Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People seemed to separate into camps , or to be misrepresented under labels — ‘ deconstructionists ’ , ‘ essentialist ’ , etc — and the crossover of information and ideas which could possibly have been so fruitful seemed instead a potentially explosive exchange . |
| 2 | Visitors to the villa arrive at the front , to be greeted by a huge work by Marino Marini , and if they are not careful see only the front . |
| 3 | Those who have absorbed this cultural tradition by long association with the extreme right , are not likely to discard easily the assumptions of their political ideology . |
| 4 | While you are not entitled to recover twice the same amount of loss , it is conceivable that you might be eligible for full compensation in respect of both claims . |
| 5 | I think with twins - even if they 're not nice looking just the fact there 's two of them everyone thinks they 're wonderful because there 's two of them . |
| 6 | People are not merely dupes , but are more likely to accept uncritically a line which is constantly propagated by the media if it does n't touch them personally ; otherwise they are more likely to insist on making up their own minds . |
| 7 | Many highly evolved species protect their fry from being eaten , as the parents are more able to drive away a would-be predator . |
| 8 | It remains to be seen whether at this eleventh hour for the English countryside , those other giants , the forestry and the agriculture industries , are also prepared to take seriously a wider frame of reference . |
| 9 | They are legally entitled to say either a receipt or some other evidence of purchase . |
| 10 | Stuart thought the man must be really strong to push about a hundred trolleys at one time . |
| 11 | It would be far preferable to use only a few words — a brief poem where every word is potent : |
| 12 | I have aimed to answer all the questions usually asked ( and a few more besides ) , but do remember that , whichever hypnotherapist you consult , he or she should be quite willing to do precisely the same for you and to put your mind at rest about anything else which may be troubling you with regard to regression therapy as well as to hypnosis itself . |
| 13 | These four ways are equally likely to happen so the expected ratio of black-eyed and pearl-eyed beetles is 3 to 1 . |
| 14 | It is also clear to me that , on past performance , the management are well able to take forward the changes in a very difficult area of health care . |
| 15 | If the Government want to fetch every one of those issues to the Floor of the House , I am quite prepared to do exactly the same , and every day we shall have points of order that go on for half an hour — |
| 16 | The latter are sometimes necessary to clear either the after-effects of these infections or inherited traits passed on from infected forebears before other remedies can work to clear up the case . |
| 17 | Clearly many staff had found the self-appraisal to be a valuable exercise and it was such staff , it seems , that were most positive about the process as a whole and who were most willing to take seriously the advisers ' recommendations . |
| 18 | The loose political consensus in the United States which produced the AT&T break-up of 1982–4 also hoped to encourage telephone deregulation in the rest of the world ; the AT&T high command were especially eager to enter both the computer business and the world market for telephone equipment . |
| 19 | The newcomers were not able to brush aside the native Carib population with quite the contemptuous ease with which the Spaniards had conquered the mainland ; attempts to settle in earlier years had been resisted successfully and in some islands the English settlers had to remain at least as careful about the risk of native attack as any community in North America . |
| 20 | The finished designs , although offering partial projection were not sufficient to take away the focus of attention from the participants themselves , for they were now all in ‘ dramatic time ’ . |
| 21 | This was seen by workers at the London Hazards Centre who were quickly able to supply exactly the required references . |
| 22 | Union representatives sought concrete standards because employers were often unwilling to discuss seriously the implications of operators ' complaints of fatigue and strain . |
| 23 | We were pleasantly surprised to find quite a few previously unseen photos relating to the demolition of the line , als osome unseen material that we arranged to have photo-copied for the Society . |
| 24 | While substantial general support for the dependency approach was accumulated , most scholars now acknowledge that the dependentistas were never able to explain satisfactorily the economic growth and social and industrial development that had clearly taken place in some Third World countries . |
| 25 | They were very disappointed to see only a dirty , black-haired gipsy child . |
| 26 | I am writing direct to say I hope we may meet when you are in the UK next month , and sorry I am you were too busy to manage even a few words on the ‘ phone earlier this week . |
| 27 | It is only necessary to behold thus the least phenomenon , however familiar , from a point a hair 's breadth aside from our habitual path a routine , to be overcome , enchanted by its beauty and significance . |
| 28 | It is extremely difficult to gauge accurately the dimensions of the shroud from these brasses , but a mean average would be twelve inches longer than the length of the body — to allow for a six-inch knot at top and bottom — and three times its width . |
| 29 | In a series of estimates which have ranged from 25 or even 30 per cent to 8½ per cent ( was that really said ? ) there is obviously material to suit almost every taste . |
| 30 | It is not possible to demonstrate adequately a specific hypothesis but one fact is certain : Wilfrid so earned the enmity of Ecgfrith that despite an appeal to Rome which endorsed the justice of his case , he remained in exile and was still an outcast from his church when Ecgfrith fell in battle against the Picts on 20 May 685 . |