Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The whole genotype controlling size in an individual would then be impossibly difficult to work out by Mendelian breeding experiments .
2 It would then be all right to go back to England and Glyn ?
3 Many educationalists in the nineteenth century believed that for the young it was right to teach only what was certain , such as geometry and classical languages ; once these had been mastered it would be all right to get on to more hypothetical subjects .
4 You 'd be so nice to wake up with
5 Replacements for your plantation wo n't be so easy to come by in future . "
6 " The autumn gales 'll be on us in a few weeks , and the volunteers wo n't be so easy to come by after that . "
7 And in a sense , he actually very neatly defined several different points without getting his knickers in a twist , and wearing different hats it would be so easy to come out with a muddled thing which would end up by being him feeling uncomfortable but him also being part of the Government and the Atomic Energy Authority .
8 Why do people seem to be so anti-gipsy to start out with ?
9 ’ We have learned things about the galaxy , ’ she replied grimly , ’ and we will be greatly glad to get back to our Ardakke .
10 ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and him trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain .
11 ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain .
12 ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain .
13 It might be more prudent to go back to her bunk and hope he would go away when his hunger was satisfied .
14 One of the polarisations which took place has centred on the question of whether management development should be focused on the provision of specific tools/skills for managers ( a competency model ? ) — or whether it would be more appropriate to set out along a more generic path which emphasised the attitudinal and interpersonal aspects of management .
15 Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever
16 This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government .
17 I imagine it would be virtually impossible to sneak up on an owl .
18 You know I mean after the after the the liberals had er lost the m main support er and the Labour Party came into prominence nobody w w you know you it 'd be almost impossible to put up in and .
19 Sometimes , such defences can be almost impossible to break down on a person-to-person level .
20 so I think in a way it would be quite nice to sit down with somebody from each of the colleges to hammer out the syllabus because Napier will see it from Napier 's point of view about what 's easiest for them to teach and what this and what the other whereas I suspect if you also sat down with and and people you might get a broader discussion base
21 Here it will be quite easy to clear up after them but do exclude them if you are cooking — otherwise they may cause a serious accident .
22 How the Scottish paragliders imagined this sport would adapt to the arctic , savage , gale-torn mountains of home is anybody 's guess , but they appear to be quite happy flapping around in the rain before plummeting out of the sky like Icarus and skidding to an inelegant halt face first in small lochans .
23 So okay , in general then you 'll be quite happy to go back to a the Kuwait that you knew ?
24 If you 're on too friendly terms with him , you may be in danger of not doing your job properly as a governor , because it can be quite difficult to stand back from somebody in an objective way when you know them too well or are too closely involved with them .
25 Even allowing it the benefit of this doubt , our hypothetical small party would be very unlikely to end up with more than the same percentage of seats , 8.4 , as the Irish party .
26 Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm .
27 But be very careful , because once you 've signed it it becomes a legally binding document it will be very difficult to back out of it .
28 if they would be very difficult to get through to somebody the truth
29 This is a very real danger which can be very difficult to break out of .
30 Although it can be very tempting to splash out on the first splendid specimen that catches your eye , you might be surprised at what you can find once you really start looking .
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