How To Use Singly In A Sentence

Wine lovers in the U.S. are increasingly describing their favorite vintage as molto buono, instead of très bon.
But Labour's focus on abolishing child poverty is not, as he (deliberately) patronisingly claims, for the "aah" factor. Labourhome
The language is amusingly flowery and the overall tone one of purposeful pleasure. Times, Sunday Times
Now, though, insurers find they are increasingly paying out for teenagers crashing expensive vehicles that they would not normally have the ghost of a chance of obtaining cover for.
Philips is also exploring the potential of applying LED to help 'declutter' city streets increasingly obscured by a variety of elements, including lighting fixtures. WebWire | Recent Headlines

And it is no longer the province of secularists and the left, but is increasingly fanned by religionists and the right.
It is also her misfortune to have been saddled with an unappetisingly needy role. Times, Sunday Times
This is not by any means the only instance of financial incompetence on the part of our various Scottish ancestors, nor indeed of the tendency to resort to violence, and those patterns offer surprisingly little reassurance from the genetic standpoint. Archive 2009-03-01
Times when the range is not used are increasingly infrequent and rarely coincide with ideal surfing conditions. Times, Sunday Times
He needs medical attention and is also, unsurprisingly, concerned about his safety. Times, Sunday Times
Civilisation as we know it today can only lead to an increasingly unjust, and inequitable, distribution of power across the globe.
Offensive junk mail, in particular that of an adult nature has become increasingly an issue to all of us onliners and site owners alike.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the researchers found that employers were considerably more likely to offer interviews and jobs to applicants with white names.
Not surprisingly, there are about three Joes for every Jane but even so, that means there are over 8 million Janes.
The efforts of the Emperor Franz Joseph and the ruling elite to divert attention from their country's increasingly threadbare imperial pretensions furnished Musil with comic material galore.
General practitioners and, increasingly after 1950, obstetricians attended most parturient women.
It is surprisingly easy to manoeuvre and far less treacherous than parasailing. Times, Sunday Times
The established idea that granitoid magmas ascend through the continental crust as diapirs is being increasingly questioned by igneous and structural geologists.
Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.
She got married when she was twenty and had two children but was increasingly unhappy about the political situation in Southern Rhodesia, particularly the racism of the white ruling class.
Exciting and surprisingly short matches for the undercard.
We are increasingly concerned about patients being discharged unsafely from hospital. Times, Sunday Times
Although the number of rural ponds is decreasing rapidly, garden ponds are gaining in popularity and are becoming increasingly important habitats for toads, says the trust.
Mortgage brokers report that borrowers increasingly want the security of knowing how much their mortgage repayments will cost for the next decade. Times, Sunday Times
Ten days of frenzied reporting had not been stilled by increasingly angry Downing Street statements.
Party conferences, like American party conventions, have increasingly become stage-managed for the televised projection of the positive party image and strong leadership.
The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work.
This is increasingly a focus of activist shareholders, including hedge funds.
His closest friends had no time for biblical Christianity, his church attendance lapsed, and his work became increasingly secular, including writing for the theatre.
But considering how much time we spend on that time of the month - from puberty to menopause, the average woman menstruates almost seven whole years - many of us know surprisingly little about it.
Not surprisingly, this imposing property is a popular choice for wedding receptions and regularly used for corporate entertaining, conferences and seminars.
We are particularly interested in the potential of specialisation and disaggregation, nowadays increasingly utilised by better banks worldwide.
The deadline for acceptance of the offer is Thursday afternoon, but both sides have claimed they have the upper hand in a takeover battle which is becoming increasingly bitter.
It is hard to justify requiring companies to keep records of historical importance in a retrievable format when technological advances make retrieval increasingly difficult.
Organization and expertise were available there for the financing of increasingly complicated business.
Still, the SNP are understandably cock-a-hoop and, again unsurprisingly, SNP bloggers are urging the party on to 2010 and their plans for an independence referendum. The View from the North
The structure is surprisingly complex, viewing the same events from different perspectives, which Zhang helpfully colour-codes in ravishing washes of primary tints.
Irish flat racing jockeys are finding it increasingly tough to make the weight.
Surprisingly, Albee points to the new-play development programs found in theatres across North America (involving dramaturges, readings, workshops) as a source of the blandness of so much of the drama of the past 20 years.
Purposefully moraceous make money work from home, but the lintwhite unholiness was that the wildness sokoro was buried me surpassingly was a permanently in the pintado flyer skillet. Rational Review
It was growing increasingly obvious as I defended myself against her attack that she was simply toying with me, drawing out my technique as a schoolmaster draws recitations from his students.
You argue against yourself, brother, and I find it to be more than passingly foolhardy.
Increasingly, Labour and Conservative support has become polarized between North and South and between urban and rural areas.
Hezbollah is waging "asymmetrical" warfare against Israel based on increasingly radicalized and even fanaticized mass support. Nathan Gardels: Beginning of the End for Israel?
Considering that the ship has been down almost 60 years, the wooden decking is in most places surprisingly intact, though it has rotted almost completely away in some areas.
The keel is a centreboard but not weighted; the ballast is in the hull itself (which sounds inefficient but actually works surprisingly well).
After he retired in the 1980s, he became increasingly reclusive. Times, Sunday Times
As Toronto theatre critics dispense increasingly disparate opinions, some shows are savaged in one rag and lionized in another.
Surprisingly, studies are showing that they can actually help you to shed pounds. Times, Sunday Times
These comments provide a glimpse into the thinking of a layer of extremely wealthy Hollywood liberals or erstwhile liberals, whose commitment to democratic rights is increasingly tenuous.
The compact dimensions of the system means minimum impact on interior space and the design of the drivetrain is surprisingly simple but highly efficient.
Furthermore, overall attitudes toward such policies are becoming increasingly favorable.
Unsurprisingly, the story is much more complex than the headline suggests and provides yet another example of the story being spun to meet a commercial agenda.
While the Kelly gang appears to have posed a genuine threat to the authority of the ruling colonials, the film prefers to focus on the adventures of the outlaws rather than an increasingly desperate establishment.
The continuity of such investment is key to the generation of consistently improving operating results in increasingly competitive markets.
So, the increasingly relaxed attitude of the police has meant that more musicians are now able to do a spot of casual busking in order to make some quick cash.
The relative abundance of these elements is increasingly being used to trace chemical processes in the mantle, crust, and oceans.
Alternatively, you've stuck with increasingly burdensome friendships or relationships. Times, Sunday Times
Not surprisingly, Metung attracted a number of distinguished early holiday-makers, some of whom settled there permanently, including the explorer and mineralogist Dr. Alfred Howitt; His Honour Judge John Burnett Box; and John King, the second son of Rear Admiral Philip Parker King. Archive 2009-01-01
All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. Barack Obama
The point is that Ikea sells inexpensive furniture of surprisingly high quality.
The book contains addition, subtraction, multiplication and, very surprisingly for that period, also division.
Though I was on friendlier, more relaxed and affectionate terms with my fellow western-New Yorker John Gardner, who'd published an early short story of mine titled "The Death of Mrs. Sheer" in his literary magazine "MSS" -- and who regarded me, somewhat embarrassingly, as a "major American writer" -- like himself -- it can't be said that John Gardner was a mentor of mine either. Joyce Carol Oates's 'In the Absence of Mentors/Monsters': Narrative Magazine
Not surprisingly, the strikers were preoccupied with regaining their jobs and keeping their system of seniority.
Such winkingly ostentatious nastiness and Mr. Pollock's habit of telegraphing violence rather than lingering over it make this violent book surprisingly easy to read and digest. The Comic-Grotesque Goes North
My father was halfway through his third pint and was becoming increasingly voluble when I spotted a red car turning into the road. Times, Sunday Times
Although its cries were becoming increasingly desperate as the din of barking and shouting intensified, the thought of trying to help never entered my mind.
There have been a few teething problems, sorted out by a computer whiz-kid friend of my husband and - embarrassingly - my eight-year-old daughter.
Not surprisingly, the twistiness of the daffodil was much higher (fourteen times higher, in fact) than its bendiness, explaining why these plants are far more likely to turn in the wind than to bend over.
Despite the outcry, glottochronology is still employed, but in mathematically increasingly complex and conceptually more sophisticated models.
To my knowledge, the patient relations office never discussed the matter with the surgeon -- I certainly never heard from him -- but I did receive a termination letter followed by a series of surprisingly rude and condescending letters from their risk management attorney after I pointed out that HIPPA promises patients will not be "penalized" for filing a privacy complaint. Genital Photos, HIPAA and the Media
Yet the potential role of friendly bacteria in promoting digestive health is becoming increasingly unassailable. Times, Sunday Times
With its elegiac note of a civilisation falling apart while two old men continue their moves toward checkmate, the story is a luminous exploration of a culture that is both realisable yet tantalisingly intangible.
She soon began truanting and going missing for increasingly long periods of time.
It attracts men beset by alcohol, drug and gambling woes along, increasingly, with those tormented by serious mental health issues.
Its ageing components make it increasingly inefficient and difficult to adapt to the demand for more and greener power. Times, Sunday Times
I think he has something interesting to tell us about political alienation, but he is surprisingly elusive. Times, Sunday Times
Arsenal, who are looking increasingly ragged, win a free-kick just outside the box.
The boy solves his problem in algebra, finding out the unknown quantity by those values which are given him; and can we not also infer something of the _unknown_ from the great panorama that passes unceasingly before us? The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne
This work connected the introverted poet with a new and surprisingly outer-directed passion that would affect many lives.
Marine habitats throughout the insular Pacific are increasingly threatened by human activity.
Increasingly, parties no longer mobilize for action. MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES
Public religious education has been an increasingly contentious topic in Britain. Christianity Today
But the downside is you're increasingly impatient. Times, Sunday Times
In addition, the teenage psychology problem that because of parental feeling crisis, family disaccord causes, in recent years increasingly apparent.
We are becoming increasingly aware of this explosion of scholarship, and we want to do everything in our power to encourage and foster this development.
The characters themselves are little more than superficial sketches that become increasingly indistinguishable as the movie proceeds.
Their city, known as the `Athens of the Midwest," was civic-minded, proud, and increasingly prosperous. ISAAC CAMPION
Noriega had become increasingly dictatorial, relied on irregular paramilitary units, and was involved in drug trafficking.
Jan was surprisingly matter-of-fact about her divorce.
For the Chinese, the United States looks increasingly like a banana republic by comparison.
Therefore, CT and MR angiography are increasingly being used to diagnose arterial occlusive disease.
In theory, PLS is applied in situations of multicollinearity, but the MBH network has many series that are essentially white noise and thus the proxies are surprisingly close to being orthogonal in the early networks and there are blocks of orthogonal series in the later network. More on Bürger et al 2006 « Climate Audit
The evidence that white phosphorus shells have been fired as a smoke screen is so compelling that the denials have increasingly lacked credibility. Times, Sunday Times
The atmosphere is decidedly creepy as the increasingly inventive deaths take place against a backdrop of innocent carols, glittering tinsel and good cheer. The Sun
As the science of robotics advances, the search for resources and signs of life on distant planets and moons will be carried out increasingly by rovers and other robots.
But with the U.S. Federal Reserve's recently announced avowal of easy monetary policy causing the dollar to flirt with its record low against the yen, Japan's government is turning an increasingly stern eye toward its own central bank for further monetary easing to counter the U.S. action. Pressure Mounts on BOJ to Weaken Yen After U.S. Criticism of Intervention
Fueled by supremacist and puritan theological creeds their symbolic acts of power become uncompromisingly fanatic and violent.
Increasingly since then archaeologists have recognized the importance of identifying and accurately recording associations between remains on sites.
In the recent retrospective of Nan Kempner’s wardrobe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the late socialite’s closet was re-created in breathtaking detail — all 354 jackets and 362 sweaters — but her surprisingly undistinguished collection of handbags was relegated to a high shelf and mostly hidden. Carried Away
Italy versus Japan is turning out to be a surprisingly well matched competition.
England became increasingly ragged in the field, and the game yet again was prised away. Times, Sunday Times
Critics and fellow writers admired them, but grew increasingly weary with the deranged self-consciousness of it all. Times, Sunday Times
It is becoming increasingly frustrating to witness teams forfeiting matches for one reason or the other.
During the seven weeks he served at the fort, Fetterman grew increasingly insubordinate and desperate to prove his superiority in battle.
Origin: The phrase, popularized by the unwatchable movie 21, apparently derives from the rich lexicon of craps, which is full of amusingly inscrutable patter. Deadspin
Her father David, a psychologist of increasingly dubious capabilities, decides to start over by moving out to the boonies.
Businesses have become increasingly reliant on complicated computing systems.
An increasingly reclusive figure, he was by this stage plagued by money worries and seemingly in thrall to plastic surgery. The Sun
Also known as the paragraph mark, the pilcrow, for such a humble, rarely used mark, has a surprisingly complex history.
He was increasingly enjoying the social life, sinking halves of lager. Times, Sunday Times
Moreover, its ranks have been increasingly swelled by deserters from social behaviourism - an evidently liberal position.
With landed influence now increasingly concentrated in crown hands, the council of Arthur, prince of Wales, at Ludlow, was given greater powers to enforce law and order in the Welsh Marches and English border shires.
As the autonomy of the local church kicks in (coupled with open-minded assessments of the spirit of Christ toward women), oppressive views of women in diaconal roles will increasingly get kicked out.
Coats, jackets, and other garments became increasingly embellished during the 18th century as epaulettes, loops, lace, and aiguillettes all appeared.
Otley had the advantage of a strong wind in the first-half and not surprisingly had the better of the game in terms of territory.
Direct mail operations are likely to expand and become increasingly selective and specific. Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice
The policy of détente was abandoned and, under the Reagan administration, an increasingly aggressive policy was pursued towards the Soviet Union.
Further to this point, you may have noticed that we live in a world that is ever-increasingly disenchanted: quantified, privatised, desacralised and commodified.
As technology improves, thereby making it possible to set a lower emission standard, new sources face increasingly more strict controls.
RULERS OF EGYPT (1811-1953) Egypt remained nominally a province of the Ottoman Empire until Britain declared it a protectorate in 1914, but from 1805 it followed an increasingly independent course of development as a separate country. E. Egypt
Unsurprisingly, few teams can have topped their table with such little fanfare and there was little in the way of a carnival atmosphere yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
Potiphar discovers that Joseph is surprisingly honest, diligent and bright for a common slave, and puts him in charge of all the affairs of his house. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Deception And Desire: An Overview Of Genesis
He has surprisingly done everything the unilateralist screamers assured us he would not do; namely, take every precautionary step the UN has asked him to take.
In many of the worlds' bigger airports, the homeless and the dispossessed and the plain crooked are increasingly congregating, realising the scope they provide for buckshee food, drink, beds and bathroom facilities.
His voice is also surprisingly cultured, far more so in many ways than Jagger's flattened vowels.
Not too surprisingly, it had broad upper incisors and chisel-shaped lower incisors.
The poise has a cigarette in its hand, which cigarette it has just pausingly rolled from material furnished by a number of carefully saved butts (whereof Afrique's pockets are invariably full). The Enormous Room
Unsurprisingly, the resulting play won five-star reviews. Times, Sunday Times
Today, by comparison, they are increasingly a blend of native broadleaf species, such as larch, oak, willow and ash, with neat rows of Douglas firs and Sitka spruces. The Guardian World News
Local governments throughout China have increasingly been using tolls on roads and bridges as a means of supplementing their income.
It is only too true that alcoholism, cocainism, and other supposed means of getting beyond a monotonous daily life are becoming increasingly prevalent among women.
When Rostnikov repeated that the primary evidence against Samsonov was the testimony of an Evenk shaman, Samsonov had to be restrained by Famfanoff who, surprisingly, found enough strength within his abused body to control the furious doctor. A Cold Red Sunrise
The government 's policy on mental health care is getting an increasingly bad press.
Laurie put the small box down on a flat rock and teasingly batted Gil's hand away as he knelt down and tried to reach inside for a sandwich.
Dramatics seem to have been part of a student's life early in the history of the University, surprisingly, because attendance at the theatre was forbidden.
It's a surprisingly tractable companion, especially if you let the auto function take the strain of stop-starting in the city.
These keyboard works were written mainly for the clavichord, an instrument that was on the way out; yet even as he played and wrote increasingly for the piano, he took the earlier instrument to the greatest heights.
Today retirees are increasingly leaving the shires and suburbs for the inner city, to be closer to theatres and restaurants. Times, Sunday Times
Other people's holiday snaps can be dull, but other people's family photos, if captioned amusingly, can be quite fun.
An evening meal began promisingly with a bruschetta topped with chopped spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, pesto and feta cheese.
Even the most loyal officials found it increasingly difficult to defend serfdom on moral grounds.
Glenn also has pictures of the event, which will no doubt start the usual discussion about how many right-of-center people showed up to protest, in the hopes that it will distract people from the more interesting point that right-of-center people are now increasingly likely to show up to protest … Kill the Bill rally in Washington. | RedState
Increasingly used in blends to add colour and flavour to cakes and muffins. Times, Sunday Times
While this may sound self - evident or commonsensical to readers of this journal, it is the case that the idea of human beings as a positive influence on the world has increasingly been displaced in modern times.
Behind these small downward statistical movements are people who are finding selling surprisingly tough. Times, Sunday Times
I think the increasingly unequal distribution of the wage share itself is also contributing to the sour political mood.
By contrast, the literature on Britain appears to be surprisingly slim and tends to make repeated reference to the same or similar lists of crimes and cases.
Over two weeks before race day over 300 entries had been received, no doubt boosted by the availability of the increasingly popular method of on-line entering for the first time this year.
They were wild people, fierce, apt to fight singly, if not as a tribe. HAMMERFALL
Three reds remain but Hendry surprisingly concedes to leave his opponent just one frame from victory.
That extra tail-weight partly explains why the Octavia feels eager to point into a corner despite its soft and very comfortable springing, making it a surprisingly enjoyable car for a keen driver, apart from the overly snatchy brakes.
Nestling next to the ladies of the night were several mustached, glazed-eyed Afghan men who occasionally took unsteady steps onto a makeshift dance floor to bust some surprisingly graceful traditional moves. The Longest War
The sleeves of her coat were blown back; but surprisingly, the wind was pleasantly warm, like the wind before Winter had come.
His schedule has become increasingly hectic as he juggles his role as a search and rescue pilot with royal duties. The Sun
Extremists will forever be able to demagogue conditions of misery, making continued U.S. involvement in asymmetric warfare an increasingly counterproductive exercise — because killing one terrorist creates five more in his place. Facebook Says…
Period drama is increasingly seen worldwide to be the area of British television expertise.
The growth of organised crime has made interference with juries an increasingly serious threat to justice. Times, Sunday Times
Adapting the curriculum just for children with special educational needs may lead to their becoming increasingly isolated and segregated within the classroom.
It may be a rather shallow and increasingly unrealistic kind of pash, but it's still there, still cooking away against all sense of reasonable expectation. Joe Cole has the talent and stage for a late-career flourish at Liverpool
A comedy about becoming fully conscious, AND SOPHIE COMES TOO follows the three Abramowitz sisters and their mother Sophie, who may or may not wake from a coma before her daughters take control of their increasingly chaotic lives: Barbara, a single lesbian, doesn't want her wacky family's calamity to interfere with her sex life or the pending adoption of a baby girl from China. BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
My lips parted in my confusion, and I stuttered a bit, embarrassingly, in my need to comprehend exactly what it was he was saying, ‘W-what?’
This expected slowdown appears to be largely due to mounting affordability pressures, which have increasingly constrained housing demand. Times, Sunday Times
At the same time, Australia is becoming an increasingly popular destination for Bruneian students, which now number over 700. Media release from the Minister for Foreign Affairs: Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam
Blood rheology is increasingly applied to diagnose of diseases.
As Michael travelled agonisingly slow down the pit lane, Brawn watched for Hakkinen to come from the chicane and seize the lead.
Not surprisingly on such a hot afternoon, the river was very busy.
It also feels like a wish that is increasingly unlikely to come true. Times, Sunday Times
Their sprawling theme park of paintings, photographs, sculptures, installations and videos amounts to a surprisingly ambitious exhibition.
Its studies have increasingly pointed to the uncalculated risks of exposure to lawn-care chemicals.
In his piece about Awana, he writes amusingly about taking a pee and I couldn't help but recall the moment when the great man, he of pulchritudinous prose, goitred with soliped leitmotifs, crenellation and spittle, took one next to mee. AA . . . On The Piss
Interesting in a society where the royal family is seen as increasingly irrelevant. Times, Sunday Times
Not surprisingly the nine-year-old is subjected to cruel taunts at school because of her weight. The Sun
The upwardly moral children of the bourgeoisie are obsequiously, uncompromisingly virtuous. Enough About Me. Now, About My Kids...
And what of the male dancer, historically marginalized but increasingly interesting on both the dance and fashion front? The Times Literary Supplement
No doubt, this new humanitarianism also reflected the fact that the missionaries now preached to an increasingly creolized population.
Nevertheless, the grant was more than welcome, he added; his plan had been to spend the rest of the term applying for increasingly scarce grant money to support his work. Economic Principals
Not surprisingly, the result has been to recruit predominantly middle-class unemployed people into mainstream programmes.
The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.
Unsurprisingly, Gallo refers everything back to his childhood, mining his youth for anecdotes.
His speech became increasingly thick and nasal.
Surprisingly, in the 3G mobile space, prepaid calls fell in cost more than post-paid services. Phones And Net Are Cheaper, But We Complain More | Lifehacker Australia
Swanberg plays an amusingly hatable character with a smug disregard for indie flicks.
Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
It's anyone's guess, then, why he leaves his instruments dormant for much of this show in favour of splenetic rants and ruthless aggression towards his increasingly miserable audience.
In postwar years, the royal protection team found itself increasingly enmeshed in a web of protocol. The Bullet Catchers
Surprisingly, parrots and cockatoos can get jealous of other pets, so if there's a new animal in the house be patient whilst your bird gets used to the newcomer.
He was stripped of his official posts as he increasingly championed democratic reform. Times, Sunday Times
It was so stupid, so frustrating, so embarrassingly moronic, that it made her want to tear her hair out.
Asda Extra Special Prosecco is decent bargain bubbly that makes a soft gluggable alternative to champagne The recession has hit sales of Champagne hard, and increasingly we're November 10, 2009 Quick Summary Afternoon tea is a chance to drop the cares of the world for at least one golden hour. WN.com - Articles related to Bumper crop of British blueberries sees sales soar
In recent years this has been more widely recognized and both doctors and nurses have increasingly made a specialty of the care of the aged. Introduction to Social Administration in Britain
Butcher himself risked life and limb on roads that have returned to jungle and a river that is increasingly lawless. Times, Sunday Times
Therefore, the enterprise accounts receivable management research becoming increasingly important.
What they have experienced is a life of missed opportunities caused by an aging clerical leadership, massive corruption and a regime that is increasingly dictatorial. Times, Sunday Times
Plastics are highly energy-intensive and composed mostly of nonrenewable fossil fuels whose supplies are expected to become increasingly limited.
It turns out that the bulk of the world's millionaires, for example, are surprisingly frugal.
Increasingly this will include a stint working for ourselves. Times, Sunday Times
Steering is very light and the car is surprisingly flexible; the turning circle is quite tight, making it easy to manoeuvre in tight spaces once you've got used to the size.
Burdekin plum (PLEIOGYNIUM SOLANDRI), and all sorts of unpromisingly tough and apparently indigestible, innutritious woodeny nuts and drupes. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
She grew increasingly nervous as the date of the audition drew closer.

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