Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a general strategy , this is fine , but it is not yet broken down far enough to be useful . |
| 2 | For example birth control , you see you could use the same argument , you could say oh the Catholics say birth control is unnatural and we know they have a whole position on that and yet the data on infertility shows that in fact most women generate antibodies to some sperm , so the , those datas suggest that actively discriminating against sperm on the part of the women is actually natural and all that is happening in modern birth control technology is that women are developing or building on a natural er foundation that is already there namely to be choosy about when they become pregnant and by whom . |
| 3 | Today we are moving towards more equal and mutual ways of arranging our lives , but it is still too soon to be able to see clearly how this may change our ideas of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ . |
| 4 | You could see city below and you could hear anything big , but you were just far enough away to be able to sleep safely . |
| 5 | Mind you , I 've erm far enough forward to be able to get |
| 6 | I particularly like the way the teacher 's emphasising that it 's sometimes all right to be rude to adults . |
| 7 | Dustin 's transition after his wife 's rape from passive to active , from Clark Kent to Superman , comes about too smoothly to be credible . |
| 8 | They spoke rather too loudly to be natural . |
| 9 | His only potential rival — William Dick of Edinburgh — was too far away to be effective . |