Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] actually " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its share of votes in social groups AB rose from 14 to 20 per cent on 1987 ; among the unemployed it actually did worse . |
| 2 | Well they have bigger detached houses I 'm not sure how individual they actually are . |
| 3 | Different governments have different motives , depending on how radical and also how democratic they actually are . |
| 4 | They also like things which are quite so if the activity involving chairing a meeting , doing a role play , doing a presentation although they may be nervous they actually enjoy that , they find they gain a lot from that and they also like activities where to an extent there 's a freedom from constraints , policy structures , they do n't like to feel bound because if you think about it a lot of are actually exploring deep end situations trying new things out , they do n't like to feel that constrained . |
| 5 | Depending how quick they actually okay them erm I mean for two years , three years now they they 've just gone straight through with no queries at all . |
| 6 | And y you 're quite right we actually do n't have a list of things , particularly I suspect for employment officers . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 'm not sure I actually help them very much … ’ |
| 8 | But perhaps your first mistake was to think that a shop could give you totally impartial advice — their prime concern was probably to make sure you actually made a purchase and from them rather than elsewhere . |
| 9 | When we were walking over here this morning , I was suggesting to you that in fact computers , really , were numeric devices — they did arithmetic _ and I 'm not sure you actually agreed with me . |
| 10 | Not totally sure she actually wanted to illuminate what she already knew she was going to find , she snapped down the switch and stared disagreeably at the glistening drops that plopped relentlessly on to the dresser . |
| 11 | It 's all about I win , you lose , I need to beat you , I 'm gon na stamp on you , I 'm gon na make sure they actually beat you . |
| 12 | No no it 's , it 's very good he actually had a go and the rest of you were sitting there dumbfounded by the question . |
| 13 | Now you talk to any coward , a real coward like myself , and he 'll tell you there 's a point where fear becomes so great it actually turns into courage , not out of anger or fury but that marvellous innate desire to save your own skin . |
| 14 | The basic premise of this approach is so startlingly simple that it is rather difficult to explain how damaging it actually is . |
| 15 | Before one can start arguing about how strong materials ought to be one should be able to measure how strong they actually are . |
| 16 | The first is the empirical problem that without formally testing memory in such circumstances it is impossible to know whether there really is a memory impairment in such circumstances and if so how complete it actually is . |
| 17 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 18 | And that we actually op adopted a b a modern sensible er , reasonable attitude towards all living creatures and that we do today vote to ban fox hunting it is anachronistic as I said earlier , it is not necessary it actually causes harm , not only does it cause harm to foxes , but at least in one case , which is sufficient for me to continue my support for the ban damage to the people in my area . |
| 19 | The other fact , I mean there 's a lot of uncertain factors , the other one is that as far as I 'm aware we actually have quite a large number of people , by comparison with the norm' , actively applying for other jobs at the moment . |
| 20 | On a positive note we hope that those British women , who have shown us solidarity with our fight for liberation , will continue their valuable work by making western women aware of just how liberated we actually are , particularly at this time of the lntifada . |
| 21 | The poor shopkeeper was so bemused he actually opened it for her and the pushchair came out first . |