Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newer recruits who joined the water authorities after reorganization of the water industry are predominantly young men in their twenties . |
| 2 | These are predominantly agricultural labourers in Bolivia 's main Quechua-speaking areas : Cochabamba , Potosi and Sucre . |
| 3 | These are predominantly coarse-grained red-beds comprising conglomerates and coarse sandstones , but some beds of grey mudstone and siltstone have also been noted . |
| 4 | The survey showed that EHA patients with leg ulcers treated by DNs are predominantly elderly women who are moderately disabled , have had previous episodes of ulceration and lead restricted social lives . |
| 5 | It should , however , be noted that seasonal jobs in retailing , like regular jobs in the sector , are predominantly part-time jobs . |
| 6 | Other experimental studies have supported the idea that frost weathering is likely to be more effective in alpine and marine arctic environments , where freeze-thaw may occur diurnally , than in polar regions where freezing and thawing are predominantly seasonal phenomena . |
| 7 | Half a century ago , youths in Wellington bombers flew out to deal death and have it dealt to them in return ; now the American F-111s roar overhead , and , from time to time , a plume of orange flame and a cloud of smoke appear on the horizon to remind us all that dishing it out and taking it are widely differing talents . |
| 8 | With respect to all of these elements there are widely different interpretations both as to their nature and as to the relation between them ; all of which have profound methodological consequences . |
| 9 | Both act as a barrier against the elements in winter , but are rather unsuitable choices for summer . |
| 10 | The games that are supplied are rather poor examples of what should be possible , both the use of graphics and their actual ‘ playability ’ are hardly outstanding . |
| 11 | The metric equivalents are rather odd numbers at 305 or 380mm . |
| 12 | Given that ‘ most GIS are rather dumb systems , requiring intelligent , very computer literate users ’ , managing natural and technological hazards means that this knowledge base must be built into the system so that it can be utilized quickly by untrained users after a disaster has taken place or in an emergency . |
| 13 | Even in this brief description of DSS it can be see that , as presently configured , most GIS are rather dumb systems requiring intelligent , very computer-literate users . |
| 14 | There are rather similar findings for writing . |
| 15 | In spite of many attempts to allay fears and promotion of the normal working conditions by the railway authorities , signal boxes are rather emotive places and one does n't have to have a very fertile imagination to get into the feeling of unease and expectancy . |
| 16 | As mentioned , most green-yellows are marketed as lemon yellow , the majority of which are rather weak colours . |
| 17 | Now you 're gon na want a pin , these are rather small pins , I recommend that peop people who have got large hands try and fit their first aid kit out with large pins , they 're much easier to handle , but firstly they do not put pins in their mouths for obvious reasons , either , either have it on the table open ready or just pop it in the front of shirt while you do this bit , okay ? |
| 18 | Of course , both of these are rather unfocused attacks . |
| 19 | Third , community care plans are rather idiosyncratic documents and the investment of resources in the actual plans appears to vary greatly ( a cursory glance at their covers and the corporate style projected by each confirms this ) . |
| 20 | And you know many of them now are rather abstract things are n't they ? |
| 21 | They are rather common fossils from the Ordovician onwards , and in spite of their small size can be abundant enough to be important as rock-formers ( especially in limestones ) . |
| 22 | The leaves of this tree are rather common fossils , striped with longitudinal veins that give it a superficial resemblance to the leaf of an iris . |
| 23 | Camcorders are rather power-hungry beasts and the average of forty minutes of recording time per charge seems to last no time at all when you are actually on a shoot — a spare battery can be a god-send . |
| 24 | Most chitons are rather sedentary animals , living in one spot and venturing short distances in search of food . |
| 25 | ‘ Those are rather crude words . ’ |
| 26 | There are rather more women , I think , that go into chemistry on the whole , are n't there , than perhaps physics , and certainly engineering . |
| 27 | Text can be coloured — there are rather more colours available to the user in DLabel — for those with printers capable of handling it . |
| 28 | Basaltic magmas are usually involved in most Strombolian eruptions , too , but these are slightly more viscous , so there are rather more bangs and thumps , but the material that is ejected is still fairly fluid . |
| 29 | Lines drawn with the MacDraw freehand tool are converted so that each vector point becomes an anchor point which can mean that there are rather more points than might be expected , but these are easily tidied up . |
| 30 | Most interviews are rather formal situations where emphasis is placed on trying to create a relaxed atmosphere in an artificial situation . |