Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [noun] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RARELY are women and men shown in a variety of occupations . |
| 2 | It was small wonder that anti-war and pacifist groups flourished in the labour movement of the time , though rarely among seamen and , it seems , hardly at all among their leaders , though initially " hating the Hun " was far from easy , for German seamen had long been colleagues and comrades , not only aboard ship , but also in organisations affiliated to the International Transport Workers ' Federation . |
| 3 | Happily pictures below are Dulcie and Arthur Maxim . |
| 4 | An unfortunate ornate gilt altar screen obscures the simplicity of the vertical lines of the great eastern apse , but above is visible the mosaic in the conch depicting the Virgin against a gilt background ; below are saints and apostles . |
| 5 | Below are shafts and dosserets which form shallow buttresses . |
| 6 | Then it had all been defeat and misery . |
| 7 | So are Helsinki and Leningrad , and so is Manhattan that sparkled in the dust like a wet finger dipped into the caster sugar of electricity . |
| 8 | ‘ Even so , Demontis is Sardinian and so are Piladu and Scano 's boy . ’ |
| 9 | So are nan and granddad totally for the idea and everything and moving now ? |
| 10 | Politeness and truth are often mutually incompatible ( how do we answer the friend who asks whether we like his new hairstyle , for example ? ) and so are politeness and brevity . |
| 11 | Sulzer and Rieter are names known all over Europe , and so are Volkart and Winterthur Insurance . |
| 12 | Patients , especially those with poor vision or mobility , are most at risk but so are staff and visitors to the hospital . |
| 13 | I mean okay so we 're here , but so are elephants and fruit flies and centipedes and tape worms and things erm nothing special about us. erm we 're rather successful right now , but we do n't play any very special role . |
| 14 | It is not good enough to say that badgers are lovely creatures ; so are foxes and salmon . |
| 15 | I know they are a regular in europe — but so are cork and wrexham . |
| 16 | Not only are astronomy and chemistry reducible to physics ; but also biology is — or would be if physicists put any effort into making it so : |
| 17 | Without a knowledge of good and evil , for example , there would only be ignorance and destruction . |
| 18 | I do n't believe that any of the three could exist , or would want to exist independently , for the synthesis is absolutely perfect , the balance so delicate , that the next step up could only be Rapture and Heaven . |
| 19 | ‘ Afterwards , there would only be dislike and resentment , because you do n't care for my feelings at all . |
| 20 | Ferdinando was out , she knew , and so were Pen and Annunciata if the total silence was any indication . |
| 21 | So were Washington and Jefferson . |
| 22 | So were Alexander and Aristotle . |
| 23 | If justice and administration were part of a single process , so were justice and taxation ; for assessments to taxation were fixed in court and the fines and other profits of the courts were extremely lucrative . |
| 24 | Tina 's grandad was there too , and so were Ken and Ray Shepherd . |
| 25 | What a world you might open up to me … yet all we ever speak of together is guilt and death , I know not why . |
| 26 | So 's Gary and Alan . ’ |
| 27 | The rat is the unacceptable face of the environment ; so is listeria and clostridium botulinum . |
| 28 | ‘ As contrary as cruelty is to mercy , or tyranny to charity , ’ he asserted , ‘ so is war and bloodshed to the meekness and gentleness of Christian religion . ’ |
| 29 | As the sky faded to orange over the sea of felltops , it became clear that not only was Rib and Slab out of the question but we would be struggling to get back to Wasdale before nightfall . |
| 30 | The way they are cut also disguises her smallish breasts and widish hips while making the most of her height : thus are ideology and vanity equally satisfied . |