Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aspirations of the knightly class at its best and the sense that Christendom must go over to the offensive against Islam are nowhere more succinctly expressed than in this poem , written when the Christian reconquest of Spain was well under way , but when the crusades had only just begun , shortly before or shortly after the launching of the First Crusade . |
| 2 | The bedrooms are all modestly furnished and have a telephone but some superior rooms , which are newly refurbished and boast a sea view , balcony , a colour TV and a mini-bar are also available at a supplement quoted below . |
| 3 | The PIMS data still give some cause for puzzlement over the question of investment intensity , however , because Buzzell and Gale show that five-year averages of ROI are highly positively related to increases in the long-term value of the business , both being closely and positively associated with initial competitive position . |
| 4 | When , on isolated occasions such as the tragic accidents at Basle and Chicago , things really go wrong , it is vital that the accident investigating authorities like the NTSB and the AIB are totally independent of those great and influential organisations that regulate the industry . |
| 5 | Selection of suitable rootstocks in Champagne are greatly influenced by the solumological factor . |
| 6 | Items like wretch and grenadier are now variable . |
| 7 | Ecological safety and strategies of environmental protection are also discussed in relation to Latvia and Lithuania . |
| 8 | Whilst many believe that the free-market and environmental protection are mutually exclusive , others believe that if the CBT plan is successful , the implications for industry will be enormous . |
| 9 | Hard-won working conditions and employment protection are now routinely jettisoned by many cowboy operators , secure in the knowledge that if workers complain they can be shown the door , outside which is a four-deep queue of would-be replacements willing to thole all manner of demands provided there is the prospect of regular work at whatever depressed rates . |
| 10 | Additionally , these bolts and other protection are commonly used to rest on during the ascent . |
| 11 | Without this , as has happened in Leeds , certain subjects are perennial losers , and the principles of curricular balance and entitlement are seriously compromised . |
| 12 | Thus monotony and fragmentation are intimately connected , and through the need to accomplish a long series of jobs each day , a feeling of always having too much to do may be added . |
| 13 | The full-year loan and grant are now over 30 per cent . |
| 14 | More attention to selection , role clarification and preparation are equally important . |
| 15 | The liquids obtained by both these methods of preparation are then diluted with an equal volume of brandy , which acts as a preservative . |
| 16 | Something that he has to accept , however , is that there will be many , too many , occasions when great chunks of research or preparation are never used . |
| 17 | More and more transactions between customer and retailer are now done by telephone . |
| 18 | La Penita is quite close to the centre of the resort — Joker 's disco and most of the bars and nightlife are just a 15 minute stroll away . |
| 19 | Nirvana are also believed to be working on cover versions of several seminal punk tracks for possible future release . |
| 20 | Nirvana are just a rip off of them really . |
| 21 | The prospects for establishing bad faith are very limited however , given that virtually any policy that is premised on increasing profits but which will be damaging to employees , such as a plant closure , can be portrayed as being beneficial to the employees in general , for example by making other jobs in the company more secure , thus supporting the claim that employee interests have been sufficiently considered . |
| 22 | Professional expertise and good faith are often valid defences . |
| 23 | Fortunately this is usually true , but there are occasions when the commercial instincts of the USA or their sensitivity to political lobbying are only too apparent . |
| 24 | Brine shrimp are also available in egg form and can be hatched in warm salt water to provide a continuous source of live food . |
| 25 | The ideas behind DIP are relatively simple . |
| 26 | If fluid from the prostate and a specimen of the ejaculate are also examined , however , the diagnosis rate increases markedly , and over 70 per cent of male contacts were shown to be harbouring the organism in one series where these exhaustive tests were carried out . |
| 27 | The office facilities which include a duplicator and photocopier are freely available . |
| 28 | The outputs of monitoring are threefold : ( 1 ) a specific description of environmental trends and patterns to be forecast , ( 2 ) the identification of trends for further monitoring , and ( 3 ) the identification of areas requiring further scanning . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , extreme vigilance and monitoring are still needed each time a new product is sanctioned for release into the environment . |
| 30 | The manner and timing of settlement are equally significant . |