Example sentences of "[prep] be a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The constable shuffled through the wallet 's contents , and read the name from what appeared to be a discreetly platinum-coloured card . |
| 2 | Hollywood was scared , not simply because of the threat to personal life and limb , but by the implications being meted out in the press which followed two distinct inferences : first that Polanski through his and his dead friends ' involvement with drugs had brought this tragedy upon his own house , and , second , that the ‘ new ’ Hollywood in general must accept some guilt through its current fascination with violence , drugs , sex and the lifestyle of what appeared — in the eyes of the establishment — to be a mortally sick section of society . |
| 3 | I try to be a reasonably abstemious individual . |
| 4 | Secondly , there needs to be a reasonably close relationship between taxation and accountability : if some voters can gain markedly greater benefits than others without making any substantial financial contribution , then the electoral system is likely to encourage higher levels of spending than would be justified on grounds of efficiency . |
| 5 | The cost is calculated with the benefit of advice from independent actuaries at what is expected to be a reasonably stable proportion of pensionable pay . |
| 6 | So your plot needs to be a reasonably strong one . |
| 7 | Fussler and Simon , and others , have found loan use to be a reasonably good predictor of in-house use , but the subject is a highly complex one . |
| 8 | Thirdly , there needs to be a reasonably clear understanding of which agencies are responsible for what activities , or else the information on which comparison is based will be highly confusing . |
| 9 | Since whether this is permissible proves to be a widely disputed proposition , the position that animal protection , or compassion for animals , or our human responsibility to other animals are exhausted by the prohibition against cruelty also are question-begging at best , mistaken at worst . |
| 10 | Clientelism , however , continues to be a firmly entrenched pattern of social relations throughout the region . |
| 11 | From a 1991 stand-point , in five years time we should possibly be looking towards SPARC-based workstations running from a large multi-user Unix file-server , but this is an area where rapid technological change requires planning to be a continuously updated process . |
| 12 | They seem to be a strangely ugly , ill-nourished lot , rather like the subhuman race in The Rime Machine who lived underground and fed upon the Beautiful People up above . |
| 13 | Said to Bert that got to be a right dopey dick to ride a bike with no mudguards on . |
| 14 | This seems to be a rather narrow and limiting definition , and it could be refuted by pointing out that both subject knowledge and research methodology could equally well be tested by examination , without going to the additional effort of writing a thesis . |
| 15 | Thus lawyer B has been characterised as professionally integrated , although this turned out to be a rather mixed blessing for his clients . |
| 16 | In ‘ Barchester Towers ’ though it is actually Dr. Proudie who takes the position wanted by Dr. Grantly , he is made out to be a rather insignificant and weak person whereas Mrs. Proudie is seen at once to be strong and authoritative , too much so , and Trollope makes of her the kind of character a reader loves to hate . |
| 17 | Yet she managed to be a rather successful financial journalist . |
| 18 | Even where it at first appears to be a rather pointless reaction there is invariably found to be some rational element , which means that conflict must be classed alongside other forms of purposive social action . |
| 19 | Thus , with the important exception of certain ethnic minority groups , living with a relative seems to be a rather uncommon experience for older people . |
| 20 | There used to be a rather cosy assumption among audit firms that they would never actually go bust . |
| 21 | Another difficulty is that the plasma pressure so far confined in a tokamak appears to be a rather low fraction of the magnetic field pressure , but the upper limit — very important for reactors — has not been established . |
| 22 | This seems , however , to be a rather weak attempt to soften the harshness of the saying . |
| 23 | Instead , she 'd become a member of what had to be a rather exclusive club . |
| 24 | Which turned out to be a rather spectacular mistake . |
| 25 | The prospective councillors will number two dozen ( rather than the sparse but active dozen originally sought ) ; there will continue to be a rather odd balance of journalists and lay members , selected rather than nominated by a quangoid committee . |
| 26 | The prospective councillors will number two dozen ( rather than the sparse but active dozen originally sought ) ; there will continue to be a rather odd balance of journalists and lay members , selected rather than nominated by a quangoid committee . |
| 27 | This may appear to be a rather strange task to use . |
| 28 | This introduction to a scene and the gradual unfolding of the action within it may seem to be a rather academic restriction on the freedom of the cameraman , but it is a most important movie-making technique because it gives the viewer the feeling of involvement as a participant in the exploration of the location . |
| 29 | Such a horse may appear to be a rather solitary animal , but if the other horses had been removed in his absence , he would have been upset and uninterested in eating . |
| 30 | However , if one has a black hole around , there seems to be a rather easier way of violating the second law : just throw some matter with a lot of entropy , such as a box of gas , down the black hole . |