Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [conj] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great storm that suddenly appears and is soon over ; if the condition lingers or does not have much intensity , it is not Aconite . |
| 2 | We believe the Government should underpin its commitment to open government and freedom of information by establishing a principle that all information , except that tightly defined as being genuinely commercial sensitive , should be publicly available . |
| 3 | Generally speaking , organisms in warm , shallow seas that either build or are closely associated with reefs have been relatively vulnerable to extinction , as have planktonic foraminifera and ammonites , which have undergone a succession of ‘ boom and bust ’ cycles ( Vermeij , 1978 ; Haliam , 1981c ) . |
| 4 | In addition the opposition to the belief that studies of Language , Linguistics-based , should be part of the pre-service of teachers , that opposition that was at the time principled , serious and rigorously expressed and is still unanswered . |
| 5 | I found myself superseded by much younger men , and so resigned and was duly pensioned off . |
| 6 | First , the definition of the age of 65 years as initiating the onset of old age dependency is both arbitrary and socially constructed and is largely the result of institutionalized forced retirement . |
| 7 | The materials were broken down and thoroughly mixed and were then led into a " back " where the slurry remained for several weeks while the water was gradually drained off . |
| 8 | The pieces that remain are sought after and valuable , and even chairs that were originally very cheap are in demand . |
| 9 | After giving you the brush-off , as you thought , and then bellowing and being so bloody judgemental at the time Simon crashed , I had n't come over as either sensitive or supportive . |
| 10 | Although former stables and cow-houses may offer opportunities for conversion into dwellings , it is often the case that they were too cheaply and impermanently built and are too small to provide a structure which is easily adapted into a house . |
| 11 | And it 's never quite fitted for me that he could be so stiff and laconic in Cabinet and yet try and be much more expansive on these set-piece occasions . |
| 12 | Her hair never looked unkempt , but always shone as if newly brushed and was usually tied in a pony-tail with well-ironed blue or pink ribbon . |
| 13 | Some of the mosaics have been lost during the centuries but much remains and is carefully looked after by the Ravenna authorities . |
| 14 | It may be that children can be happy and well behaved but also abscond and be frequently punished , but I would need to resolve this apparent contradiction . |
| 15 | Almost 100 new companies had been formed , and Schach had been able to secure over a million pounds in bank guarantees to finance not only such expensive disasters as Dreaming Lips , Love from a Stranger and The Marriage of Gorbal , but even films that were never made . |
| 16 | Moreover , housework was a highly privatised activity which was not as well regarded and was much less interesting than paid employment . |