Example sentences of "[adv] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the main causes of parcels becoming damaged or going astray are the following : |
| 2 | Some children tend to insist that their models , cars , towers , etc. are the biggest , fastest or tallest and it is not always kind to suggest otherwise . |
| 3 | Possibly intending a pun on the word ‘ horary ’ , he named it an ‘ orrery ’ ; and this has since been the usual English word for a mechanical planetarium . |
| 4 | Far from being the concrete , it has always rather been the theoretical problem . |
| 5 | The next pair of readings are concerned with what has perhaps been the single most salient political issue in British education in the twentieth century : the issue of inequality of opportunity and inequality of outcome between social classes — particularly between middle and working class children . |
| 6 | The research will thus deviate from the common run of ‘ community ’ studies which have hitherto been the main focus of anthropological research on ethnic minorities in Britain . |
| 7 | A report published in Le Monde on Sept. 19 noted that Egypt 's earnings from workers overseas had hitherto been the main source of foreign exchange receipts , amounting to over $2,000 million per year , of which $500 million came from workers in Kuwait alone . |
| 8 | We 've thrown in lots of youngsters but really the players ’ budget has basically been the same for five years , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Illustrated opposite are the classic Salade Niçoise and a delicious dish of lambs ' kidneys , sautéed in butter and served with a sauce flavoured with Dijon mustard . |
| 10 | The strict controls over our life at school , our terrible school uniform and the climate of East Yorkshire conspired against either of these sexual eventualities , which had apparently been the common run of existence in Trinidad . |
| 11 | Programmes in cookery , waiting , house-keeping , reception have for long been the recognised route by which the industry 's craftsmen and supervisors have acquired their qualifications at all levels . |
| 12 | However , it is still common to see exchange rates expressed in terms of the dollar , partly because this had long been the accepted practice under the adjustable peg , and also because of the USA 's continuing dominance in the world economy and financial system . |
| 13 | It has long been the largest voluntary nature conservation organisation in Europe . |
| 14 | Kendal had long been the second most important wool town in the country : Carlisle was the biggest town in the Border Marches . |
| 15 | What then are the implications for sectors of traditional activity where books , journals and newspapers have for so long been the unwavering mainstays ? |
| 16 | The Miners ' Welfare had long been the central social institution , and it became the focus of activity during the strike too . |
| 17 | Poor folk had long been the chief sufferers from the raids of the body-snatchers , because of the flimsy coffins and shallow graves to which their corpses were consigned . |
| 18 | The public road to Killilan has for long been the usual route taken by motorists wishing to see the Falls of Glomach , permission to use a private road continuing into Glen Elchaig being a formality . |
| 19 | Its leaders and pastors have long been the only people who can say what they think ; its press , although censored , is freer than the state media and its synods and congresses are the only places where people can openly discuss the problems in the country . |
| 20 | The road had for so long been the only goal that I 'd given no thought to anything beyond . |
| 21 | It had long been the traditional burial ground of kings ; all Louis 's royal Capetian ancestors — with the exception of his father Philip — were buried within its confines . |
| 22 | Immediate cash profit has far too long been the overriding aim : it has warped the genuine economy and forced farmers to consider every move in the context of ‘ How soon will it pay ? ’ |
| 23 | On European monetary union , it seems to me that it has long been the cherished aim of Conservative Governments to find a means by which we could control the value of our currency — to make it predictable in its exchange rate , as it was for much of the 19th century . |
| 24 | Portree has long been the commercial centre of the Isle of Skye . |
| 25 | To be able to sell every vehicle that lands at a UK port and , as a result , to enjoy buoyant prices for used models , has long been the happy position for Mitsubishi 's UK importer , Colt Cars . |
| 26 | Christmas and New Year have long been the high point for visitor and Madeiran alike . |
| 27 | It has long been the French preference to maintain the Council as the primary decision-making body of the Community , and indeed to reinforce its role ; the Germans want greater powers for the Parliament in Strasbourg . |
| 28 | Emigration and tourism have long been the main contributors to the economy of Madeira , emigration being the older . |
| 29 | The divorce of mail and telephone ( of which Sweden had long been the main example ( at last in the 1980S became widespread . |
| 30 | This replaced section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 which had long been the main public order offence and which had been used in a wide range of situations including demonstrations , football hooliganism , " streaking " and industrial disputes . |