Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used rather old fashioned diction and made a parade of old fashioned manners . |
| 2 | He would find somewhere high to take stance and think . |
| 3 | Other people , some obviously unused to rough walking and ill-equipped for it , will inevitably be encountered on the popular path through the gorge , their approach being heralded by screams and shouts , to the dismay of those who prefer to be solitary and silent amidst scenes of grandeur , but this is a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace . |
| 4 | By contrast , the present day is seen as a time when people 's sense of duty and responsibility is much weaker , so that they are less prepared to acknowledge obligation or to take responsibility for kin . |
| 5 | Only some have TVs but all are served by a lift . |
| 6 | I 'm not sure whether it 's morally wrong to smash guitars or not . |
| 7 | It would have been entirely different had Carl and Sam been grown men . |
| 8 | No wonder investigators have found it more profitable to examine this problem in animals , where it is much easier to programme experience and ensure that only single events are studied without the influence of others . |
| 9 | This makes it much easier to integrate teaching and assessment , as well as helping us to build up a rapport with our trainees . |
| 10 | She had indeed once worked for a silversmith but had discovered that it was much easier to buy beads and acquire old pieces of jewellery , rearrange them artistically and sell them on market stalls throughout the country . |
| 11 | Success in the organization becomes a matter of following the rules , and it is much easier to obtain advancement and favour by avoiding mistakes , than it is by actually achieving the goals so vital for business success . |
| 12 | Secondly , it was now obviously much easier to fuse figure and surroundings , thus emphasizing the ‘ materiality ’ of space and also ensuring the unity of the picture surface , while the greater complexity and concentration of the central areas generally serves to isolate and emphasize the subject . |
| 13 | It may be appropriate to end this section with a quotation from H. C. A. Somerset whose research on examination and selection in African schools has done so much to clarify problems and suggest solutions : |
| 14 | hairdresser an er she 'll , it would of cost so much to get car and she needed car doing , this , that and the other , and David refused her and when he went on Friday |
| 15 | The idea is not so much to seek causes and explanations , as is often the case with survey-style research , but rather to ‘ tell it like it is , . |
| 16 | The aim of this approach is not so much to offer care and protection , but to help people to reach their ‘ full potential ’ . |
| 17 | Elsewhere in Sussex other attempts were made at resort development , not so much to provide rivals but to offer alternatives to those who preferred either greater seclusion or a more systematic consideration of health . |
| 18 | It is extremely easy to mistype codes or numbers even when one is thoroughly familiar with the type of information which is being entered . |
| 19 | At eighteen it 's so easy to romanticise things and put them down in a song . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's not so easy to buy land or factories , so as soon as someone makes money they spend it on a top-of-the-range Mercedes or on expensive furniture for their flat . ’ |
| 21 | Another advantage is that the open nature of the meeting means that it is less easy to split workers and carers . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , our results should be interpreted cautiously as they are based on only three monitored fathers and it is not possible to assess reliably how many of the three leukaemias , if any , were caused by paternal preconceptual exposure to some occupational factor . |
| 23 | Brian Goddard , theatre director , said : ‘ We are so thrilled to have Cannon and Ball , we are announcing the news before having the full cast placed . |
| 24 | Is there any evidence that the ability to respond intelligently to the fiction of Henry James , for example , makes the reader less likely to embezzle funds or indulge in marital cruelty ? |
| 25 | The answer to this question is usually in terms of the boring , monotonous and repetitive nature of the work and the widespread belief that women make a more docile , patient ( long-suffering ? ) labour force , less likely to join unions and/or organize to improve their conditions . |
| 26 | They are less likely to have exclusions and more likely to have low or zero deductibles . |
| 27 | Older people are more likely to eat breakfast than other age groups ; conversely they are less likely to eat snacks or have meals outside the house . |
| 28 | With everything committed to paper you 're less likely to forget details and it will help you tackle the situation in a very organised way . |
| 29 | ‘ Easier being the limited English way of saying — less likely to excite comment and speculation ? ’ |
| 30 | And the horses which are taken are often family pets less valuable , less likely to attract attention and , because they may be older and quieter , easier to sell . |