Adjective complement with noun phrase

• seem: It all seems a bit tame by today's standards.

Modifies a noun

• lion: Is it not said in all the old stories that He is not a tame lion.

• squirrel: Lots of gardens and forest to explore, including some extremely tame red squirrels which are rather a novelty for us islanders.

• rabbit: They now had a huge and immensely tame rabbit.

• shot: Barry Robson followed this up with a tame shot wide from the right angle of the penalty area.

• duck: The tame ducks were tethered at the entrance of the traps and the more ' calling ' the ducks did the better.

• header: Rangers were totally dominant and Stoke only had a couple of tame headers by Hall which failed to trouble the Boro defense.

Modifying Another Word

• ridiculously: These were ridiculously tame, allowing us to approach within 2-3 feet.

• remarkably: This is why island animals, as Darwin noted on the Galapagos, are often remarkably tame.

• surprisingly: For such a little bird, they have very interesting personalities and can become surprisingly tame and attached to you.

• incredibly: They were at almost all the theme parks in good numbers, and were incredibly tame.

• fairly: Anyway, you can probably see the irony here for somebody who thought that the hardware would stay fairly tame.

• rather: Compared to films like Scream, The Evil Dead now looked rather tame.

Noun used with modifier

• river: The river Tame to the south is fast flowing with steep sides.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Some of the news items made the story line to HEAT seem tame.

• appear: Animals that appear unusually tame may be dying of rabies.

• become: Guinea pigs can become quite tame with gentle handling.

Preposition: in

• comparison: The tournament got tame in comparison through the celebrity of champions is.

Preposition: by

• comparison: I mean, I was quite tame by comparison with some of the people I toured with.