Example sentences of "be [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The forests of the Chimanimani mountains , on Zimbabwe 's border with Mozambique , which are among the most species-rich areas of Africa , have been all but destroyed during the 10 years in which the region has been under military control . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , this admirable attempt to streamline this vital area has been all but defeated by the bafflingly thick four bolt neck plate . |
| 3 | The idea of publication had been all but strangled by the rejection of ‘ The Wreck of the Deutschland ’ . |
| 4 | The Doctor had been all but forgotten by the Chelonians , which suited him perfectly . |
| 5 | Improved NFS performance also lies at the heart of the company 's desire to recapture ground in the market for heavily networked NFS systems and software which has been all but hi-jacked by the likes of Auspex Systems Inc , Legato Systems Inc , Interphase Corp and Ceram Inc . |
| 6 | They have families and mortgages and are just as worried about the possibility of a radiation leak as the next person . ’ |
| 7 | We have had a good year , barring accidents , and although the summer weather was disastrous we have been more than compensated by the most beautiful Autumn ever . |
| 8 | The growing weakness of local government in terms of making decisions has been more than counterbalanced by the increasing weight of government departments and the influence of civil servants . |
| 9 | However , the increased rate at which new patients are admitted has clearly been more than matched by the rate at which patients have been discharged . |
| 10 | Activity at the quasi-governmental level , like the UN and OECD , has been more than paralleled by a plethora of unofficial pressure groups that monitor the activities of the TNCs , wherever they may be . |
| 11 | Arguably brewers are still as constrained by the profit motive as ever before . |
| 12 | We are still as committed to the leukaemia unit as we always have been . ’ |
| 13 | She slid him a sideways glance , only to be all but felled by a wave of longing , and closed her eyes despairingly , swaying slightly where she stood . |
| 14 | The Stop the M12 group is also opposed to upgrading the A12 , fearing this would be just as damaging to the environment . |
| 15 | The latter are quite as real as the former , may have equally far-reaching results and can be just as limiting to the quality of life in the individual concerned . |
| 16 | Remember that a child can be just as upset by the death of a beloved animal as by a human so do your best not to trivialise their grief at such times . |
| 17 | The lessons of A Course In Miracles provide many wonderful affirmations such as — ‘ There is nothing to fear ’ , ‘ I could see peace instead of this ’ , ‘ All that I give is given to myself , ‘ All things I think I see reflect ideas ’ , ‘ Let me be still and listen to the truth ’ , ‘ Light and joy and peace abide in me ’ , ‘ Today I will judge nothing that occurs ’ , and ‘ The past is over . |
| 18 | Let me be still and listen to the truth . |
| 19 | If we make ourselves the bar , if we suggest that self-determination is the right of every people on earth but the Germans , we risk creating resentments in Germany which could be quite as destabilising to the European order as reunification . |
| 20 | It is submitted that the whole of Skelton Village should be looked at as a unity , that there is extreme environmental value over its north part , and that were the village inset into the greenbelt , the inset boundary should be precisely as shown in the deposit copy of Southern Ryedale 's Local Plan . |
| 21 | Can the software be readily and integrated into the syllabus without undue stress ? |
| 22 | It was too close to Christmas to bother about embarking on any sort of adult education before it , so I pacified Toby by saying I 'd got plenty of time and would look into it after the New Year , and we settled down to wallow in being together and getting into the Christmas spirit . |
| 23 | Add the possible problem with the wart , her upset at being all but mobbed by the crowd on a very hot day , and her apparently being carried off a true course in the straight by Achilles , and you have a long menu of excuses or explanations . |
| 24 | Then one day I found myself sitting in a packed car and we were away and moving into a new house in a place called Tintagel . |
| 25 | When they were outside and walking towards the aircraft , Woolley said : ‘ The French make such a fuss , you see . |
| 26 | The idea of biology having important lessons for control is not new , but in this case the Sheffield group would have the willing and enthusiastic support of two control engineers — Harry Nicholson and Vince Femando — who were just as excited about the prospects for collaboration as their new biological colleagues . |
| 27 | When he completed his circumnavigation of the world , his contemporaries were just as impressed by the fact that he achieved this feat without losing a single member of his crew to scurvy . |
| 28 | The Secretary of State concluded that students were now being more than compensated for the loss of their benefit entitlement . |
| 29 | The emphasis is on Europe and in July their bookings were more than doubled on the same month last year . |
| 30 | I disliked these two intensely and did n't like being told off for being rude to them , so I told her peevishly that I was n't staying while they were there and kicked off the slippers , put on my clogs and ran out banging the door behind me . |