Adjective complement with noun phrase

• do: Having worked out that we had barely a handful of sous between us, we didn't do anything extravagant.

Modifies a noun

• gesture: The Lord is not seeking spontaneous extravagant gestures prompted by some tug at the heartstrings.

• lifestyle: Funding the extravagant lifestyle of the travel editor requires a contribution of 30p.

• costume: Her trademark was her extravagant stage costumes which featured a turban bedecked with what appeared to be the entire contents of a fruit store.

• feast: The ceremony was followed by an extravagant feast in the Hall's ' Macau Hall ' .

• palace: They chose Brighton as their home and set about building an extravagant palace made out of crystal and rubies.

• claim: Then we had Cllr Robinson making extravagant claims about the benefits of the new Wrexham Road bus lane.

Modifying Another Word

• wildly: Some wildly extravagant claims have been made about what ID cards would achieve.

• seemingly: Let me now justify these perhaps seemingly extravagant claims.

• somewhat: Will Mary and Peter manage this somewhat extravagant but chilling mission or is the world as we know be plunged into a living hell!

• rather: Built in 1872, Nutfield Priory was designed to reflect the rather extravagant architecture of the Palace of Westminster.

• increasingly: Younger children loved the surprise element as each page turned and the pop-ups grew increasingly extravagant.

• too: Who says a seven course meal is too extravagant?

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Nine pounds for ninety pages on a film you might have trouble finding at even the most diligently cataloged video shop often seems extravagant.

• feel: Add a spoonful of cream if you are feeling extravagant.

• become: The forecasts for the growth of e-learning are becoming more extravagant by the month.

• appear: Unless sin is to be awfully punished, the language of Scripture appears extravagant.

• sound: Time savings sound extravagant at 10 days work compressed into two hours in some cases, but VW stands by its figure.

Preposition: in

• dress: But he says: " They were extravagant in dress and language to say the least.

Preposition: by

• month: The forecasts for the growth of e-learning are becoming more extravagant by the month.