Example sentences of "[det] be a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organisms that did this are a little more complex in structure than bacteria . |
| 2 | He spoke as if this were a perfectly natural thing to do Carrie thought of it , of the sick old woman dressing up in her jewels and her beautiful clothes , and of this skinny , solemn , bespectacled boy watching her , and it did n't seem natural at all . |
| 3 | Having looked at the photos you will probably be wondering why , despite this being a completely new product , there is such an air of familiarity about the design . |
| 4 | They enjoyed their position of confidence and some were a little resentful at having the boat rocked by the arrival of the Princess . |
| 5 | The crew , themselves , felt that they had already been changed by the experience and some were a little anxious about the future . |
| 6 | Conversely , whereas a declaration or injunction is available to restrain a breach of natural justice or to declare the invalidity of a decision made in breach of the rules of natural justice , damages are not available for breach of natural justice as such , because this is a wrong recognized only in public law . |
| 7 | Whilst this is a generally convincing thesis , closer examination reveals some historical inaccuracies . |
| 8 | This is a strictly private company in that the issue of a prospectus is prohibited and even a single individual may act as the ‘ founder of the company ’ . |
| 9 | This is a most un-1990s ' move — but the spice to the deal is that this is a largely recession-proof business . |
| 10 | This is a largely theoretical and somewhat abstract research project . |
| 11 | This is a completely rewritten text and is a determined effort to capture a first-year student market with its worked examples and lots of problems ( but without answers ) . |
| 12 | ‘ This is a completely pointless tragedy . |
| 13 | ‘ This is a completely genuine offer and there is no need for customers to be caused any anxiety by misguided attacks , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 14 | HP 's Guidon , however , maintains that this is a completely separate issue from the one posed by OSF/1 and much further down the road . |
| 15 | ‘ This is a completely new departure for you . |
| 16 | This is a completely new way of funding the universities , and although we think at Birmingham that we can give good value for money and provide a good education at a fair price , this is new territory for us and there could be some surprises on the way . |
| 17 | This is a completely new kind of plastic expression . |
| 18 | This is a completely new finding which suggests that fundamental changes were taking place in the nature of the early modern economy . |
| 19 | ‘ This is a completely tragic death which has shocked his fellow students and members of staff here , ’ said a university spokesman last night . |
| 20 | This is a slightly Middle Eastern butter , with sweet spices . |
| 21 | This is a slightly warmer channel and allows access to the cloaking device if required . |
| 22 | This is a slightly awkward combination which takes a bit of getting used to , but it 's a good way to prevent you accidentally or absent-mindedly starting the machine . |
| 23 | This is a slightly complicated theory , so naturally it has not become as well-known as ‘ schema and correction ’ … |
| 24 | This is a slightly different scene to the one Tennyson portrays in the same setting in his poem ‘ The miller 's Daughter ’ , where he describes the miller consuming a beverage : |
| 25 | This is a slightly larger rise than the national figure for Mechanical engineering , which recorded a 12% increase on 1989 levels . |
| 26 | Well , this is a slightly more complicated application , where you 're not just selling for example straight from stock , but you take orders from customers , and then you would have to manufacture , perhaps to buy in , to assemble , some sort of goods for sending out . |
| 27 | Title : ‘ Events Galore for Eighty-eight , ’ so this is a slightly dated one . |
| 28 | But the thing that always concerns me about these kind of decisions under those kind of circumstances is that it might be a temporary depression : in other words a suicide wish , and this is a terrifically difficult issue that is bantered about a lot under these kind of circumstances , and normally , if someone says ‘ Kill me , ’ you figure they 're crazy . |
| 29 | But while the movie has its moments , with Christopher Walken particularly impressive as a predatory aristocrat eager to sink his fingers into the sulky flesh of Rupert Everett , this is a pretty clunking effort . |
| 30 | This is a pretty staggering statistic which we should remember when we are considering the relative risk , then and now . |