Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , I shall dispute that ontological existents can be coherently treated in an uncritical metaphysical fashion as " things ( existing unconditionally ) in themselves " . |
| 2 | That is not , in any way , to take away from the fine documentation of every tournament played in 1991 , many of which were penned by British tennis journalists , who continue to be the most travelled in the world . |
| 3 | Social class becomes significant when we realise that patterns of recruitment are not distributed randomly from all social strata : managerial and education , motivation , and personality variables , but this is not so significant that social background can be altogether dismissed as a relevant factor in work behaviour . |
| 4 | The fact that the " adornment " theory was entertained for so long deserves some explanation and its appropriateness can not be altogether dismissed in the case of " artificial " styles cultivated by such Renaissance mannerists as Sidney and Lyly . |
| 5 | In December 1917 Malcolm was given command ( as major-general ) of the 66th division , which was badly mauled in the great German offensive launched by Erich Ludendorff in March 1918 . |
| 6 | I , I doubt whether she 's been properly taught on the subject quite frankly . |
| 7 | Labour , for example , wants next year to throw £20 million at a ‘ reading recovery scheme ’ for which there would be absolutely no need had reading been properly taught in the first place ( something which requires little in the way of ‘ resources ’ ) . |
| 8 | In 1966 Peyton Rous was duly honoured with a Nobel prize . |
| 9 | And he urged a new emphasis on the victims , saying they were badly treated under the present system . |
| 10 | This galloping course will suit his action and he is not badly treated at the weights on his best form . |
| 11 | I think one of my difficulties with Adam Bede is that she begins to lose interest a little bit in the figure of the beautiful , but not actually very bright , village girl , whose seduction is an important part of the story , and by the end of the book we feel that she 's actually bored with Hettie , is n't really concerned any longer to explore Hettie 's own sufferings as the other woman who has been badly treated by the rascally gentleman . |
| 12 | That is a document which is effectively given for the protection of the Vendor . |
| 13 | It , too , split with the Roman orthodoxy and eventually coalesced into the Coptic Church . |
| 14 | His exceptional talent was eventually recognized by the editor , E. V. Knox [ q.v. ] , who placed him under an exclusive contract , an almost unprecedented arrangement . |
| 15 | After asking for help from passers-by , they were eventually pointed in the right direction . |
| 16 | So , too , the feeling that life was becoming ‘ Americanised ’ has been used unsparingly to describe the process of ‘ permissive ’ rot and the collapse of traditional authority — most forcibly registered in the adoption of the term ‘ mugging ’ to disown as ‘ un-British ’ the old-fashioned crime of street robbery . |
| 17 | The linked trends in the quality Sundays towards physical bulk and internal diversity is most developed in a market leader like The Sunday Times which seeks to ‘ cover ’ everything ( and every angle ) through a ‘ completist ’ strategy designed to overwhelm both the competition and the reader . |
| 18 | That pattern can also be called liberal , or bourgeois , civilization and it was most developed in the industrialized countries , least in the agrarian east and south . |
| 19 | Their use is most developed in the social insects , where each nest has a unique odour . |
| 20 | Where are we to account for the hints , implicit purposes , assumptions , social attitudes and so on that are effectively communicated by the use of language , not to mention the figures of speech ( e.g. metaphor , irony , rhetorical questions , understatement ) that have preoccupied theorists of rhetoric and literature ? |
| 21 | I was giddy with the heat and a little flown with the wine . |
| 22 | The catalogue consists of the artist 's writings together with transcriptions of his unpublished remarks and poems which have on occasion inspired him — all compiled and deftly arranged by the di Suvero authority , Monroe Denton . |
| 23 | The larger falcons are among the birds of prey most favoured for the sport of falconry . |
| 24 | Among these were many of those most favoured in the ancient world , including agate , carnelian , jasper , lapis lazuli , sard and turquoise . |
| 25 | Let us now turn to one of the definitions most favoured in the literature , albeit mostly in an implicit form . |
| 26 | If the money is available fitted carpets are a good investment , particularly those that are patterned in a mid-shade of the colour most favoured by the elderly person , as this will not show either marks or dust so much as a plain light- or dark-coloured carpet does . |
| 27 | Most of the guests seemed to be either journalists , politicians , or fashion designers , the three occupations most favoured by the nascent New Delhi chattering class . |
| 28 | There could be no doubt that the Burgundian was the leading ruler in Gaul between 511 and 516 , and he may well have been the barbarian king most favoured by the court of Constantinople . |
| 29 | Reports said that the Dec. 6 attack on the mosque was effectively abetted by the guards , some 200 paramilitary troops of the state-controlled Provincial Armed Constabulary ( PAC ) which was known for its pro-Hindu leanings ; they had allegedly stood aside and allowed militants to demolish the mosque 's structure . |
| 30 | In its question ( 4 ) referred to the court for a preliminary ruling in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) , the national court seeks essentially to establish whether the principle of legitimate expectation precludes the introduction of new registration conditions such as those at issue from having the effect that fishing vessels duly registered in a member state have their registration withdrawn and hence their right to fish and to fish against the catch quotas allocated to that member state . |