Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its rather strange style finds its nearest parallels in the third quarter of the century , and primitive elements in the technique suggest that it is an early piece of its kind . |
| 2 | In fact , a rather strange expression crossed her face when she saw Jessamy standing there , as if she was n't in the least pleased to see her . |
| 3 | This is an exaggeration , but you should remember that the older the history book ( especially over 20 years ) the less reliable it can be considered to be , because ( i ) new evidence is always being unearthed ( ii ) all historians tend to write from within the perspective of their own times ( " every generation writes its own history " ) ( iii ) most professional historians update their own interpretations according to personal preference and in the face of scholarly criticism . |
| 4 | I suggest that we proceed along those lines and look for the most economic way to alleviate my constituents ' problems while not doing too much damage to my hon. Friend 's constituents . |
| 5 | We use the most advanced techniques to assemble our clubs , which have the best designs in the world . |
| 6 | Such misbehaviour of strata in their most classic sections leads me to have serious doubts ( in fact , positive hatred ) of the concept of the " stratotype " so much favoured by many continental workers . |
| 7 | His gravelly Scots voice pleased her more than the last time she met him . |
| 8 | The most celebrated attempt to explain it all by numbers was the so-called Phillips curve [ 1958 ] . |
| 9 | In the 1979 and 1983 elections there were examples of locally popular candidates holding their marginal seats against the national swing . |
| 10 | These dead cortical cells form what the authors call ‘ burned-out plaques ’ made of the neurotransmitter 's degradation products . |
| 11 | The students need to take with them to the placement properly prepared work-assignments requiring them , with the assistance of hotel staff , to observe some things , to do others and to enquire about a third group . |
| 12 | Until the end of the nineteenth century , or even later , most foreign offices adapted their internal structures , for so many generations designed to meet demands which were entirely European , only slowly and reluctantly to cope with new problems which increasingly embraced the entire world . |
| 13 | His contemporaries described him as being ‘ oak-hard ’ , and in his photographs the bullet-head , the upswept moustaches and rather piglike eves remind one more of a typical Prussian Feldwebel , with all its connotations of brutal , unimaginative single-mindedness . |
| 14 | The most reliable way to press anything is always to dismantle it completely . |
| 15 | The most reliable data gives its size as 60cm ( 2″ ) , so do n't consider a tank of less than 4′ , and be prepared to go up to 6′ as the fish matures . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's got some rather unorthodox ideas mind you , but that 's all to the good when you 're young . |
| 17 | At first glance it also looks like the perfect market of classic economic theory , where all potential buyers and sellers are simultaneously in touch with each other and able to agree the most acceptable price to meet their requirements . |
| 18 | Although few performers really enjoy working under the glare of high-power lights , their use is sometimes essential , and the most acceptable way to use them for the illumination of small areas is to employ the technique known as bounce-lighting . |
| 19 | Most important of all , try to get as much information as you can about each of the universities you are considering , in order that you may make the most sensible choice to suit your own needs . |
| 20 | Anyone who takes on public duties sets himself up for attack , and in Rees-Mogg 's case , the succession of posts was dizzying . |
| 21 | MIKE HOOPER could earn a shock recall tomorrow for a match which his manager describes as ‘ potentially the most exciting European tie I 've been involved in . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Given the state of the teams , this is potentially the most exciting European tie I 've been involved in . |
| 23 | Then a most exciting thought struck me . |
| 24 | To help you spend all those Christmas gift vouchers , TODAY has compiled a list of some of the most entertaining books to suit everyone 's taste . |
| 25 | Harriet sensing , quite rightly , that this must have something to do with a man , failed to receive any response to the most careful attempts to discover what was wrong . |
| 26 | I do n't wear any make-up , just a little tinted moisturiser to make my pale skin look a bit warmer . |
| 27 | As they marched through the empty streets , however , a little old man put himself in front of the marching column and led the way , beating a kettle-drum and pronouncing the restoration of the Company Bahadur . |
| 28 | Yet most social workers find their work intensively bound up with families . |
| 29 | Medieval law was indeed profoundly conservative , and most medieval vassals took it for granted that the right of resistance was a law which could not be abrogated . |
| 30 | The additional possibility that , having acquired Libyan nationality , they could take partnership with their employers , would have frustrated the intention of at least one employer who had taken on foreign labour to protect his enterprise from socialism . |