Example sentences of "be [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are mainly confined to Afghanistan and north-east Persia , although some genuine Russian tribal items may also be found , and are predominantly the work of the Tekke , Yamut , Ersari , Chodor , Saryk and Salor tribes ( pl. 7 ) . |
| 2 | Out-migrants from rural areas are predominantly the younger members of the adult population . |
| 3 | To air : are predominantly the volatile organic compounds [ ie , those which evaporate in air at normal temperatures ] . |
| 4 | Knowing I am rather a special person . |
| 5 | I think you are rather a vain girl and thinking too much about your figure . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said slowly , still looking at her in that peculiar way , ‘ you really are rather a remarkable person . ’ |
| 7 | And there are rather a lot of photographs of one particular consultant obstetrician gynaecologist , Yehudi Gordon . |
| 8 | Beliefs are not conjured up out of nothing but are rather a response to experience . |
| 9 | There are rather a lot you know |
| 10 | Oh , we 're talking about sixth forms , Bill , and we 're talking about all schools which have sixth forms and you 're conscious that there are rather a lot of schools with sixth forms in the county and who will feel that it is a significant change . |
| 11 | But , put in a few pages at the end of chapters , they are rather an ‘ add-on ’ . |
| 12 | We are rather an old congregation , there 's no doubt about it , apart from the here . |
| 13 | They are not there apart from an observer , they are rather the tendency of objects to produce certain sensations in one . |
| 14 | If , as we believe to be the case , the unconscious activity of the mind consists in imposing forms upon content , and if these forms are fundamentally the same for all minds — ancient and modern , primitive and civilized |
| 15 | The amphibian 's eyes are fundamentally the same in structure as those of their fish ancestors . |
| 16 | Armed with your bridging loan , you are effectively a cash buyer , not caught up in a chain , and you can use this position to your advantage , demanding and getting a good discount . |
| 17 | The never-ending rounds of golf and cocktail circuits ostensibly develop excellent customer relations but these are effectively no more than a veneer of sincerity iii the rude pursuit of the fast sale . |
| 18 | For one thing , some Dip.HE courses are effectively no more than the first two years of a degree course , with the added minor advantage that a student can if he wishes leave after two years with an award . |
| 19 | There are effectively no vibrational selection rules , so the technique is particularly useful for detecting vibrations that do not appear in either IR or Raman spectra . |
| 20 | In principle it can be detected by inelastic neutron scattering or by electron energy-loss spectroscopy [ Section 5.3.4 ] , for which there are effectively no symmetry selection rules . |
| 21 | The principles set by the schools on both sides of the Atlantic are effectively the same ; they are vocational training centres which make use of speed-learning techniques in a high-energy learning environment . |
| 22 | Now , if B-1 is the same as R1 , unc so that the methods are effectively the same . |
| 23 | But asking bureaucrats to try to separate out the factual premises of decisions from the ethical premises which are properly the reserve of politicians is still desirable . |
| 24 | It seems to me that formulation of the precise grounds upon which overpayments of tax ought to be recoverable and of any exceptions to the right of recovery , may involve nice considerations of policy which are properly the province of Parliament and are not suitable for consideration by the courts . |
| 25 | He had been dead a week before they realized he was n't breathing . |
| 26 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 27 | His father 's been dead a long time and he has-had — two brothers . ’ |
| 28 | ( I 'm pretty certain I never believed that one , I mean the guy had been dead a week , for Pete 's sake . |
| 29 | Darren had been dead a couple of months ; I had fallen out with my father and I 'd been in London for most of the summer , staying with Aunt Ilsa and her long-term companion , whose only name appeared to be Mr Gibbon , which I thought made him sound like a cat for some reason … |
| 30 | ‘ She 's been dead a very long time , has n't she ? ’ |