Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better be dead than do that . |
| 2 | These boxes will apparently be EISA-based and extend to six processors . |
| 3 | You could become impatient and aggressive this morning so be careful when handling work colleagues or friends . |
| 4 | The mixture of an SD1 engine , Range Rover flywheel and exhaust in a Range Rover does not give you the power that you might expect , so be careful when mixing engine components such as flywheels , camshafts , distributor and carbs from different engine applications . |
| 5 | My time would only be impressive if clocked by sundial but I was pleased with it , though I could have done with a couple of gym sessions to get in shape . |
| 6 | Attempts to solve this problem by economic reform run into the insuperable problem that they could only be successful if accompanied by political reforms involving denationalisation . |
| 7 | This suggests that either educational reform has just not gone far enough or that , although improved educational standards constitute an important development goal , they can only be effective when accompanied by structural changes in the rest of society . |
| 8 | Though consent is undeniably a defence to an action for conversion , there are difficulties in reconciling this result , sensible as it may seem , with general principles of agency , for since Y's act was unauthorised it could only be effective if done within an ostensible authority — but that doctrine is inapplicable to undisclosed agency . |
| 9 | Amended claims to group relief and capital allowances will only be valid if made on a further corporation tax return ( CT 200 ) . |
| 10 | Clearly some legislation reflects temporary victories of one interest or allied interest groups over others , and none of these may necessarily be identical or coincide with the interests of the ruling class . |
| 11 | It is suggested that the first of these reasons would no longer be valid if litigated again ( see Multiservice Bookbinding Ltd v Marden [ 1979 ] Ch 84 , where Browne-Wilkinson J upheld a mortgage under which the interest payments were linked to the value of the Swiss franc , cited with apparent approval by Lord Denning MR in Staffordshire Area Health Authority v South Staffordshire Waterworks Co [ 1978 ] 3 All ER 769 ) . |
| 12 | Ronald Parker of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has proposed that the CIT be built on a remote site rather than in Princeton town since it will use radioactive tritium , and while the amounts pose no threat , nonetheless people will protest and this could delay approval : best be realistic and avoid potential trouble at the outset . |
| 13 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 14 | Well Marky I thought I 'd just be practical and ask you , it 's quarter one to , quarter to eleven you go and collect Sue . |
| 15 | ‘ Just be quiet and listen . |
| 16 | Why ca n't people just be dead and forgotten ? ’ |
| 17 | It was also a knowledge that could not be unlearned or removed from the human stockpile . |
| 18 | Such an occurrence would not be possible when solving ILPs . |
| 19 | Why not be progressive and try to take the game to new areas of the world ? |
| 20 | But then why , as he lay there pink and rested in his striped Viyella pyjamas feeling no older and certainly very little wiser than he had when he used to open his eyes in his prep school dormitory over sixty-five years ago , should he not be alive and kicking ? |
| 21 | But for Lally 's courage and abandon , Nicandra thought , she might not be alive and trembling now . |
| 22 | We can not be certain that Act 1 scene 1 of Q1692 was ever acted . |
| 23 | 9.3.1 A named individual may not be available when needed |
| 24 | Maybe techniques of evaluation ( important though they are ) need not be sharp when faced with a strong weight of empirical and impressionist evidence of the failure of conservation efforts to halt the deteriorating environmental situation in substantial areas of the world . |
| 25 | Keith Sutton … brings us the worst of Fleet Street , the Sun , disguised as ‘ radical ’ … you can not be radical and look like the Sun ; it is a contradiction in terms . |
| 26 | It was agreed that the order should be made , but the local authority proposed a programme of rehabilitation , whereas the guardian ad litem was of the opinion that rehabilitation would not be successful and recommended that the child be placed with long term foster parents . |
| 27 | The case series quoted in their article in support of a low mortality after intervention in elderly people may not be representative as published series are often of highly selected patients and from centres of excellence and are likely to overestimate the results obtained in more typical practice . |
| 28 | This may not be practical when dealing with foreign intermediaries . |
| 29 | Do not be over-enthusiastic and bore people . |
| 30 | The argument from numbers continues to have some appeal in the criminal law but there are now few situations in which there may be an indictment for conspiracy in respect of acts which would not be criminal if done by one person . |