Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Once they realized that no presents could ever be exactly the same and that they could help him to take pleasure in his sister 's presents by pointing out the good features of one of her new toys to her they felt more confident in coping with his reactions .
2 With any luck he 'd still be there the following morning .
3 Even though their losses forced them to merge before the end of the year , the assumptions on which TV had been organized could never be quite the same again .
4 Whatever directions artists were to take after the war , it was already clear that painting could never be quite the same again .
5 Joan was aware that her life would never be quite the same again .
6 After it , movies would never be quite the same again .
7 His own heart would never be quite the same now that he 'd seen her .
8 He did n't really understand what had happened or why , but he sensed things would never be quite the same again .
9 In any case , whatever machines are at my disposal , the simple movable table on which I am leaning in the photograph will still be where the first hand-written draft is composed .
10 Nothing will ever be quite the same again .
11 It will also be only the second significant merger the industry has yet seen .
12 Cultural evolution will probably be much the faster process of the two .
13 When a research project is written up it will probably not be any grandiose offering ( indeed it will probably be all the better for not being grandiose ) , but if the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail and accuracy and the statement of results does not go beyond the limits justified by the data then a useful craftsmanlike job of work will have been accomplished .
14 When a child is excluded from the ‘ common entitlement ’ of the National Curriculum , failure to reach a certain level of attainment will often be both the immediate cause and the justification for exclusion .
15 And then after a long pause , he sighed , ‘ But it will never be quite the same . ’
16 ASKING directions will never be quite the same .
17 ‘ He thinks I 'm his mother ’ she said blissfully , as Patrick gazed up at her from her lap — dolls will never be quite the same again .
18 Whatever happens it seems the town will never be quite the same again . "
19 It is no exaggeration to say your life will never be quite the same again . ’
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