Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [modal v] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In the following cases , the corresponding phrase using prenominal position only would be fully acceptable ) : ( 50 ) the handbook useful is in your out-tray a story interesting would be hard to find ( 51 ) the only handbook useful is in your out-tray a story less interesting would be hard to find Even here , the distinction between qualification and assignment may have a part to play in the explanation . |
| 2 | The Government says that many scholarships will be on offer to make up for the charges , but surely this means that only rich people and the very brightest of the less well-off will be able to afford a degree . |
| 3 | Further , it was seen that the same institution that was so damaging could be therapeutic if it was organized deliberately to foster social confidence and responsibility in the patients . |
| 4 | Powerful Barry Silkman 's powerful all-rounder should soon be handily placed and once clear will be difficult to beat . |
| 5 | ‘ Anything more obvious would be counter-productive because everyone would just laugh . |
| 6 | Since there is little potential for the development of new recreation sites in the Shing Mun Country Park , Jim suggests that a management strategy designed to make the distribution of visitors between sites more equable would be appropriate to minimise damage and especially to protect those sites which are currently undergoing excessive damage . |
| 7 | Given the essential technical background and the sound approach advocated in Simple Electronic Navigation both the tyro and the more experienced should be able to select their electronics with ease and obtain better and more reliable use from them . |
| 8 | No , I do n't think so , if you are unable to attend on this date please contact Janet at ITS Worcester , well I am able to so that 's it then , enclosed a map , look forward to seeing you , jolly good should be exciting , I 'll never find me way round Kidderminster |
| 9 | Somewhere dark and slightly damp will be ideal . |
| 10 | This means that at any frontier anywhere in the world a border official who has at his disposal a piece of equipment which is already widely and internationally available will be able instantaneously to record the personal details from a passport without the holder realising it , and the record will be automatically read into and stored by a computer . |
| 11 | Even now , a hard up local could be sure of a free pint just by telling Knocker he had watched him fight at Gloucester 's annual Barton Fair , back in the old days . |
| 12 | The most severely-handicapped may be able to benefit from pictures and music , if they are given access to them . |
| 13 | Judicial intervention which occurs only when the resultant agency decision is substantively arbitrary will be insufficient , because there may be many instances when it falls short of this , but still wholly or partially ignores the views of interested parties . |
| 14 | Financial intermediaries also ensure that projects that are potentially profitable will be able to obtain finance . |
| 15 | Going a step further , the idea that conflict may be hidden in this way suggests that those who are relatively powerless may be unwilling or unable to translate their interests into claims on public policy . |
| 16 | A simple word which to one person is relatively neutral can be emotive dynamite to another . |
| 17 | and erm that there is this upsurge and he , he goes on , in a very short time in ce central , southern and northern provinces , I E the whole of China , several hundred million peasants will rise up like a mighty storm , like a hurricane , a force so swift and violent no power however great will be able to hold it back . |
| 18 | Why space-time should be four-dimensional is a question that is normally considered to be outside the realm of physics . |
| 19 | Companies which decide the cost of clean-up is too high will be able to buy the pollution permits in a new futures market at the Chicago Board of Trade . |
| 20 | These thoughts occur because people imagine something very serious must be wrong with their body to cause the symptoms that they are experiencing . |
| 21 | Research shows that keeping babies too warm can be fatal . |
| 22 | Being too available can be counterproductive . |
| 23 | Too close could be disasterous . |