Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] and [pron] be [art] " in BNC.

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1 On the one occasion when I made a direct appeal to her , in connection with the battle against the closed shop for journalists which I describe later , her response was gratifyingly supportive and it was no fault of hers that she was unable to persuade Lord Hailsham to a course of action that might well have altered journalistic history .
2 Nicky approached her with the assumption that men are naturally right and it is the role of women to follow their lead .
3 The Lytton Commission 's report to the League of Nations on the Manchurian incident in effect found Japan guilty of aggression and brought her withdrawal from the League , but the phrasing of the report was highly conciliatory and there was no further action .
4 In addition , it is not known how easy it would be to apply these findings to other hospitals where psychiatric training is less adequate and there is a rapid turnover of junior medical staff .
5 ‘ It was not obviously sexual and there was no suggestion of robbery .
6 ( Identical twins do not differ genetically , so their tissues are immunologically indistinguishable and there is no stimulus to an immune reaction . )
7 ‘ My older son would like to make friends , too — he gets so bored and he is a bit jealous of the baby .
8 In the 1970s , assets grew only fourfold and there was a sharp setback in 1973 and 1974 .
9 Where the cause of action arises from statute , the question as to what is merely procedural and what is an inherent element in the cause of action is one of construction .
10 we had a lot of affection for it really and , I mean we 've had it so long and it was the first furniture we had when we married
11 Both Seve and Irwin played badly in the third round , but you 're never going to do a good score at Lytham when it feels like three degrees below freezing and there 's a gale blowing , are you ?
12 His Brazil Nut slabs were especially good and it was a shame when the business closed in about 1930 .
13 Melanie pictured the safe , made of very black metal , set squarely at the end of the bed where he could see it all the time , in the strange bedroom where he slept with Aunt Margaret in a bed that must sag deeply on his side , since he was so heavy and she was no weight at all .
14 Blanche was confined to bed most of the time ; he did n't stay long because she was so weary and there was a nurse who bustled him out .
15 Second , the development of community care facilities was extremely patchy and there was a widespread belief that the policy , aside from the isolated initiatives such as the DHSS pilot projects , was simply not working
16 She was on the point of telling him about her investigations but it was all so uncertain and there was no point in raising false hopes .
17 Many would argue that important public services are already underfunded and there is a constant demand for improvements to infrastructure on which the performance of the economy depends .
18 Many would argue that important public services are already underfunded and there is a constant demand for improvements to infrastructure on which the performance of the economy depends .
19 She was painfully thin and there was an insubstantiality about her .
20 It is , above all , something where you have to be utterly precise and there 's no warm up , you just go out there and do it and that 's very challenging .
21 Margaret Curran , the driving force behind the group 's creation , said : ‘ This position is no longer tenable and there is a growing anger amongst women in the party in Scotland .
22 It is very well annotated , easily navigable and there is an admirable list of abbreviations .
23 Add the meat and brown over medium heat until meat is totally dry and there is no liquid in the frying pan .
24 This is not to say that the one is better than the other , music and poetry are for ever different and it is the difference that accords us the added joy .
25 In Type II ostertagiasis , hypoalbuminaemia is more marked and there is a moderate anaemia of unknown etiology .
26 European pistes are becoming more and more overcrowded and there is a move away from the endless queues for the ski-lifts .
27 Not surprisingly this is less true for Newham than for Ipswich carers ; for in and around Ipswich there was an abundance of both private and local authority Homes , whereas in Newham provision was more restricted and there were no privately owned Homes .
28 The body was still warm and there were no signs of rigor .
29 I think tennis still growing and it 's a very exciting time to be involved . ’
30 They are always cheerful and it is a pleasure to work with them . ’
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