Example sentences of "[adv] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going home to Europe , Mr Eliot has had to understand Europe ; he could not quite sufficiently be the European simply to feel that he was there ; he has been forced to envisage it with a reminiscent philosophy . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd better be a damn good liar ! ’ |
| 3 | One , what is it , it 'd better be a good one |
| 4 | It had better be a pretty big one , though , or the gravitational forces will tear you into spaghetti before you get inside . |
| 5 | I think you 'd better be a financial adviser — one of the bank 's backroom boys . |
| 6 | Better be a butler than have policemen littering up his foyer . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'd better be a Canadian who knows about jazz . |
| 8 | Better be a reason my love , |
| 9 | And it better be a nice one ! |
| 10 | Perhaps you 'd better be a bit careful . |
| 11 | If anyone was going to give Mother Teresa a run for her money , they thought , it had better be the president . |
| 12 | ‘ I think I 'd better be the one , ’ Joanna said , then Robert came out to pick up the remaining chair . |
| 13 | Better be an early riser — their coaching and rehearsal sessions start at 6.30am — no smoking , no drinking , no bad language ! |
| 14 | This is very much in line with hypotheses d ) and e ) , outlined above , and means that if a proper ban is reconfirmed , there could suddenly be a lot more bans where this one ( nearly ) came from . |
| 15 | Conran found himself beleaguered and somewhat bemused as to why his group should suddenly be the focal point of so many would-be suitors . |
| 16 | Then conscience would not so much be a faculty of intuiting truths as a God-given power within us which — if put in control — will steer us in a particular direction , when it comes to choosing between ourselves and others . |
| 17 | Ryan 's final chapters show that progress in this field will not so much be a threat to novelists , as a potentially rewarding challenge for narratologists . |
| 18 | The implication is that multimedia applications may not so much be an issue related to the relative success of particular standalone platforms but rather an inherent feature of information services piped directly into homes , offices , libraries , schools and colleges through broadband information highways . |
| 19 | Insignia , which Microsoft 's Windows NT is using to run 16-bit MS-DOS and Windows applications , will apparently be the other — binary — rock Microsoft throws at WABI . |
| 20 | Insignia 's SoftPC , which is being used in Microsoft 's Windows NT to run 16-bit MS-DOS and Windows applications , will apparently be the other — binary — rock that Microsoft throws at WABI . |
| 21 | Like others of your Lordships , I am concerned about the unsatisfactory state of the law on this subject , and I trust that it can before long be the subject of review and , hopefully , reform . |
| 22 | This would especially be the case , it would seem , if a company were contemplating a move to total quality control for the first time . |
| 23 | This will especially be the case should it not be possible to agree terms with the preferred bidder , as it may then be necessary to open negotiations with another party before all the indicative offerers become aware of the initial set back . |
| 24 | There can rightly be no Christianity without a Christology . |
| 25 | There would quite rightly be an outcry if Labour took this course of action . |
| 26 | For those who wish to learn more about their spiritual evolution and development through the technique of regression , there will naturally be a number of sessions involved in establishing a pattern which can be clearly seen . |
| 27 | Terms of reference for due diligence will naturally be a matter for yourselves and the investigating accountants to consider and agree . |
| 28 | Many sea-green incorruptibles will be there , but might this commercial fair be the first harbinger of green over-kill ? |
| 29 | Now David that 's quite enough be a good boy |
| 30 | Could the gradual slowing down be an attempt to draw the movement out to more orthodox Mahlerian scale ? |