Strangely, that had gone off with remarkable smoothness.

In the 1970s Portugal and Spain both emerged from long periods of dictatorship and established parliamentary-electoral systems with remarkable smoothness.

As always, Mr. Chen blends new and old dance forms with remarkable smoothness.

In most of them, youthful nose-thumbing and a respect for ballet's classical past blend with remarkable smoothness.

Ensign Prince landed the shuttlecraft with remarkable smoothness considering the rock-strewn, hard-packed de- sert floor.

Up until then operations had progressed with remarkable smoothness.

The trolley was trundling along over the sand-polished gravel of the reg with remarkable smoothness.

They describe the ride as a "revolutionary design" which offers "unprecedented intensity, while maintaining remarkable smoothness, comfort, and pacing".

Except for a few minor procedural glitches, the euro finished its first week as Europe's new single currency with remarkable smoothness.

This has been a budget procedure which has so far run with remarkable smoothness.