Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Lloyd Jones , Chris Jex , C. Allen and R. Wright have all been at work in the Llanberis slate quarries , although their findings are rather too numerous to record in detail . |
| 2 | Aside from the sports hall there are outside facilities , many of which are rather too cold to do in winter . |
| 3 | They are rather too prone to accept the point of view of reactionary educational committees which are afraid of the WEA . |
| 4 | In contrast , the qualities to look for are rather more difficult to define , and largely consist of a general character and appearance that springs from the individual interpretation of traditional tribal designs . |
| 5 | It had been altogether too much to expect . |
| 6 | At a time when it would have been altogether too easy to disappear into the exacting but ultimately limiting routine of grammar-school teaching , Alfred Cobban enlivened and enlarged my interest in scholarly work . |
| 7 | Whilst this particular breed of company may be able to deliver efficient , cross-platform solutions , the trouble is that they are mostly too small to have any major significance for the industry as a whole . |
| 8 | Yet Amabel said a very pleasant good morning to his mother , her dear friend Maria , who had been most gratifyingly keen to marry this ecclesiastical son of hers to Gemma . |
| 9 | Although there is much social and occupational mobility , and our choice of marriage partner is wider than it used to be , we are obviously most likely to meet and continue acquaintance with people used to similar standards of living , values and expectations . |
| 10 | ‘ I am offering this reward on behalf of the club because we are obviously very anxious to put an end to these recurring , despicable acts , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Short-coated dogs are obviously much easier to cater for in this respect . |
| 12 | Younger branches of S. cordifolia are much more susceptible to damage than older branches . |
| 13 | Tufted carpets are much more economic to produce in that the pile is needled into a pre-woven backing . |
| 14 | Single parent families are much more vulnerable to attack , and so it seems that the best option in this situation is to put the whole brood up for adoption . |
| 15 | We 've now got sexual equality in theory , and pay , and jobs and status and stuff , but we 're facing attitudes which are much more harder to change . |
| 16 | As Rose observes , " Working-class voters in safe Labour seats are much more likely to vote Labour than those in the same class , but living in a marginal or Conservative constituency . |
| 17 | ‘ We must have a five-point plan for autumn safety : 1 ) Get all poisonous plants clearly labelled ; 2 ) Put government health warnings on toadstools ; 3 ) Secure all dangerous-looking branches ; 4 ) Spread polythene sheets beneath all major leaf-producing trees ; 5 ) Have a national warning system for cold days on which apples , conkers and so on , are much more likely to fall out of the trees and cause these horrendous injuries . ’ |
| 18 | Administrators with a natural science background are much more likely to display a technocratic mentality than those trained in the social sciences ( Putnam , 1977 , p. 404 ) . |
| 19 | Therefore , whereas prescribing budgets will inevitably be set in the aggregate , taking into account local social and epidemiological factors , both PACT and formularies are much more likely to lead the GP to consider why a particular drug , and not an alternative including no drug , should be given in a particular instance . |
| 20 | This has the unfortunate consequence that they are much more likely to kill their patients than to cure them . |
| 21 | The choices of the authors are nevertheless quite practical since players are much more likely to pick their pitch standards than original ones . |
| 22 | Deaf people are much more likely to use this device in their recall , at least in the surface structure . |
| 23 | Even in these situations , however , first generation Caribbeans are more likely to use a variety close to the local Standard English of their birthplace than the Creole , while the second generation are much more likely to use London English than a form of Creole . |
| 24 | The popular daily newspapers are much more likely to carry such stories today than twenty years ago . |
| 25 | Fifteen years , on from Bodine 's survey , the books are much more likely to advocate nonsexist strategies , especially pluralisation . |
| 26 | They are much more likely to call their pet feline a ‘ moggie ’ ( sometimes spelt moggy ) . |
| 27 | One of the great things about watching a good comedy show or film is that people around you start laughing and you are much more likely to join in . |
| 28 | They are much more likely to hold on to a degree of independence . |
| 29 | You are much more likely to go for old pine , or oak , tough lacquer or vinyl — at least for several years , but there is no reason why these can not work just as well and create a feeling of their own . |
| 30 | You are much more likely to receive a complete and considered answer if you do this . |