Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One interpretation must be that voluntary work is viewed as rather less significant , in the sense that some old person doing a little forest conservation is less likely to be as dangerous as the ancient quack prescribing cupping or the antiquated magistrate consigning culprits to the stocks . |
| 2 | The sport of horse racing has taken a tumble today with the news that there 'll be less Arab money being invested in breeding and training … but as one stable door closes … another one opens … in Gloucestershire trainer David Nicholson and his team have moved into their new home … its the biggest and hopefully best yard steeplechasing has ever seen |
| 3 | It could be that collaborative working was simply inappropriate for this girl 's needs on this occasion . |
| 4 | It could be that insufficient information was available upon which to make a correct decision . |
| 5 | To some extent it may be that things are now different , but then it could be that parliamentary democracy is no longer a truly viable form of political organization . |
| 6 | There are moments when I think that it may be that insufficient attention is paid to the coincidence of the Anglo-Irish Agreement with the upsurge in the supply of Libyan arms , which made a very considerable difference to the armaments of the IRA . |
| 7 | It may be that the policies are at fault , or it may be that corrective action is most appropriately applied to the implementing agencies . |
| 8 | But she was also , among other literary things , the wonderful and baleful orphan or isolate who is seen to advantage in the books she read : and it may be that cultural history is especially worth attending to in cases such as hers , where the subject is a dedicated reader , and the basis for a directly psychological account is even more than usually insecure . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the Frankish court , where Alcuin now resided , was favourably disposed towards Aethelred and it may be that Frankish support was what enabled a prolongation of his rule . |
| 10 | One reason for this may be that post-school provision is still very much in its infancy . |
| 11 | For the District , perennially in financial difficulties , the £500 annual Carnegie grant over a three-year period was accepted on the understanding that the Bedfordshire Scheme would be financially self-sufficient.The scheme was welcomed by the LEA and the Cambridge Extra-Mural Board and a Cambridge teacher and part-time WEA tutor , Harold Shearman , was appointed . |
| 12 | The general implications of this would be that fixed information is very seldom attended to in the judgment phase ( and possibly in normal driving ) and on those occasions in recognition tests when it is attended to , rather than aiding recognition sensitivity , its unfamiliarity simply biases subjects towards calling all stimuli distractors . |
| 13 | However , Townsend 's response would be that true deprivation is indicated by the fact that choice in matters of style of living is an issue that does not arise among the poor : for example , three million people presumably do not choose not to heat the living area of their homes in winter ( see Mack , 1985 ) . |