Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your camcorder has a record-review button , you will find this to be a most useful facility to have at your disposal when you are out on a shoot because it enables you to make a quick check on the previous shot before starting to record the next . |
| 2 | My wile and I consider this to be a most fortunate match . |
| 3 | She considers this to be a more realistic figure than other estimates which might be based on the literature since there is probably a tendency to over-report cases of crossed-aphasia ( i.e. presumptive lesion and preferred hand on the same side ) in dextrals because of their rarity . |
| 4 | We are convinced that those people you mention who depend on Unix ( and NetWare ) for their living will find this to be a very satisfying and profitable combination . |
| 5 | We judged this to be a potentially important finding in view of the extremely widespread use of cimetidine . |
| 6 | Fru Blicher continued , ‘ We 've not had time to print Herr Eberhardt 's programme — in any case , he wants this to be a somewhat informal occasion — so Herr Eberhardt will introduce each of his songs himself . |
| 7 | Do not barge in if you think you are in the wrong , be prepared to be a little late , or concede the best position , but do not be bullied by those who shout at you . |
| 8 | Recently when one girl , in her end-of-term questionnaire , wrote that after the course she ‘ no longer felt afraid to be a sexually attractive woman ’ , Sobchak claimed her greatest triumph . |
| 9 | Not content with being a thoroughly unpleasant fellow in life , he attempted to bully Death in the life to come , first sitting bolt upright in his coffin in the church service , screaming and terrifying the minister . |
| 10 | K-III , the publishing arm of buyout specialists Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , has emerged as a leading bidder for Macmillan Inc in what looks set to be a keenly fought bid battle , according to last week 's Independent on Sunday . |
| 11 | Microsoft Windows for Workgroups vs Lotus Notes looks set to be a long running battle . |
| 12 | I was glad to be a little like her . |
| 13 | GERARD Depardieu 's latest film , Tous Les Matins Du Monde , tries very hard to be a very worthy movie but unfortunately I am unable to recommend it as an entertaining evening at the cinema . |
| 14 | The Cake Walk was supposed to be a most daring ride although if you held the rail whilst progressing around the U-shaped walk as it tossed like a rough sea , it was n't too bad . |
| 15 | Auberge is supposed to be a quite good one . |
| 16 | Erm , I 'm sure erm Abby is , is supposed to be a fairly accurate representation of what it was like at school . |
| 17 | Sun Microsystems Inc has sent its third-generation Viking plans out to bid with the various semiconductor houses : this thing is supposed to be a very high-end piece that wo n't turn into product for another three to five years . |
| 18 | I think a lot of people get carried away with the occasion and it 's actually supposed to be a very romantic day , and , you know , that 's what it was for me . |
| 19 | It 's supposed to be a very big conference . ’ |
| 20 | Well I , I think it 's nice , supposed to be a very good way to relax and everything |
| 21 | It is a pity that Britain , now supposed to be a fully paid-up part of Europe , can not seem to produce auteurs of anything like this calibre . |
| 22 | Cacoethes , whose partner has yet to be confirmed , and Carroll House , for whom the going is likely to be a little on the fast side , are also certain runners , but Luca Cumani will not decide until today whether Legal Case will take his chance . |
| 23 | Deliveries , they warn , are likely to be a little late this year , but rose planting can safely be done in any frost-free period between October and March . |
| 24 | THE Leaning Tower of Pisa is likely to be a little more upright within two years , according to a commission of experts appointed by the Italian government to decide how to stop it collapsing . |
| 25 | But look which cultural projects have been funded by the EC almost incidentally over the last few years , and you see that in practise it is likely to be a thoroughly benign Leviathan . |
| 26 | The SDP were likely to be a far greater danger to us , as disgruntled ex-Conservative voters who would never have voted Labour in a million years turned to a cosy middle party . |
| 27 | There is likely to be a far greater appreciation of home comforts but there may also be a reluctance to answer the barrage of questions or to say much about the new life . |
| 28 | It is likely to be a very expensive policy , for it implies the improvement of housing , schools , social amenities , etc . |
| 29 | It may be tempting to think that the shortcomings of an aesthetically-numb society can be overcome by appointing an executive authority with powers to impose protection where necessary , but this is not likely to be a very effective approach . |
| 30 | That 's likely to be a very common specification for machines you will have come across , and makes a good low-end reference point We have n't set a ‘ boiling point ’ machine , but we have set another reference point at the 25MHz 386 level — we 've used the Ambra Sprinta as the reference machine here . |