Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | President George Bush 's nomination to the Supreme Court of Clarence Thomas , 43 , a black Appeals Court judge with strong conservative views [ see p. 38328 ] , occasioned what was probably the most controversial Senate confirmation hearing in US history . |
| 4 | Some of the most controversial planning agreements have been struck in this way . |
| 5 | Small wonder that few managers read on , or that most mainstream management academics see business ethics as a ‘ soft ’ subject . |
| 6 | The important thing though is that invited to the lunch are the top literary agents in London and therefore it 's an opportunity for these aspiring writers to meet top literary agents and of course , we 've got the biggest publisher in the U K there — Collins , and so it 's , what the awards all about entree ; giving access and extending a helping hand to twelve aspiring writers every year and giving them the most terrific flying start . |
| 7 | Mrs Purry generally turns up trumps , ’ he added , surprised at the rather strange effect Penelope seemed to be having on his conversation . |
| 8 | Then , I looked again at a superficially rather strange SF trilogy that appeared a few months ago ( Schrodinger 's Cat , by Robert Anton Wilson , sphere , 1982 ) . |
| 9 | One of the earliest and most famous of more than one hundred and sixty thrillers and mysteries from the phenomenal and rather strange Mr Edgar Wallace , and certainly one of the most accomplished , readable and ingenious of them all . |
| 10 | She paused and then said : ‘ It was a horrible end to an interesting but rather strange dinner party . |
| 11 | Excavations elsewhere have demonstrated that in pre-Norman times small hamlets and farmsteads were widespread , occupying even the most inhospitable upland sites . |
| 12 | Other species are attached to rocks by means of tough threads ( byssus ) that enable them to hang on even in turbulent situations ; mussels can colonize even the most inhospitable rock surfaces in this way . |
| 13 | He 's the most professional boat owner I 've ever worked for . ’ |
| 14 | A little used dining room or even a corridor or hall ? |
| 15 | Because it owns First New Hampshire Bank , Bank of Ireland took a bath in New England , America 's most depressed banking market . |
| 16 | Slow , badly coordinated vector graphics are awful at the best of times , but when they 're trying to convey the scintillating action of such a classic film their inadequacy is more poignant . |
| 17 | Sky have splashed £304 million over five years for Premier League football , but the evidence shows the incredibly low viewing figure of less than 400,000 . |
| 18 | In the later years , however , these issues were pitched at optimistically low interest rates : the last BEA issue , of £200 millions in August 1955 ( among the largest seen by the London market ) , was left largely in government hands . |
| 19 | Since the 1950s an association between low school attainment , the problems of classroom discipline , and delinquency has been accepted as a male , white and predominantly working class phenomenon . |
| 20 | The provision of health care and the subjective experience of seeking that care are all partly determined by the socio-economic structure of society on an area basis , so that a working class person is at a greater disadvantage if he lives in a predominantly working class area than if he lives in a socially mixed area . |
| 21 | The metal would withstand all but the most concentrated laser fire . |
| 22 | It has the most concentrated design community north of London and over 70 local companies were consulted on the development of this new course . |
| 23 | Furthermore , the intracellular staining was only observed when the most concentrated immunoglobulin solution ( 0.07 mg/ ml ) was used . |
| 24 | But that makes now a good time for a little discreet character assassination , suggest the old boy ca n't even control his own Private Office . |
| 25 | There followed the strangest and most memorable night watch of my seagoing experience . |
| 26 | AMONG the most memorable Maskell phrases were : |
| 27 | Her solos brought us some of the most memorable Mozart singing heard in years . |
| 28 | The most memorable guest slot was Madonna 's royal visit , which inspired a mind-mushing fantasy sequence based around ‘ Justify My Love ’ featuring Garth writhing around in those pointy bras , and culminating in a screen kiss between Wayne and the hardest body in showbusiness . |
| 29 | Students learning about distinctive features face two main difficulties : one is understanding the basic principles and the other is learning the meanings of the rather confusing feature labels used by most writers . |
| 30 | For example , in the absence of state pensions you have to assume that there is some form of post-employment support ( presumably private pension schemes ) , and not that people will have zero income when they retire . |