Example sentences of "be [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the walls of her room seemed suddenly oppressive , and she needed to be somewhere less claustrophobic . |
| 2 | Not only is he possibly the best friend I have , man friend , but ever since I ‘ came out ’ , he 's wanted to be rather more than that . ’ |
| 3 | The structure appears therefore to be rather more fluid . |
| 4 | Either it might see what could be done within the area which Kant had left to it ; or it might ask whether there might not after all be rather more to be said about the way in which genuine knowledge of God is made possible . |
| 5 | The amount needed will probably be rather more than , for example , the average family car . |
| 6 | These three studies all suggest ( if do not prove ) that science specialists are likely to be rather more conformist and conventional in outlook than arts specialists , who tend to be slightly more rebellious and free-thinking . |
| 7 | For this reason the time required to pick up the tagged record may be rather more than R/2 . |
| 8 | But perhaps Charles 's realm was intended to be rather more than a prospective one . |
| 9 | The actual burden on most preparers will be rather less than may appear from the disclosure requirements of the FRED , given that it is unusual for a company to have many different kinds of capital instruments in issue and , therefore , in many cases few of the specific disclosures will apply . |
| 10 | By the end of the first week 's dieting the scales will start to reveal the true story of your excellent rate of' weight loss , and from then on it will be downhill all the way to your ideal weight ! |
| 11 | That at least they could agree with and went away shaking their heads , believing it to be merely another instance of the general moral decline which was overtaking the world . |
| 12 | Given this mood , there seemed to be much that was positive , radical , and energetic in the new English.36 D. G. James , Winterstoke Professor of English at Bristol , urged the recognition that |
| 13 | Many people have found its traditional keystrokes to be somewhat less than mnemonic , an opinion I tend to subscribe to , if I 'm to be honest . |
| 14 | Thus a ‘ school ’ can be literally that , in its modern sense : an institution in which there are a master and pupils , whose characteristic work can be identified . |
| 15 | The in-between bits — what some call life — seemed by such standards to be so much waste of time , which they could not be done with fast enough . |
| 16 | A child 's garden can be so much more than just a sandpit . |
| 17 | So , come and see the different faces of Rhodes and ask yourself how there can possibly be so much in one place . |
| 18 | The problem may not be so much that when we talk of God we say nothing , as that we say too much — we say things that seem to combine irreconcilable images that can never be focussed upon one ‘ being ’ . |
| 19 | He would have been much surpris 'd to know my true Opinion on these matters , but I did not chuse to let him be so much familiar , I kept mum , and smiled and nodded as best I might , keeping my Thoughts to myself . |
| 20 | Pervasive though this negative tradition is , it does n't quite answer why it is that in a post-Christian society there should continue to be so much indifference to the claims of animals . |
| 21 | After the meeting there would be so much to do that the time would Pass quickly . |
| 22 | However , those two qualities — innocence and a sense of responsibility — do not appear to be so much in demand in children 's stories if we are to believe a booklet published by the Evangelical Alliance . |
| 23 | Undoubtedly , the retrieval of information will be easier , organization of information will probably be better managed and there will be so much more information available at the press of a button . |
| 24 | Knowing also his hinted promise was likely to be so much dust . |
| 25 | You will , in fact , be so much in control of the situation that , should you decide at any moment that you do not wish to continue , all you have to do is open your eyes and you will be your present-day self again , exactly as you were when you first entered the consulting room . |
| 26 | ‘ Whenever he plays for Arsenal , there always seems to be so much pressure on him . |
| 27 | ‘ Why should there be so much hassle over one position when there are so many other good players fighting for places in the centre and back row ? |
| 28 | Creating this pattern may be so much second nature to her , that she does not recognize the skill involved and the complexity of her art . |
| 29 | For a man , this does not seem to be so much of a problem ; he can be one of a squadron of marching , identically dressed soldiers , or one of a thousand employees in a firm , and still know that he is special and unique . |
| 30 | He had not realized that there would be so much to do . |