Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as though she had secretly been waiting all evening for this moment , for this invitation to walk along the beach with him . |
| 2 | That might well have been true in the early 1960s but not in the 1990s , so let us not revive a distinction which has thankfully been eliminated All kinds of research in education have gone far beyond this narrow form . |
| 3 | But to the extent that rationality continues to prevail , we have long since been submitting all codes to ‘ Be aware ’ , without noticing that this imperative is creative of values as well as destructive . |
| 4 | Earth tremors caused structural damage in Angra village in 1988 but the nuclear plant 's operators , state-owned Furnas Centrais Electricas , denied that the reactor had been damaged , although it has since been closed several times for " repairs " . |
| 5 | The fishermen were so concerned for its welfare that they closed the lake for the remainder of the season , and the fish has since been spotted several times , fully recovered . |
| 6 | What has perhaps been accorded less attention has been the ways in which policy and implementation have involved a feedback from implementation as policies have been found inadequate to meet the demands of ‘ good professional practice ’ . |
| 7 | But the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent development of Soviet society produced an emphasis upon another strand in Marxist thought about the transition to socialism ( one which had not hitherto been given much prominence ) involving the idea of the ‘ dictatorship of the proletariat ’ ; and in the specific conditions prevailing in Russia , which differed entirely from those in Western Europe , this soon evolved in practice into the dictatorship of the Bolshevik party , then the dictatorship of the party 's central committee , and finally the dictatorship of a single individual . |
| 8 | Madam Speaker I am sure that my right honourable friend the Chancellor 's proposals to er reduce the burden of national insurance contributions will have a very beneficial effect er on employment a and on businesses but er if members opposite and er the honourable gentleman er says what he thinks clearly , if members opposite are arguing that higher public expenditure and higher taxation will have an impact on employment then he 's absolutely right . |
| 9 | His wish had been granted , but he had only been given more time to experience cruel and unabated pain . |
| 10 | He stated that it had only been made some fifteen to twenty years ago by , of all people , his uncle . |
| 11 | Although the UK market has only been contributing some £15,000 a month or so to the company 's coffers , Christoforou expects to appoint half a dozen sales staff by April and says he will be looking for the outfit to turn over £2m plus in its first year . |
| 12 | Caswell had n't only been doing some thinking , he 'd been looking up maps and timetables . |
| 13 | Why has everything suddenly become she you 've only been doing this the last few days . |
| 14 | They have apparently been doing this for some time . |
| 15 | Although folk-dance is embedded in their way of life , ballet has long been regarded much as the diplomatic service is in Britain : good money , plenty of respect and no political controversies . |
| 16 | Below are summarised some of the opportunities for mathematical experience which arise through the use of various equipment with dry and wet sand : |
| 17 | The ‘ just rollered ’ look is being worn by some of the world 's most beautiful women — top model Linda Evangelista , Madonna and Kylie have all been sporting those unmistakable barrel curls . |
| 18 | The list had obviously been printed some time before . |
| 19 | He 's obviously been doing that since your pregnancy , yet you 've only just begun to notice how little he confides in you . |
| 20 | But at this moment some six hundred land girls in Sussex alone are attacking this job against all the ’ . |
| 21 | If you hire an exhibition space or organise an exhibition in your own home or a commercial or other space made available to you without charge , you will obviously be meeting all the costs involved yourself . |
| 22 | There were a few diplomatic handshakes as the players left the field at the end , but it seemed a relief that an extra week lay between this Test match and the next , and it could only be hoped that work would continue behind the scenes to impress upon these cricketers , especially the more excitable ones , that the game does not deserve to be abused . |
| 23 | Whilst it could only be considered such with the wisdom of hindsight , it was nevertheless seen at the time as a geographically limited episode of a much wider-ranging struggle . |
| 24 | Even in the situations where it is appropriate , Creole will only be used some of the time — in fact , a very small proportion of the time , if my informants and their families are typical . |
| 25 | This led to divorce from his wife , who could perhaps be permitted some schadenfreude at the fact that Van Den Hauwe 's relationship had , perforce , become platonic . |
| 26 | Corinth suffered badly from the war : in a naval building programme in 413 BC she provides only fifteen ships ( to which should perhaps be added another twenty-five operating in the Corinthian Gulf ) . |
| 27 | In the home and in the workplace , women are constantly being urged these days to be more assertive . |
| 28 | This puts me in the position of having to either cancel the project — which would be a great discouragment to the volunteers , who might be reluctant to come forward again having been let down over this one — or risk going on without funding ( and then perhaps being told that funding can not be granted retrospectively ? ) . |
| 29 | Many of Mozart 's smaller-scale pieces , particularly the dances , were much in demand ( ironically enough ) by 1791 , and 48 dances alone were published that year . |
| 30 | By 1844 , when Wordsworth so fiercely objected to the coming of the railway , many more people were being attracted not just for the natural attributes of the area but for all those extra attractions which were suddenly being introduced such as ‘ wrestling , horse and boat races , and pot-houses and beer-shops . ’ |