Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] be [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother was reported in the Star as saying : ‘ It has all been too much for her . |
| 2 | Argentina has not been just any other market for British arms ; it has been one of Britain 's best customers in a long relationship . |
| 3 | The overall shift has not been so much from agriculture to manufacturing but rather a steady rise in the service industries , and a fall in primary industries . |
| 4 | THERE has not been so much breast-beating in the cinema since Bernadette . |
| 5 | There has not been too much building to spoil the village , and the population has not greatly altered over the years , so it is a pleasant village in which to live . |
| 6 | One of the problems , of course , is that , with the invariably available and endlessly enthusiastic Dixon having achieved the remarkable feat of being appointed to no fewer than five of Scotland 's summer tours , there has not been too much opportunity for anyone else to advance his claims . |
| 7 | It will be obvious to the reader that the boundaries drawn and phraseology used above are just those of one group of workers . |
| 8 | In appearance , it looks like a stage set for drama — and indeed it has always been just that , whether in historic times , when the drama of John Knox and Mary , Queen of Scots , was played out in the streets , or today , when Schiller 's Mary Stuart , or Donizetti 's or Thea Musgrave 's operas about the ill-fated queen , may be staged at the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 9 | This is largely because there has always been so much more speculation than information about the personal stability of Perry Farrell . |
| 10 | In terms of self-education or self-development ( or whatever term is used ) , the provision of educational material has always been very much part of the public library 's brief . |
| 11 | Industrial relations Although industrial relations , as measured by strikes , have improved , there has still been relatively little progress towards involving employees in the success of their enterprises — through profit-sharing , share ownership and structures of participation . |
| 12 | Perhaps it has really been so much hot air . |
| 13 | The Turkish forces , let's be clear about this , have used napalm against Kurdish villages inside the ‘ safe haven ’ which the rapidstrike force is supposedly on permanent red-alert to protect — yet there has n't been so much as a cheep from any of the elements who cheered the US-led forces into the Gulf War on the basis that regimes which defy international law and slaughter innocent people must be confronted , no matter what the cost . |
| 14 | To date this explosion has n't been that much more than a damp November 5th squib , although it has undoubtedly increased the awareness of the business community that there is rather more to making a presentation than a hand-written flipchart . |
| 15 | " He has n't been home all night , " I said , trying to keep the anxiety out of my voice . |
| 16 | Experts say there has never been so much free time available to so many people . |
| 17 | Setting off for home on the bus has never been so much fun for the children of Grange Junior School in Swindon . |
| 18 | Because the people we produced just were n't any good any more . |
| 19 | In the adult world he finds success at work and discusses romance , but soon learns that being a grown up is not all that 's it cracked up to be . |
| 20 | Well I think , I think she 'll be that fed up being here all that time , she 'll be glad to get back to America to be quite honest with you Chris , what is there for her to do all that time ? |
| 21 | The ruins seen today are essentially those of the ‘ second ’ or ‘ new ’ temples , built in 1700 BC and destroyed in the Thera eruption of 1470 BC . |
| 22 | ‘ After extensive enquiries we 've decided there is n't enough evidence to proceed with a prosecution , ’ an NRA spokeswoman said yesterday . |
| 23 | Racing and Ireland go together — it is said there are as many horses as people ( three and a half million ) — and racecourse crowds are extremely knowledgeable about the sport . |
| 24 | and er the time was wasted , but you give an autumn leaf a little note saying what it , what you , what you wanted done there was n't much chance he could argue . |
| 25 | The list offered here is not a closed one ; the items put forward are simply those which have been found useful . |
| 26 | Sadly , some of the things we most look forward to eating as the weather warms up are just those which are likely to cause allergic reactions . |
| 27 | The craftsmen used throughout were almost all Italians . |
| 28 | Exactly what we spend our money on does not matter too much , as long as the money going out is not more than the money coming in . |
| 29 | This study has also shown there are significantly fewer EGF-positively staining endothelial cells in inflamed than in normal oesophageal mucosa , although the distribution of the EGF is similar in inflamed and normal mucosa . |
| 30 | After completion of assessment , cases are kept open , though with fewer re-assessment episodes , and of those which are closed there are relatively few re-referrals . |