Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite what Mrs Sangster says , the jettisoning of the Sangster flagship will be seen as further evidence of her husband falling behind in racing 's power game , in which it is no longer enough just to be a run-of-the-mill millionaire . |
| 2 | A MAN of many parts , Warren Tute was thought by those who knew him only slightly to be a good raconteur and a popular member of the Garrick . |
| 3 | That said , the whole area of interactive video — if that is indeed where your proposal lies — is so far from being a developed market that we are looking at it only in the most tentative of ways . |
| 4 | Macbeth , mormaor or high steward of Moray , had a stronger lineal claim to the throne than Duncan but , so far from being a self-seeking assassin , was acting on behalf of his stepson Lulach , Lady Macbeth 's son by her first marriage and , through her , direct descendant of the legitimate royal line . |
| 5 | But it may now be said that , so far from being a depressing conclusion , this states precisely the practical importance of conventionalism for adjudication . |
| 6 | Art , so far from being a unifying force in the nation , has become a reflection of the rents in the very idea of a common culture . |
| 7 | Whatever Aachen may have been in the past , it has settled down now to being a prosperous commercial town with few pretensions . |
| 8 | Another text with allusions to Jewish ethical norms attributed to Phocylides was recognized long ago to be a Jewish forgery of the Hellenistic age . |
| 9 | Just enough to be a real pain . |
| 10 | For all these purposes he needs not only to be a good lawyer but to have business acumen and an intimate knowledge of the problems of the trade or industry in question . |
| 11 | if the return to Conservatism is to be something more than the transient apparition of a spectre from the past , and its voice in national affairs not merely to be a sepulchral warning against the dangers of rash courses , the Conservative leaders must bestir themselves to some purpose … [ the Conservative Party ] must be ready to meet the programme of the Labour Party not simply with a non-possumus but with an alternative which will in some measure satisfy certain of the needs which Labour is concerned to satisfy , and at the same time avoid the perils with which it insists Labour policy is beset . |
| 12 | Today 's West Germany bends over backwards to be a reliable ally . |
| 13 | ‘ We can hardly leave Landor here with her — think what might happen , on days like today , were we not here to be a calming influence ! ’ |
| 14 | The Association proved once again to be a formidable field force when helping the appeal , and provided an excellent point of reference for the media in respect of both the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the work of the Association . |
| 15 | Fed up now with being a domestic skivvy , he is seen typing out the goodbye letter before leaving for Marrakech , where he plans to write a novel based on their sex life . |
| 16 | The small government flat I had been expecting turned out instead to be a large if simple village haveli , occupied by Mr Postman 's extended family — his three brothers , their children and Mr Postman 's old mother . |
| 17 | If the inland waterways came even close to being a nation-serving system , this was more a matter of outcome rather than of preconception . |
| 18 | Stupidity is coming pretty close to being a national currency in the US . |
| 19 | They are a cross-section from all types of care , and very far from being a homogeneous group amenable to standard service responses . |
| 20 | As we swung in a hammock by the fire he explained that far from being a subversive organization , the Hui was actually a preserver of traditions . |