Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [adv] be particularly [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These provisions are an example of the recent trend of legislating against tax avoidance in an arcane and difficult fashion , leaving the Revenue to publish Practice Statements or press releases giving their interpretations ( though the Revenue has not been particularly forthcoming regarding " options arrangements " in Statement of Practice 3/93 which supersedes Statement of Practice 5/80 ) . |
| 2 | To date the 1992/3 winter has not been particularly serious and in the main the daily rake of 158s and 153s has run well . |
| 3 | The novels of writers who are almost forgotten but who were popular in their day have also been particularly useful . |
| 4 | As we have already seen , attempts to explain the rapid changes in complex behaviour simply in terms of contingent relations between behaviour and the environment have not been particularly successful . |
| 5 | At first glance it appears that the government has not been particularly successful in bringing about reductions in local government expenditure . |
| 6 | His life had not been particularly eventful or distinguished . |
| 7 | Her life had not been particularly adventurous and at school , where her friend Rosie Fortinbras courted adventure , she had been regarded as a dull girl and a plodding worker . |
| 8 | We believe that the negotiating position has not been particularly clever . |