Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the points to emerge in later chapters will be that eminent scientific figures have rarely been typical representatives of the religious traditions in which they were nurtured . |
| 2 | Unfortunately there have rarely been precise identifications although two are stated to be of Middle Eastern origin , the Cypraea Arabica from Sarre grave 238 and a tiger cowrie from Haslingfield ( Cambridgeshire ) , whose source is the Red Sea . |
| 3 | Only rarely are other sites like hunting bases recognised , usually from scatters of flints , and very few have ever been scientifically examined . |
| 4 | In reality , rarely are ideal notions followed through to literal extremes . |
| 5 | Rarely are precise management objectives set : there is little measurement of health output ; clinical evaluation of particular practices is by no means common and economic evaluation of those practices extremely rare . |
| 6 | Examples 2.7.2 ( i ) Addition , multiplication and subtraction on each of Z , Q , R , C , Z[x] , Q[x] , Zn , etc. are binary operations . |
| 7 | Indeed , in such disciplines , measures are strictly derived from the mathematical theory ; measurement being akin to engineering where the measurement devices , be they atomic clocks , watches , thermometers , lasers , electronic counters , dials , etc. are engineered instantiations of well-established theories . |
| 8 | What had hitherto been regional versions of folk and country music now joined with the former ‘ racist ’ music of the coloured population , creating through cross-fertilisation modern , i.e. ‘ pop ’ , music . |
| 9 | It has only been burning coal in it ! |
| 10 | It validated what had previously only been personal impressions : that the work was variable , time consuming , complex and required considerable skill . |
| 11 | They 'd only been married months , I thought they 'd had their first row and she 'd come home . |
| 12 | There have only been brief respites . |
| 13 | Mr Kelloway says there have only been minor teething problems and he is satisfied the machine is ready for production . |
| 14 | It is possible that pollution affects their reproductive and immune systems , but there has only been piecemeal research on this subject . " |
| 15 | For months it had apparently been common knowledge ; something to be tutted over and discussed in hushed tones that stopped abruptly whenever she entered the common-room . |
| 16 | In addition , the coalminers , through their trades unions , have long been major actors in the political arena those of both the workplace ( notably the Trades Union Congress ) and the state ( the Labour party ) . |
| 17 | Eels , speared through their gills on an eel stick , had long been standard rent in the Fens and Somerset Levels . |
| 18 | ( Although a famous novelist has recently garnered considerable publicity for memorizing his interviews , this has long been standard practice for many sociologists . ) ’ |
| 19 | Unlike the Koran , however , the Bible has long been fair game for spirited literary re-readings . |
| 20 | His design of mill may have been original , but others had long been growing rape-seed in East Anglia and milling rape-seed around London . |
| 21 | It has long been common practice to give students isolated passages of poetry or prose , often but not always anonymous , to analyse , discuss , and respond to , in the manner of Richards 's original undertaking . |
| 22 | Likewise , in south Yorkshire , the cutlery factors and nailchapmen started in a modest way from the local ranks of metalworker-farmers whose surnames had long been characteristic ones in the area . |
| 23 | Primroses in their various guises have long been popular garden plants . |
| 24 | Within the Conservative party , particularly among local activists and MPs , there had long been numerous critics of the nationalized industries and advocates of a more market-orientated economy . |
| 25 | No doubt there had long been extreme Gregorians who would have liked to abolish the homage of ecclesiastical landholders for ecclesiastical lands . |
| 26 | ( e ) Examples Set out below are various categories of conveyance/transfers and how they should be dealt with for stamp duty purposes : ( i ) Conveyance or transfer pursuant to court order — no monetary consideration ( Eg Precedents 1 , 2 , 7 , 8 , 15 and 16 ) Provided this contains the following certificate ( it is suggested as part of the instrument ) no stamp duty is payable . |
| 27 | Upstairs are the head offices of the Company , where the business of the great artery of travel is arranged , and below are minor offices , the grand general waiting room , with its noble arches and massive polished granite columns ; the ladies ' waiting room , an illustration of how modern skill can blend luxury and comfort ; and last , but not least , the dining-room , the antipodes of those railway dining rooms whose peculiarities afford so many opportunities to the comic journalists of America . |
| 28 | The domes are carried on pendentives and below are rectangular piers without capitals . |
| 29 | Fortunately there are a number of valuable publications to help you in your search , and listed below are brief details of a few of the more important ones . |
| 30 | The graptolites Monograptus triangulatus ( Harkness ) above and Diplograptus magnus ( H Lapworth ) below are characteristic species from the Llandovery ( lower Silurian ) of central Wales . |