Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social revolutionaries have been keenly aware of the force of nationalism , as well as ideologically committed to national autonomy , even when it is not actually wanted , as among the Lusatian Slavs , whose language is slowly retreating , in spite of the previous admirable efforts of the German Democratic Republic to foster it . |
| 2 | The central administration of the Modular Course has always been keenly aware of the burden falling on Field Chairs . |
| 3 | In Spain , governments have been keenly aware of RENFE 's position as the model whose pay and conditions were likely to have major repercussions for other firms throughout the economy . |
| 4 | We need strong sectors and effective organisations that are widely representative of their members . |
| 5 | I am rather unsure of my qualifications for such an honour , but I feel deeply grateful and flattered to be joining the many famous people who have received the Freedom of this great City , including my more illustrious and worthy ancestor , the third Earl Spencer . |
| 6 | ‘ I am rather fond of decent brandy . ’ |
| 7 | I am most suspicious of Chris Lewis , who is still a dreadfully inconsistent performer and if he fails at Lord 's , I would bring in another all-rounder . |
| 8 | What I am most conscious of is that I have been regarded as a controversial figure : until the age of sixty I was seen either as a subversive or as an enfant terrible . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , it would appear that several local gentlemen are rather shy of investing their money in the three per cent bonds . |
| 10 | Although only a handful of species in this large genus ( the biggest in the family with perhaps 110 species ) were examined , and only a single sample from each , while other nutrients such as minerals and vitamins were not assessed , the results are rather indicative of a pair of chemomorphological dispersal ‘ syndromes ’ within the genus . |
| 11 | Most managers are happier with numbers and measurements than qualitative judgements , and there is , certainly , some risk that a small-scale piece of research will turn out to have been done on a sample of people who are rather atypical of the desired target audience as a whole . |
| 12 | Well , if you really do n't mind , we are rather short of volunteers . ’ |
| 13 | But do n't be surprised if people think that you 're esoteric , people think that you 're not doing anything worthwhile , people think that you 're , are rather scared of what you 're doing there , and people wo n't support you locally or politically in what you 're doing . |
| 14 | ‘ We can see no other reason why the Government should introduce this bill less than 24 hours before the house rises for Christmas and that they are fundamentally ashamed of it . ’ |
| 15 | Because as humans , only we are instinctively aware of the spiritual essence of the universe . |
| 16 | And because this is a strong push for influence , it does n't work with people who are keenly aware of their position above you in a hierarchy , and who need to feel very much that they 're the boss . |
| 17 | In this emphasis on personal success and achievement we can see a strong thread of individualism in the physics students ' world-view ; they are keenly aware of competition between individuals both in higher education and in the labour market . |
| 18 | When dealing with previous Bills affecting the armed services , the Minister and his colleagues have always sought to assure me that the armed forces are keenly aware of the need to treat complainers — irrespective of age — in a sympathetic manner . |
| 19 | But they have been dead scared of the Russians for 40 years . |
| 20 | Constance remembered the many times she had seen her mother and him alone together either in the village street or at home ; she had been uneasily aware of their absorption in each other . |
| 21 | I am acutely aware of a further objection . |
| 22 | As I sit at this word processor , the chips of which may have been assembled by a young woman in the Philippines for a pittance a day and for such long hours that her eyes will be damaged in a tax haven created specially for foreign companies , I am acutely aware of the link between the health of the people of the Philippines and my life here in Britain . |
| 23 | I am acutely aware of the importance of what the hon. Gentleman says and I hope that it may be possible to make further progress in expanding the programme . |
| 24 | Ever since my mother had explained to me at Culloden Moor long ago that the English and the Scots were different peoples , I had been intensely proud of my Scottish origins and of Scotland 's history as an independent nation . |
| 25 | He had been intensely frightened of those dolls as a young boy . |
| 26 | Londoners have for long been perversely proud of a health service that does not serve them well . |
| 27 | Arctic flowering plants are mostly capable of cross-fertilization , and make use of both wind and insects in pollination . |
| 28 | One vanity I am rarely guilty of is name-dropping , simply because I can never remember a name long enough to drop it . |
| 29 | Twenty-eight UDR members were arrested during house searches in October ; 22 of them were released without charge , and senior UDR officers are bitterly critical of the police operation using hundreds of officers . |
| 30 | Staff both at New York 's Metropolitan Museum of Art and at London 's British Museum are acutely nervous of penny-pinching governments with an increasingly utilitarian approach to the arts . |