Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I think we 'll lose any hope of a properly integrated transport system .
2 Some students felt they had been rather hard pressed in relation to their knowledge of chemistry , but Coleman rightly said that a properly educated gentleman could be expected to understand the general principles and applications of chemical science .
3 He adopted the same line in his lectures on the foetal circulation — this was a subject of little practical importance , but it was one of which a properly educated man should have some appreciation .
4 It was , as they saw it , Mrs Thatcher 's abuse of the loosely defined conventions that made such politically conscious people demand constitutional reform , one cardinal feature of which should be a properly articulated status of citizenship .
5 ‘ I think , ’ said Robert , trying to stop his voice climbing any higher , ‘ that we should find Hasan a properly Islamic home as soon as possible .
6 First we tension the foot and then the luff until we get a properly shaped aerofoil .
7 Thus , in A Taste of Honey , all Jo really needs is adequate love from a properly caring mother ; instead she has to seek the transitory solace of a passing Black sailor .
8 The development of relevant critical factors needs to be based on a properly sequenced series of requirements leading logically to success in the market place and hence NPV .
9 The payer must send the payment in a properly stamped envelope , enclosing the plaint note or summons ( or otherwise clearly identifying the plaint number ) and enclosing also a self addressed envelope so the court can return a receipt with the plaint note or summons ( if sent ) .
10 They chose their governments , except during the seven buffoonish years of the colonels ' dictatorship , in a properly democratic way .
11 We may remember with pleasure the picture of the skinny midshipman stuffing his stockings with oakum to give the impression of a properly gentlemanly leg .
12 A properly radical perspective would look instead at fundamentals — at the shape of schools as organisations , at the relationships between managerial and professional aspects of work in schools and at the whole question of the location of management as a set of tasks and processes ; at who does what , where and when in the management process .
13 She tried at first to do so in a properly genteel way , nibbling daintily .
14 All of which is not just a problem for a properly penitent British Rail : it 's a problem for government too .
15 I suppose , too , that I felt guilty : if I had behaved like a properly loving wife and refused to let Flora monopolize Richard so blatantly — which I only did because I was enjoying Adam 's company — the situation might not have arisen .
16 This will give a properly formatted listing .
17 It would be a pity if talk of road pricing were to divert attention from commonsense action needed now , or if it were seen as a substitute for a properly funded roads programme .
18 Increasing talk of Community Supervision Orders make a travesty of community care unless such orders are made in the context of good quality accommodation and a properly funded benefits system .
19 If Richard Branson wants to run trains , let him build a network and , and compete against a properly funded British Rail .
20 Now if we can get a proper public transport system , a properly funded public transport system which will make , you can force people off the roads but you can also force them to persuade the approach with a properly funded er public transport system which is A priced within the peoples pockets and B er you can lead to views that will be er , er will be a great advantage for the area and the fifth terminal at Heathrow could fall par to this structure but if this new structure is n't there and if it is n't part of this adequately funded transport system then there is no point in , in building it was as I said earlier be , be madness .
21 Now if we can get a proper public transport system , a properly funded public transport system which will make , you can force people off the roads but you can also force them to persuade the approach with a properly funded er public transport system which is A priced within the peoples pockets and B er you can lead to views that will be er , er will be a great advantage for the area and the fifth terminal at Heathrow could fall par to this structure but if this new structure is n't there and if it is n't part of this adequately funded transport system then there is no point in , in building it was as I said earlier be , be madness .
22 As far as heads were concerned , coordinators needed from them a properly negotiated version of the Authority 's job specification , support for the difficult tasks they were required to undertake , and a preparedness to include them within the team of senior staff involved in the development of policy .
23 But even in the least conducive conditions , with no wind , you should be able make a properly held-off touch down within about two fuselage lengths of your chosen spot .
24 The knock-on effect is unacceptable to the Government , because it means having a properly resourced training programme , a properly resourced pre-school education programme , proper training opportunities and the development of measures to counter unemployment .
25 We need a properly resourced railway network not an empty piece of paper . ’
26 Pre-packed filtration systems and the growing emphasis on high-tech media are both in danger of making us forget the very important role that floss — and better still , a properly bonded filter mat — can play in … raising Zebra Finches .
27 Pre-packaged filtration systems , and the growing emphasis on high tech media are both in danger of making us forget the very important role that floss , and better still a properly bonded filter mat can play in filtration .
28 However , it must be remembered that these groups work best at the initial stages of research when concepts still have to be clarified ; they can never replace a properly constituted sample .
29 We now turn to consider what is involved in using the formal interview schedule for a properly constituted sample survey .
30 At a committee meeting of Standing Committee of Convocation it was resolved that the Chairman of Standing Committee should write to the Chairperson of Hong Kong ‘ Branch ’ with the proposal that the ‘ Branch ’ should become a properly constituted Branch of Convocation , enclosing a model constitution for information .
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