Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another case , the Court of Appeal held that a prosecution had been properly discontinued when a defendant had taken out a private prosecution for perjury against a witness who had given evidence against him at committal proceedings . |
| 2 | Five national opinion polls in tomorrow 's newspapers are keenly awaited after a survey in London showed Labour 's lead slipping a couple of points . |
| 3 | A mother and her four children have been badly hurt when a train hit their van on an unmanned level crossing . |
| 4 | Debate and questioning are only threatening if an organization is weak . |
| 5 | Free translations are best made when a language helper is with you to clarify obscure points . |
| 6 | They will also clarify whether such difficulties are best seen as an exaggerated form of more normal occurrences , or as arising in a different way from the mistakes made by normal people . |
| 7 | If you have gained the impression that you are dealing with a balding manic-depressive axe-wielding lunatic , then I must hasten to add that I am generally regarded as a bit eccentric but quite harmless by my neighbours ! |
| 8 | While some of these are not suitable for display , many others are not seen because a better example is already on display . |
| 9 | Such ‘ Fahrradstrasse ’ are not created as a function of cyclist density , though some attempts have been made to funnel cross-town traffic along them to ensure that motorists are intimidated by the greater volume of cycle traffic . |
| 10 | The words are not interrupted if a failure of comprehension occurs . |
| 11 | There is certainly a security problem , in that arranging for security and integrity of data is more complex by comparison with sequential files and this , coupled with their poor performance for sequential applications , makes it obvious why they are not used if a sequential file is appropriate . |
| 12 | For integrity purposes , two copies are always made before a file is deemed to be ‘ offline ’ . |
| 13 | Newton Aycliffe police are warning that forged notes are still circulating after a fake £20 note was handed to a Ferryhill newsagent . |
| 14 | By default , all the attribute toggles with the exception of " Alternate Font " ( " A " ) and " User Defined " ( " E " ) are automatically reset when a carriage-return is sent . |
| 15 | In BV the RP long and short /u/ classes ( as in pool , pull ) are the same and are both realized as a short vowel ; however , the restricted lexical set of pull , bull , foot etc. , is an alternating set , rhyming alternately with cut , dull and with soon , pool , good . |
| 16 | John Wimber has pointed out that other factors are also involved when a congregation , or housegroup meet for worship . |
| 17 | Other rights , duties , powers and responsibilities which a parent may have in relation to the child and his property under other legislation are also preserved while a care order is in force ( s33(9) ) . |
| 18 | The tensions and anxieties which are inevitably entailed when a more or less racially homogeneous society becomes multi-racial are displaced on to a solitary figure — the leering bootboy . |
| 19 | Even using secondary sources alone , the amount of information involved is usually too great to be encompassed by a single person , and so of necessity such studies are often undertaken as a team project . |
| 20 | In the European Community , minimum periods of notice are often required before a strike in an essential service can take place and a minimum level of service is required during industrial action . |
| 21 | The prospects for disposal of the whole building are severely limited if a third of it is subject to a subtenancy . |
| 22 | A pilot scheme at level 2 has run its course , and the banks are now deciding whether a business case can be made for its extension . |
| 23 | ‘ However , the reality is that such matters will only be successfully resolved when a greater degree of trust and cohesion has been attained as a result of working together . ’ |
| 24 | The job can be greatly simplified if a few short lengths of plastic tubing are kept in stock . |
| 25 | Commenting that no one is likely to be better informed than a seamen 's union as to the terms on which vessels sailing under flags of convenience were employed , Lord Diplock adopted the words of the Master of the Rolls in the court below : |
| 26 | The experts say a good manmade holt can be better appreciated than a natural one |
| 27 | The experts say a good manmade holt can be better appreciated than a natural one |
| 28 | The original may be physically damaged if a cup of coffee is spilt over it or the magnetic impulses on the disk representing the program may be destroyed or altered by exposure to a strong magnetic field . |
| 29 | An alternative method for dealing with vector elements of different lengths is for an increment value of one always to be used , but for the modifier field to be suitably manipulated when an element is accessed . |
| 30 | East Germans had substantial savings , estimated at nearly 180,000 million East German marks , and many feared that these might be drastically devalued when a currency union was introduced . |