharp conflict between competing commercial interests . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Havel 's most controversial proposals concerned legislative procedures for the Federal Assembly , since , he said , " the present Federal Assembly can easily find itself in a situation when it will be totally incapable of passing any fundamental laws vital for the functioning of the state " . |
| 25 | One of the most controversial proposals was the abolition of benefit for the first two days of sickness . |
| 26 | 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 " . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 " . |
| 29 | The most controversial elements of the new law were its provisions defining recognizable and legitimate political parties and groups for electoral purposes . |
| 30 | It would be the most controversial film ever . |