Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final condemnation of the change is that no-one consulted formally these top men in the sport before passing the show-stopping law and , furthermore , that the lawmakers left so much still to be ironed out . |
| 2 | The country police were sufficiently confused simply by being in a big city , without adding in all the complex requirements of urban policing under riot conditions . |
| 3 | ‘ Villa totally outclassed us in the first half and we were extremely lucky only to be a goal down . |
| 4 | The lexicon system provided with the ANLT is sufficiently large however to be of comparable size to that used in the probabilistic system . |
| 5 | The seemingly flowery language which people often have to resort to when trying to talk about spiritual experience results from an inability to use religious language as a means of communication ; even if known , it is so likely today to be misunderstood . |
| 6 | Well I do n't think it 's , I do n't think it 's terribly good actually to be able to be telling other people who has already been here , erm |
| 7 | I 'm so pleased just to be here , I would sleep on a tent on the beach . |
| 8 | But the curious pair who for a time were so well-known simply for being rich vanished from the public eye — towards a tax haven in Jersey . |
| 9 | Some minerals seem to survive more or less unaltered even after being subject to prolonged weathering , whereas others decompose very rapidly . |
| 10 | Andrew Kalman of Crane Kalman of London was immensely relieved just to be out of Britain , commenting ‘ It 's dire . |
| 11 | Many of the fragments which go to make up a scoria cone are individually big enough to be called ‘ blocks ’ or ‘ bombs ’ , according to the simple size classification . |
| 12 | It was painfully sweet just to be beside him again . |
| 13 | To most of those who knew him Henry was just eccentric enough to be terrifyingly normal , and even his carefully calculated bitterness , the quality of which , on the whole , he was most proud , had become , in early middle age , a Nice Dry Sense of Humour . |
| 14 | Your actions are most likely then to be remedial . |
| 15 | And if he was still alert enough to be insulting , his wound might not be so bad after all . |
| 16 | Older people , especially pensioners — more likely anyway to be relatively poor — also depend a lot on mail order , but may buy durables through electricity or gas boards , paying on instalments with their quarterly bills . |
| 17 | A remarkable scene on a Nene Valley vessel ( fig. 14.14 ) in the Peterborough Museum shows a scene more likely today to be found in a modern circus . |
| 18 | Sociologists have also frequently documented the peculiar strength of the tie between married daughters and their mothers in many communities , and how women are more likely both to be cared for by their families in old age , and to be the carers . |
| 19 | Cook 's pioneering excursionists to Scotland were greeted with crowd-lined streets , brass bands and cannon fire because the tourist was still unusual enough to be an entertaining curiosity . |
| 20 | ‘ I see you are still human enough to be attracted by a pretty face , my lord , ’ Matilda purred with patently false sweetness . |
| 21 | Even the worst of gags will amuse some wally somewhere , though , so here are a few just in case you are ever unlucky enough to be trapped in a lift for days on end with him . |
| 22 | Although weight has been increased , the machine is still compact enough to be used in tight corners such as on deep shelving and door frames . |
| 23 | It is all the more heart-warming now to be in contact with you and to receive copies of Nonesuch . |
| 24 | ‘ The advanced 16v engine delivers real power , and the car is still small enough to be zippy around town . ’ |
| 25 | But pink suits me , she thought , and what the hell , my hips are still trim enough to be clung to . |
| 26 | Popular with older men marrying women in their twenties — still young enough to be entitled to a proper send-off . |
| 27 | • Set limits while she 's still young enough to be cooperative . |
| 28 | The boys were growing up so fast , but they were still young enough to be intensely impatient at any delay in the opening of the presents , and Dad must have worked hard this morning to persuade them to wait . |
| 29 | Celia hoped they were still loyal enough to be decently enthusiastic , even if they found it difficult at first to appreciate the new subtlety of Yorick 's music . |
| 30 | In 1962 it was still new enough to be modern but poor enough to be half worn out . |