Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb base] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are always amazed that we are so un-rock 'n' roll . |
| 2 | ‘ There has been much talk that Rangers have the title sewn up but we still have 58 points to play for and that makes it ludicrously premature to suggest that the destination of the title is cut and dried , ’ said Brady . |
| 3 | We 're both , yeah we 're both try and demand respect , we both try and help people with weakness as much as possible . |
| 4 | ‘ You and Eddie , well , you 're both proof that miracles happen ! |
| 5 | Marriage here would seem to have been both cause and effect of upward social mobility . |
| 6 | The Lappish diet is restricted to these basic foods and the result has been both anger and concern . |
| 7 | There are often cost and quality effects in so doing . |
| 8 | It would seem to stand more peacefully now when considering that there used to be much bustle and slamming of doors , the shouts and cries of a houseful of children and the ailing Reverend Tennyson . |
| 9 | ‘ But I 'm just content that things have been going pretty well on the field so far . |
| 10 | Getting property by threatening immediate force ( e.g. " your money or your life " ) may be both blackmail and robbery . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know if I 'll be able to swing it in India , it depends on the pitches and conditions , but as the Indians ' attack looks to be mainly swing and seam , it could happen . |
| 12 | Of course , some clients too would read the Daily Mail and the Daily Express , in which case they would be as loathe as dealers to reveal the fact for similar snob reasons . |
| 13 | You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT . |
| 14 | Toilet cleaners : The use of such a description , unqualified , can be exceedingly dangerous as such products can be either bleach or acid based and the different products need to be kept apart . |
| 15 | I think I have narrowed down the possible causes to be either hogweed or nettles and I am in the process of removing these . |
| 16 | ‘ All our days were just work and sleep , ’ recalls Italo , who arrived in 1947 . |
| 17 | The Bishop of Kensington declared , ‘ Gaiters stopped being any use when bishops gave up riding horses as their mode of transport . ’ |
| 18 | So things were both use and ornament . |
| 19 | They were neither wind nor water tight . |
| 20 | Bills are either sight or term ( thirty days , etc. ) , drawn by the exporter on the issuing or confirming bank ; if it is a term bill it can be discounted . |
| 21 | They are primarily issue and community-based , and could be described as ‘ education for everyday living ’ . |
| 22 | There 'd been neither sight nor sound of James since that fateful day and no doubt he had forgotten her as quickly as he had taken her , but he must be told there was going to be a child . |
| 23 | Add to that the dreadfully long hours that doctors and nurses have to work — sometimes 16-18 hour shifts — and it 's little wonder that mistakes are made . |
| 24 | We now need to consider margins where the movement is predominantly transform and plates meet along transform faults rather than at subduction zones or along collision boundaries . |
| 25 | It is optimistically forecast that women will become freer from household burdens as a result of these technological innovations . |
| 26 | It is not wonder that Mr Chatrier seems ready to throw up his hands in despair . |
| 27 | ‘ It is not just statistics that are involved , it is also research and information generally , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Founder of one of the most successful fashion houses in Paris , he is also founder and President of the Syndicate of Designers and Creators of Ready-to-Wear which brought haute couture into the open market place , particularly in America . |
| 29 | It 's also proof that quality attracts loyalty , said a spokesman . |
| 30 | The popularity of these programmes among the section police in Easton is both cause and effect of the evaluations they make of their work . |