Example sentences of "[pron] be [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our eyes and the area around them are the most expressive and sensitive part of our face and during the winter months need more protection than ever . |
| 2 | Finding patterns of association among indicators will enable us to determine which among them are the most significant . |
| 3 | These being the conventions whose occurrence is so regular that we barely notice them , the exceptions to them are the more striking . |
| 4 | without it , if , I been a why bigger lorry what |
| 5 | He added : ‘ I am no less confident of my case today than I was when I was wrongfully dismissed as chief executive on May 14 . ’ |
| 6 | I am no less interested to observe that , for Eliot , who always seemed unhurried , ‘ there is plenty of time ’ could mean a period of not much more than three weeks for reading ( the Strachey book being pretty long ) , writing typing and dispatching : which , given the fact that Spender 's book had not arrived , that I was teaching all day and conducting some evening classes , I still consider a tight fit . |
| 7 | I am no more consistent than I am perfect . |
| 8 | ‘ I am no more likely to privatise the health service than I am likely to join the Labour Party , ’ he said . |
| 9 | PAMELA : I am a most miserable creature . |
| 10 | Margot is always splendid on these occasions ; she took me back to the house and covered me with ice and raw beef : but in spite of all I am a most revolting sight today and shall be for a week or more — lame in one leg , blind in one eye , and with a nose like Cyrano … |
| 11 | In case anyone is wondering , I read this cover to cover on the flight home , when I am a most captive audience for almost any reading material . |
| 12 | As a frequent visitor to Scotland I have formed a great admiration for the Scottish farmer 's skills , particularly in animal husbandry and the attention that he pays to the production of a crop of whose product I am a not infrequent consumer . |
| 13 | I realize something else , too — I am a little disappointed . |
| 14 | I am a little nervous and want to return home safe and sound ! |
| 15 | I 'll admit I am a little nervous , ’ she added meekly , while becoming conscious that his firm grip seemed to send tingles up her arm . |
| 16 | I am a little late . ’ |
| 17 | I am a little unhappy about this , because there seem to be such close resemblances between the two plates , that I would not wish them ever to be far apart . |
| 18 | " I am a little tired … the festivities … " |
| 19 | It is certainly good for me physically , though I am a little dubious about its ultimate good . |
| 20 | I am a little alarmed over the prospects of another Coalition … |
| 21 | ‘ I am a little drowsy , that is all , a little tired with the journey , though I feel better than I thought I would . |
| 22 | ‘ Until I can reassure our workers I am a little concerned that Ho might — might not make as many friends as he would otherwise do . |
| 23 | Having not heard from you in response to my late September FAX , I am a little concerned lest you and Ian have not yet tied up a firm date with Michael Rose of BAIE SECRETARIAT , to whom I am sending a copy of P this fax , for next June 's seminar . |
| 24 | What is it , you 're our Chairman , Mr Chairman , but I am a little concerned , there seems to be two stands this morning . |
| 25 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 26 | ‘ Then I am a little hard . |
| 27 | PAMELA : I am a little superstitious , sir . |
| 28 | But really I do n't think so , although I did speak to the Reading manager Ian Porterfield a few minutes ago and he does seem relaxed and so do his players , so you know I am a little worried now , now we 're getting nearer kick-off I 'm beginning to get a little more worried . |
| 29 | I may also add , in passing , that Miller has brown eyes whereas I have blue , black hair where mine is red , good eyesight whereas I am a little shortsighted . |
| 30 | You must n't feel that I do n't want to read it , but I am a little frightened of reading it after , well , after mother and her feelings for — for her mother and for me . ’ |