Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this connection the question of possible disruption of public finances must obviously be a very material one . |
| 2 | For example , frequency of nouns can be expressed as a percentage of the number of words in a text : X should normally be a more general , superordinate category including the feature being counted . |
| 3 | This should preferably be a fairly recent period of relative stability : since the base period is acting as a point of reference , it would be inappropriate to choose a period in which the price level was affected by any abnormal events , such as a war or a long dock strike which created a serious shortage of imported goods . |
| 4 | He must still be a little dizzy , she decided . |
| 5 | She must also be a very tolerant and understanding person . |
| 6 | The reason for doing this should now be a little clearer : although democracy has often been equated with a system of government , or recently even more narrowly with a method of choosing a government , too much stress on government diverts attention from one of the most constant aspirations behind the idea of democracy — the desire to bridge , or even to abolish , the gap between government and the governed , state and society , which is taken for granted in so much conventional political thinking . |
| 7 | I think that there should now be a little less militancy . |
| 8 | Then William and Harry would have had the support of their parents during what must undoubtedly be a very traumatic time for them . |
| 9 | His creative role may thus be a very early one , but could have been instigated to maintain his position later on when the cult of Re was becoming very powerful . |
| 10 | It may just be a little different in the heat , dryness and noise of a Sunday afternoon . |
| 11 | On that same day visit , a counsellor put it to me that my Agincourt style visualization with its obliterating flights of white arrows might perhaps be a little too aggressive . |
| 12 | But we 're plotting Y against X which 'll obviously be a very different curve with |
| 13 | It might still be a little premature to consign famous old clubs Nottingham and Rosslyn Park to relegation , but both have been well beaten by a resurgent Bristol — whose youthful side have been setting a blistering pace at the Memorial Ground so far this season — and their other results indicate that they face an uphill struggle to maintain their First Division status . |
| 14 | There might also be a very few closures , it said . |
| 15 | Well as you know I think the committee looked at this erm in nineteen ninety one and er I think it is fairly true to say that by the time it was taken out of service blood hound did not represent a very high level of capability erm and the gap , there is a gap obviously between blood hound it 'll it 'll now be a rather longer gap between that and any A M S A M replacement , er but blood hound itself was judged to be frankly not worth having . |
| 16 | Going ahead with Sizewell might then be a marginally attractive proposition on economic grounds though given the risks I have already referred to the case would hardly be overwhelming . |
| 17 | So shots of the family 's arrival help to start things off while the picnic marks the middle of the day , and serves to break up what might otherwise be a too lengthy sequence of beach games . |
| 18 | MR TOSHIKI KAIFU , Japan 's prime minister , may still be a little wet behind the ears but , not for the first time , he has confounded his more experienced rivals . |
| 19 | And finally in the Thirsk area there are no further reports of snow on the high ground there but some moorland routes may still be a little slippery . |
| 20 | Confrontation of issues and attitudes will be polite and respectful in a professional manner but it may nonetheless be a very painful process that would not in customary terms be considered friendly , although in truth it is a most fundamental act of friendship from one human being to another . |
| 21 | There could scarcely be a more manifest recipe for disaster . |
| 22 | There could scarcely be a less promising environment for an amphibian than the desert of central Australia where sometimes several years may pass without any rain falling . |
| 23 | I think I 'd just like to add that I think that this could possibly be a very big piece of work . |
| 24 | There could hardly be a more serious accusation than these particular killings and they had been given renewed publicity by the secretary of state 's broadcast of only four weeks earlier . |
| 25 | There could hardly be a more appropriate blending of Henry II 's traditional Angevin and new English cultural backgrounds . |
| 26 | There could hardly be a more opportune time for attempting to salvage something for those young people who are currently gaining little if anything from the educational system . |
| 27 | There could hardly be a more fundamental demonstration of the difference between the Christian religion and Islam than the response of the Christian laity to those appalling and unthinkable attacks , which is the foundation of forgiveness in the Christian religion . |
| 28 | There could hardly be a more irrepressible pair of characters than Naevius and Cato , the creators respectively of Roman national epic and drama and of Latin literary prose . |
| 29 | There could , there could well be more redundancy in the second half er , declining , but there could still be a little . |
| 30 | With bases in Abingdon , Swindon and Gloucester , there 'd now be a more localised news service than could be provided when Central News came from Birmingham . |