Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were abandoned , the burden on local authorities of trying to collect what the Prime Minister described as a virtually uncollectable tax would be substantially lightened , and that would be of great benefit . |
| 2 | The only evidence Shorter has of changing sexual attitudes is the rise in illegitimacy itself and this can be in large part explained , as we shall see , as the product of a persistent traditional sexual attitude in the changing economic context of proletarianisation . |
| 3 | ( There will be additional illumination to provide the wavelengths necessary for photosynthesis and this will be at other angles , but the infra-red source will be alongside the sensor ) . |
| 4 | ‘ But that must be in huge quantities to make it worth their while . |
| 5 | But that will be for psychological rather than physiological reasons . |
| 6 | But this would be of limited value to the defendant , since any costs recovered by the defendant would be subject to a charge in favour of the board under section 16 of the Act and the operation of regulation 103 of the Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 , the detail of which I need not examine , and would have the effect in this case that the defendant would in fact recover only a very small proportion of the costs he actually incurred . |
| 7 | But this would be to little avail if the ground were waterlogged or so acid as to prevent the normal action of soil life . |