Example sentences of "[verb] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was brilliant at invective , and making general statements about the need to communicate a politically responsible set of values , but neither he nor any of his friends were screenwriters , nor were they motivated to work with writers on ideas that were their own . |
| 2 | Possibly Daniel 's heart beat a little faster as he caught sight of the Cumberland mountains which he had come to know so well . |
| 3 | This ritual of identification was used to preface a more titillating by-line : MY BEDROOM BATTLE WITH THE FOX Pages 23 , 24 and 25 . |
| 4 | If we are tackling a very big warren it is probable that only the most likely of the bolt-holes will have been fitted with purse nets , simply because insufficient nets are available . |
| 5 | The first database produced in a school library may be deliberately small in size , and provide an opportunity to examine all angles of creation and use before tackling a much larger subject . |
| 6 | She 'd just managed to catch a joyously soaked Ethel when a blond man with a flat cap pulled over his straight nose asked her if she 'd like to sit in his Land-Rover . |
| 7 | One afternoon after an especially long session she was forced to catch a much later bus home than usual . |
| 8 | They are quieter in use , but involve a little more maintenance . |
| 9 | To start unravelling stress ‘ from the bottom ’ they may invent or seek a range of tension-reducing activities , which we might group into two categories , those that relax softly and gently , and those that involve a more vigorous release . |
| 10 | The method used to detect DNA bending depends on the principle that a bend near the end of a restriction fragment causes a less pronounced reduction in electrophoretic mobility as compared to a bend in the middle . |
| 11 | Insider trading on undisclosed information causes a more gradual adjustment in share prices than if the information is made public ( Manne , 1966 , p.87 ) . |
| 12 | In addition , the drag of the airbrakes causes a more rapid deceleration . |
| 13 | It causes sores on the lips , face , eyes , and mouth , on the genitalia , occasionally elsewhere on the skin , and rarely causes a very serious infection in the central nervous system of the newborn . |
| 14 | It 's being it is being prescribed t for huge numbers of people , it 's being promoted as a very safe drug , it 's a very profitable drug , and we already know that it causes a very large number of quite serious side effects . |
| 15 | In a poll of Anglican Clergy undertaken in 1864 only 40% expressed the view that the damned would suffer everlasting torment ; it may be assumed that a poll of laity would have disclosed a substantially lower percentage.ii . |
| 16 | Malcolm had designed a very nice women 's mac . |
| 17 | In some circumstances one might seek a maximally parallel version of a program , but it is more likely that one will be attempting to optimise it for a particular configuration . |
| 18 | Suicide and anorexia are by no means mutually exclusive phenomena , but in the typical case of primary anorexia nervosa suicide is simply not a factor , except perhaps when depression has won a particularly resounding victory , and the shame of defeat becomes unbearable . |
| 19 | The Government has won a very important victory . |
| 20 | The Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) , which had won a far smaller representation in the Országgyülés than it had hoped , had campaigned for a referendum on the issue ( in an attempt to avoid indirect election within the legislature ) , which was held on July 29 . |
| 21 | The sight alone would have won a more sentimental soul , but the Balmoral workers shared their countrymen 's pride in hard headedness . |
| 22 | Nine of the poems were by Opitz , and Schutz contributed a little strophic duet at the end of the volume . |
| 23 | Oxfam NoLoGo has succeeded in making the concept of recycling fun and giving charity shops a completely new look . |
| 24 | As fate had a habit of doing , it had played what he termed a rather dirty trick for although Martin and his father before him had both found the running of the estate anything but easy as far as money was concerned , this young man would be better off than either of them , for Martin had only within the last year taken out two very large policies on his life , the second when he knew he was going to be married . |
| 25 | The child was not present : her father had taken what he termed a very tired little princess upstairs , given her her bath and put her to bed . |
| 26 | While he provided a remarkably accurate description of the development of the chick , he remained convinced , against his own evidence , that the embryo was present before the egg was laid . |
| 27 | It provided a thoroughly enjoyable and meaningful evening 's entertainment . |
| 28 | ( 1 ) Ptolemy 's model provided a reasonably accurate system for predicting the positions of heavenly bodies in the sky . |
| 29 | In Ptolemy 's model provided a reasonably accurate system for predicting the positions of heavenly bodies in the sky , the theme is Ptolemy 's model . |
| 30 | Alas John , my day was spoilt , not by two teams who provided a reasonably good game but by people who should have known better . |