Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local authorities are striking deals directly with foreign timber companies , many of which export the logs through Thailand . |
| 2 | What she did was to go through her cupboards , where she discovered a dress which had once belonged to Clara 's cousin , and which had been enclosed years before in a charitable parcel of hands-on . |
| 3 | The biggest irony of all is that probably no single factor proved more damaging than the contribution of the man who we were told was so universally respected and popular that , if he had been Labour leader instead of Neil Kinnock , Labour 's lead in the polls would have been 49 to 33 . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the two pictures entitled Glasgow Tenements are topographical studies as atmospheric as anything by Piper . |
| 5 | And AC Milan is expected to beat Marseilles on May 26th in the final of the European Cup , having won all the qualifying matches and having already been European champion twice in the past four years ( see table for its total performance over recent years ) . |
| 6 | It was very controversial at the time and it 's remained so ever since , and indeed in both Britain and America there are political movements right now to change minimum wage laws in , in ways that I think Florence Kelly would deeply have disapproved of . |
| 7 | To be sure , they are political votes also , as they are in Britain , and for the same reason : candidates wear political labels . |
| 8 | Yet there are memorable features here which no other composer could have devised ; the balance between the poetic slow movement and the headlong scherzo of No. 1 ; the echoes of tonal melody in the abrasively dissonant No. 2 ; while Nos. 3 and 4 both embody Tippett 's own rethinking of a late-Beethoven style overflowing with trills and intricate ornamentation until , at the end of No. 4 , the simple basic theme returns unadorned , as if in homage to Beethoven 's Op. 109 . |
| 9 | She had been fiery Sally-Anne still , and then fiery McAllister , and a few moments ' loving from a man she loved had undone her , had brought her not joy , but a trauma of the remembered pain and anguish which Havvie had inflicted on her . |
| 10 | Are non-religious undertakings necessarily more beneficial than those based on belief in God ? |
| 11 | There are regional differences too . |
| 12 | Profit margins vary between the firms but are low relative even to the indifferent performance of British firms more generally . |
| 13 | If you 've got a school where there are weak teachers then you do n't want to being weak . |
| 14 | Largely because the sport had focused almost entirely on the racing craft used on inland waters , the Firths of Clyde , Forth and Tay , which had been strong centres once , had all but died away : with Royal West boating mainly in Glasgow and the new Dundee University on the Tay near Perth . |
| 15 | From April 3–12 , the Tidy Britain Group are inviting people all over the country to take part in the National Spring Clean 1992 . |
| 16 | Two questions seem particularly relevant : why are agricultural earnings relatively low , and why are earnings less in rural areas than in urban areas for comparable work ? |
| 17 | The blue-rinsed dame and the bottle-nosed blimp are extinct species here . |
| 18 | This is often justified on the grounds that law is not a distinct and important element in understanding systems of government , but there are professional reasons too . |
| 19 | No , I think erm , in the , certainly in the consumer area which affects both Penguin and to some extent Royal Doulton , there are definite signs now of the U S economy turning around and that is likely to continue as , as the year goes on . |
| 20 | Why , five years later , are respectable scientists still unable to agree on the extent of the damage ? |
| 21 | And of course that become overlayed by the Gulf situation , but there are clear signs now that the recession has bottomed out but that we 're on the way up again and of course as far as erm terrorism and war is concerned , memories are pretty short . |
| 22 | There are clear differences here concerning MacDonald 's intentions and reasons for changing his mind-you should explain these carefully . |
| 23 | There are clear implications here for teachers . |
| 24 | The windows had been broken years ago but the railway company had boarded the frames up with wooden battens which were very effective ; they did however allow a view into the building and although the children could see in they were fascinated with the place and were happy playing in the cutting . |
| 25 | There are German speakers everywhere , of all ages , from strident young back-packers to the discreet elderly , all deeply tanned , moving with the assurance of long-standing expatriates . |
| 26 | Despite these inauspicious circumstances , a number of relatively successful courses and conferences have resulted from the creation of the panel , and there are interesting developments afoot in the creation of a network and the preparation and dissemination of INSET practices and materials . |
| 27 | There are interesting contrasts here . |
| 28 | Not only are cordless tools more convenient but the low voltage is safer than mains operated ones and they are quieter in operation . |
| 29 | The large-flowered trumpet daffodils are widely grown everywhere , but some of those with short , contrasting cups are just as attractive as the trumpet varieties , and there are charming miniatures too |
| 30 | But the conditions in which this challenge becomes significant are social ones rather than ‘ technological ’ as Goody would have us believe . |