Example sentences of "to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two we wish to draw attention to are most easily discussed in symbolic terms . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it 's high time you stopped making snap judgements , Mr Bryce , especially as the conclusions you leap to are invariably the wrong ones . ’ |
| 3 | And the reason that rents in Cambridge are higher than in those in surrounding areas , or the eight that the councillor is talking about is because the rent levels which er the government require us to raise to are historically based on right to buy values and as he knows as well as I do , house prices in Cambridge have been relatively consistently higher than they have in surrounding areas . |
| 4 | Those special events are treats that we save up for look forward to are also subject to the ravages of inflation . |
| 5 | Velocities up to are well out of the range of the rotation velocity ( 250kms -1 ) of the galaxy NGC4258 7 and are much higher than any velocities known for molecular gas in our Galaxy or other galaxies ( for example for H 2 O maser in for CO in the galaxy for OH in the galaxy NGC253 13 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ But , given a level playing field , we believe that the work commitments we are agreeing to are as great as can be justified in commercial terms , and hope that this is recognised by Whitehall . ’ |
| 7 | The details held against books and the people they are on loan to are very detailed . |
| 8 | The ‘ reactive ’ response is to medicate only when observation confirms something to be amiss — and there are dangers in both approaches . |
| 9 | Problems relating to the policing of legislation are also considered to be inadequately dealt with . |
| 10 | The government currently only supports voluntary labelling through the EC and foods that are high in sugars and fats tend to be inadequately described . |
| 11 | These would have to be actuarily based , and increased contributions would be required . |
| 12 | Organisations will need to be technologically aware . |
| 13 | In order to be commercially successful it is not sufficient for a product or a process to be technologically innovative , though this will stimulate interest — from the competition as well as the customer . |
| 14 | Face crushed face , but even the humiliated ones , the ones pushed away , the third-raters and the defeated ones , even those — from a certain distance imposed by the law of hierarchy , it 's true — still moved toward the front , showing here and there from behind the first-rate , titled ones , if only as fragments : an ear , a piece of temple , a cheek or a jaw … just to be closer to the Emperor 's eye ! |
| 15 | God may be totally other to humanity , but at the same time ( as in the quotation from sura 50 ) God is said to be closer to a human being than is his or her jugular vein . |
| 16 | When setting a straight line of netting on level ground it is possible that one stake every 8 yards may be sufficient , but when a net is set in a circular shape the stakes will need to be closer together . |
| 17 | The latter would seem to be closer to the truth . |
| 18 | Such desires are easily understood and expressed as conscious wishes-'I 'd really like to be closer to my sister' . |
| 19 | Finally , our most recent results have shown that ( 1 ) the differential perspective cues described here also affect the perceived absolute distance to the surface ( such that a surface containing perspective cues appropriate for near viewing is perceived to be closer to the observer ) , and ( 2 ) the shape of the apparent fronto-parallel surface systematically varies with the differential vertical perspective cues generated by surfaces at different absolute distances from the observer , as Helmholtz informally demonstrated over a hundred years ago . |
| 20 | Taking alone the synoptic gospels , for they are likely to be closer to the words of Jesus , the facts are as follows . |
| 21 | Not only did the one-second pulses appear to be closer to each other , but the humps and dips of each of those pulses — they too were closer to each other . |
| 22 | I have moved the patient in there to be closer to the turret , the better for me to nurse her . |
| 23 | Sarah seemed to be closer to Maureen at this time than to Anne , as she and Maureen could speak freely to each other about the love they had to conceal from others . |
| 24 | If the child in the cradle on whom Carabosse lays her curse after the other fairy godmothers have given her everything that makes a girl lovable could have understood the ordinary life she was forfeiting , she would have renounced their fairy boons ; given the choice , Caterina would have rejected her charms too , in order to be closer to her sister , to be more like Rosa . |
| 25 | He thanked them all , leaning out of the blaze in order to be closer to them , saying they were great , saying they were lovely . |
| 26 | CAPRICORN There 's likely to be more contact from family members this week , as you feel the urge to be closer to home . |
| 27 | Former Linfield full-back or midfielder Mooney is leaving Derry this summer to be closer to his business interests in Belfast . |
| 28 | He woke in the small hours , feeling cold , and moved over to be closer to Carolyn 's warm body . |
| 29 | In asserting the supremacy of the Moldavian constitution and laws throughout the republic 's territory , and that " laws and other normative acts " would take effect in Moldavia only subject to ratification by the Moldavian Supreme Soviet , it appeared to go further than the Russian and Uzbek sovereignty declarations and to be closer in spirit to the more radical declarations of the Baltic and Transcaucasian republics , since it did not appear to allow for arbitration in the event of conflict with the USSR Constitution and laws . |
| 30 | Shortly after Gould 's publication of this information , Darwin moved to London to be closer to what was proving to be a hotbed of scientific activity . |