Example sentences of "be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is safest to assume , therefore , that whereas the Lion and Stag mosaic might be predominantly the work of a craftsmen who was also present at North Leigh , the same proximity of relationship can not be postulated for the Oceanus mosaic . |
| 2 | A particular , one normally assumes , can change its place without ceasing to be numerically the same particular . |
| 3 | In short , nothing that is in the process of development or change , strictly speaking , can be claimed to be numerically the same as long as this process lasts , for existents are individuated only by their full life-cycles . |
| 4 | Apart from making a fortune out of hits like Be Quick or Be Dead the heavy metal band is cashing in on merchandising , which is a fancy marketing term for flogging T-shirts , posters , belts , and anything else the fans will buy . |
| 5 | Answer guide : The calculation of the opening wealth here is straightforward as the historic cost , replacement cost , and net realizable value can be judged to be effectively the same . |
| 6 | When , it is possible for the horizontal concentration variations to be effectively the same as the vertical ones whilst horizontal temperature variations are much reduced from the vertical . |
| 7 | However , the form of section 2(2) means that with regard to liability for animals not belonging to a dangerous species the position will be fundamentally the same as at common law , since the damage must be of a kind made likely by the characteristics known to the keeper . |
| 8 | Erm it 'll be basically the same shape as what you 've seen in that . |
| 9 | Lord Callaghan , when he was Prime Minister , made the point that he was not necessarily going to be merely the post box in the system . |
| 10 | New pop , far from being a bright new beginning , turned out to be merely the inauguration of global designer-soul , the soundtrack to the new yuppie culture of health and efficiency . |
| 11 | Of course it could be merely the offspring of Jacob 's fear . |
| 12 | But is Expo 92 the ‘ world of information ’ its organisers claim — or will it be merely the greatest funfair in Spanish history , a fiesta open every day until 4 am ? |
| 13 | Readers of Malcolm Lowry 's Under the Volcano ( 1947 ) , for example , are introduced to a herd of buffaloes which quickly turn out to be merely the phantoms of a drink-sodden mind . |
| 14 | He was able to visualize how soccer could benefit from adopting ideas which , in their infancy , seemed to most other people to be merely the outpourings of an eccentric mind . ’ |
| 15 | They may provide a clue by their behaviour even if this turned out later to be merely the secondary effect of some more fundamental energy . |
| 16 | For the non-combatant was not to be merely the quiet underwriter of his country 's military undertakings . |
| 17 | Though inter-industry trade is higher within the region than among developed countries ( Erzan , 1984 ) , this could be merely the result of good communications and cheap transport ( Grimwade , 1989 ) . |
| 18 | The birds proved to be merely the lure which was to draw us into ten years of adventure through a land of waking dreams . |
| 19 | Some ‘ abstracts ’ are long ; one , in small type , on the climate of Nova Scotia occupies over 11 pages ; others are so brief as to be merely the title , such as ‘ On the lost tribes of Israel ’ , under Ethnology , and ‘ On the decomposition of Magnesian Limestone at Brodsworth ’ , under Chemistry . |
| 20 | This later contract must be merely the latest in the established course of dealing . |
| 21 | Indeed the second sentence seems to be merely the passive reformulation of what is expressed by Someone saw him to be walking away , with the inferential or conceptual sense of see rather than the perceptual one . |
| 22 | 1.3 " the Site " means the [ building and adjoining ] Premises described in the First Schedule The " site " may be merely the site upon which the premises are to be constructed or may comprise the whole of the landlord 's development . |
| 23 | But even these figures , impressive as they are , are likely to be merely the tip of the iceberg in comparison to the huge gains yet to be made . |
| 24 | Increased fuel duties are , however , believed to be merely the overture to the new motoring tax regime under consideration at the Treasury , where officials have already been charged with finding a solution to a particularly difficult problem . |
| 25 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 26 | But with the Dalai Lama , who fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule , now honoured with a Nobel Peace Prize not merely for his religious work but for ‘ his struggle for the liberation of Tibet ’ , China 's efforts to keep him and his cause in quarantine will be all the more difficult . |
| 27 | I come now to what will be the first of many simplicities which I shall offer to you this afternoon ; for I am sure you already realise from what you know of my speakings and writings — and it will be all the more painfully obvious in half an hour 's time — that I am incurably simpliste . |
| 28 | These super-energetic , long-lived Cartland ladies need challenging employment , and politics would be all the richer for the involvement of ‘ acid Raine ’ . |
| 29 | The old uniformity is no more and we will be all the richer for it . |
| 30 | They will have less exhausting and dangerous weekend travel and the cricket they play on Sundays , although some habitual spectators may object to missing their Sunday lunch , should be all the better for the extra 10 overs . |