Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [conj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In preparations for post-war construction , Resistance figures had planned to ban the continued publication of all newspapers that had collaborated and to create a press that would be economically viable as well as politically free and pluralist : there should be no repetition of the venality of journalists , the concentration of ownership , the submission to the forces of capital , of the inter-war years . |
| 2 | Such support would be based on the following principles : adjustment should be economically viable as well as socially and politically bearable ; it should conform with long-term development objectives ; it should be based on a joint assessment by the EC and the country concerned ; and it should be undertaken in close co-operation with the international financial institutions ( primarily the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank ) . |
| 3 | Clearly , an unreflective or uncritical citizenry would be highly undesirable as well as , strictly speaking , a contradiction in terms . |
| 4 | One will need to grow the plants and prepare the drink or poultice oneself but neither is time-consuming , and certainly likely to be less expensive and just as , if not more , efficacious than the manufactured kind available from the chemist . |
| 5 | There are several approaches which are helpful , given that , as described already , elderly people 's hearing , eyesight , and memory may be less active than previously and their responses may be marginally slower . |
| 6 | But this irony can be playful as well as belittling ; it can be critically constructive as well as destructive . |
| 7 | The Guild consists of around 140 writers and winning projects have to be environmentally sound as well as contributing something to the local economy . |
| 8 | This in itself presents a powerful argument against change , for it is clearly desirable that national and EC policies should be broadly similar if only because it is less confusing to the business community . |
| 9 | Although supervision was the most common form of disposal in truancy cases under section 1(2) ( e ) ( and may become even more standard practice under the Children Act 1989 ) , the practice adopted in Leeds magistrates ' court of adjourning such proceedings as a threat to the parents to improve the child 's attendance or else the child might be made the subject of an order , was claimed to be more effective as well as reducing overall levels of local juvenile delinquency . |
| 10 | McCoist and Hateley 's marvellous talents will be more invaluable than ever as Rangers once again try to overcome their massive injury problems . |
| 11 | When set , it is claimed to be more crack-resistant and harder than normal concrete . |
| 12 | They turned out to be practically unbreakable as well as hard-wearing . |
| 13 | He 'll be as good as ever when his elbow heals . |
| 14 | Colin Blakemore was pilloried in 1987 and 1988 not just because his work was considered ( wrongly ) to be excessively cruel but also because it was thought to be useless . |
| 15 | It will be quite hard as well cos say something 's coming up behind you , the only way you can see is to go like that . |
| 16 | So this habit of letting our mind wander can be very dangerous as well as time-wasting and inconvenient . |
| 17 | But Mr Hutchinson said : ‘ I think we are through the cure and into a situation where it could be very good but only if confidence returns and uncertainty holds that . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ A most curious-looking young man with a mobile white face and small red-rimmed eyes ; he is said to be very clever as well as deeply religious . |
| 19 | In other words , it is possible for a shell to be too thick as well as ( more obviously ) too thin . |