Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These panes of glass are bullet proof and will not shatter , but if they are badly weakened a large , frightened animal like a bear may be able to force its way through and the consequences would be very severe ’ . |
| 2 | If you go to those lengths , you are obviously taking a big financial risk . |
| 3 | If you are overweight , but are happy with the exercises you do at least three times per week , then far be it from us to interfere — continue , you are obviously doing a good job ! |
| 4 | The Cairngorm chairlift people are obviously making a great effort to try and limit the damage caused by erosion , by constantly replanting the worn areas with grass seed . |
| 5 | are all doing a futile side-stroke . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's like a holiday camp sometimes and we are all having a good time . |
| 7 | Shop around for a reasonable estimate , or hire a van and the services of some friends and do it yourself , it is much cheaper , and worth while if you are only moving a short distance . |
| 8 | I am sure that you are only feeling a young girl 's modest misgivings at the approach of marriage . |
| 9 | Fielding , Amis once remarked , showed that fiction can uphold a moral seriousness ‘ without evangelical puffing and blowing ’ ; his Take a Girl Like You ( 1960 ) has been aptly called a modernised replay of Richardson 's Pamela ; and when asked by a journalist which of the great novelists of the past he felt the closest affinity with , he replied reverently : ‘ With Fielding , though it seems a gross impertinence … ’ . |
| 10 | ( ii ) Contents , in the case of sensation , lack such a connection , but are in a special way qualitative and are somehow assigned a bodily location . |
| 11 | First and foremost , we are intentionally considering a limited subset of the potential causes of recent longer-term climate change . |
| 12 | The space where the flowers had been soon became a thriving mass of weeds . |
| 13 | The intake of vitamins and minerals is , if we are eating a healthy well-balanced diet , almost certainly adequate , but how many of us are already eating a healthy , well-balanced diet ? |
| 14 | Three months after they were launched , the new awards are already generating a tremendous amount of interest . |
| 15 | Trials with electronic mail are already proving a big success in the UK . |
| 16 | He 's not impressed with the Lamont-Gregory briquette which he says is not the consistency the British market expects and adds that Indonesia and Brazil are already using a similar technique . |
| 17 | DEADLY rivals Stoke and Port Vale lived to fight another day after this passionate Potteries derby , and both camps are already talking a good fight before next week 's replay . |
| 18 | Union chiefs and angry workers are already threatening a bitter Winter of Discontent , furious that they are being asked to pay the price for economic recovery . |
| 19 | really answer the first part of the Noble Lord 's question by saying that er er it is a question of future cost , er we are er we are already spending a great deal of money on the first part er of this er library and er we will have to examine the future cost very carefully and I put it to you to the Noble Lord that it would be a really sad reflection where the field of creative endeavour in which this country is m has most excelled over the centuries , in other words literature to have no single focus for celebration , preservation and active use , it really is er very important that this library continues , but may I remind Your Lordships also that we 're not talking about the s the library in this question , we 're talking about the u the site at present used by the builders . |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose you are already planning a new house , monster that you are , ’ she observed . |
| 21 | The boys , who pay themselves £100 a month , are already planning a glossy revamp for the magazine . |
| 22 | British Biotechnology from Cowley are already testing a new drug . |
| 23 | They are already playing a crucial role in multimedia design and development . |
| 24 | Both plants are already working a four-day week . |
| 25 | But the reforms are already having a big impact on the politicians , who are deeply divided about how best to deal with the social tensions the reforms are expected to produce . |
| 26 | Wakeham rejected its plea on the grounds that the market is now functioning reasonably well , and pool prices are already having a restraining influence . |
| 27 | " Oh Jim , " we can say , " we are just having a little chat about the I.R.A . " |
| 28 | If you are just starting a new job of any kind this morning , your first day , then do n't worry , it does n't matter what you do , the odds on the first two things they 'll show you is , where the toilet is , and how to load paper into the photocopier . |
| 29 | But we 're only outputting a single line , so you that 's all you can do . |
| 30 | You 're only expressing a personal opinion Councillor ? |