Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Dr George Eisenbarth , who headed the Joslin team , a simpler version of the test may be developed within the next year , ‘ We and other labs are most certainly working on it , to predict who 's at the most risk of developing diabetes , ’ he declared . |
| 2 | For once she would probably have been better off staying at home as far as the weather was concerned . |
| 3 | And since she could not say , " About horrid Ben Braithwaite for wasting two years of Linnet 's youth and having his dreary wedding on a day when Gemma would have been better off staying in bed , " she chirruped brightly , " Everything , darlings — because this is what I want us to do . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd have been better off staying in the hole ! |
| 5 | But at the other end of the scale , a £10-a-month investment over five years in the Friends Provident Stewardship Income fund ( now worth £683.88 ) and the Buckmaster Fellowship fund ( worth £667.98 ) would have been better off investing in a building society investment account ( worth £686.76 ) . |
| 6 | Was n't there a tiny nagging feeling on watching the re-runs of Butterflies that perhaps he would have been better off sticking to television comedy series and enjoying their rich rewards ? |
| 7 | I did think you know when I , when we go around and we look at some of these houses like Barratt houses and all like that , I thought that area would of been better off knocking into houses and then you see they would be able to get the community charge of the houses , but as it 's gon na happen now the council 's gon na have a lot of responsibility one way and another with er |
| 8 | been down there asking about er |
| 9 | Mornings are usually suitable for novices , but unless they 're determined people , novices are better off coming in early or late season . |
| 10 | The main slope is 180m with a respectable gradient which stops skiers who are better off practising on the trainer or nursery slope , where there is room for up to 100 skiers . |
| 11 | Mark , I AM DEFFINATELY NOT DRIVING TO LEEDS ON SATURDAY ! ! ! |
| 12 | Feminist cinema may be a ‘ global issue ’ , in Susan Hayward 's words , too large and bumpy and may be possible to argue that in theoretical and critical terms the truly global issues of a multi-racial international feminism are only just beginning to be addressed . |
| 13 | If this is a correct analysis of the situation , the consequences for our disciplines may be far-reaching in unexpected ways which are only just beginning to be noticed . |
| 14 | The implications of these patterns , elucidated principally by Bill Cummins and others , are only just beginning to be appreciated . |
| 15 | These contradictions will be marked in the work produced under these conditions in ways that we are only just beginning to be able to imagine . |
| 16 | I think that they are only just getting into their stride on this particular issue , because some years ago we had flooding in Worthing , quite severe flooding , so every application went to the Southern Water Authority and we never got back no , you ca n't develop on that area and it was , it was very difficult . |
| 17 | HRH The Prince of Wales encapsulated this aspiration at the Action for Wales Conference in Cardiff in 1991 — ‘ I believe the need for thorough and thoughtful environment education is , perhaps , greater than ever because increased environmental awareness and concern are only slowly leading to more environmental action . |
| 18 | The dangers of long exposure to fluorescent lighting and video screens are only now beginning to be appreciated , and the 50 Hz frequency of domestic electric-ring circuits may not be good news either . |
| 19 | Issues regarding the ethnic minority dimensions of ageing are only now beginning to be addressed in Britain . |
| 20 | One reason is that European governments are only now pushing through strict environmental laws . |
| 21 | It incorporates technology which our competitors are only now putting in their solutions . |
| 22 | On this basis the rural development projects which became fashionable among most donors in the 1970s , and which were supposed to have a direct impact on the rural poor , are only now coming to the stage where a meaningful evaluation can be conducted . |
| 23 | Some of the answers are only now coming to light as we find out more about the structures of the proteins that go to make up living cells themselves . |
| 24 | Ask Americans today who are only now coming to terms with the gross exploitation of native Indians and natural resources , which their forefathers accomplished in the name of ‘ progress ’ . |
| 25 | But they , like the third Limerick club dominating the league — Young Munster — are only gradually coming to terms with the demands for 15-man attacking play . |
| 26 | It 's been so nice working with you . ’ |
| 27 | Hick 's first innings 64 looked as if it could be the Test breakthrough England have been so patiently waiting for . |
| 28 | In theory it is possible to obtain insurance against warranty liability ( e.g. Directors and officers ) but in practice the insurers are normally so demanding in the kind of confirmations they require and so restrictive as to what they will insure ( eg not taxation ) that this is rarely practicable or worthwhile . |
| 29 | Again , I am not just talking about romantic attachments , but also about simple friendships . |
| 30 | Of course I am not here arguing for a return to a three-tier model of reality seen in literalistic terms . |