Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the relationship has been more than mere friendship , but one of familial depth . |
| 2 | The 3 = 10 9 years since the origin of life has been more than sufficient for this number of generations . |
| 3 | However , the physician which has been more than happy to dish out expensive advice to clients on how they they should deal with their own ills , has been unable to heal itself . |
| 4 | Why do many people stay on the farms , with the result that this migration has been less than normal for the UK ? |
| 5 | Rangers ' early season form has been less than inspiring but manager Walter Smith has put most of the team 's problems down to so many personnel changes caused by a succession of injuries . |
| 6 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
| 7 | San Jose , California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp claims performance leadership in the Sparc world with its superscalar HyperSparc , but has been less than successful in gaining design wins against the Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc — and Cypress has now decided to give up on the unequal struggle . |
| 8 | The variation in salinity at a depth of 1,600m has been less than standard deviations from the 1975–78 mean . |
| 9 | Intel Corp has been less than enthusiastic about the future of its i860 — getting the 80586 into battle readiness in such a short space of time has taken up much of the company 's research and development resources in any case . |
| 10 | His armed forces are still dependent on non-Arab personnel , secrecy surrounds the extent of military ties with the United States and Oman has been less than enthusiastic in supporting Arab League action against the Camp David accords . |
| 11 | While the technique ( which combines content with process ) has been well documented , the research on its effectiveness has been less than exciting . |
| 12 | Basing themselves at York might have suited their training schedules and their travel arrangements , but it has been less than ideal for their public relations . |
| 13 | Where the information supplied to the Council has been less than adequate , discussions at meetings between representatives of bodies and the Council 's members and officers have been helpful in enabling the Council to obtain more of the information it wishes to have to assist it in determining the grant offer . |
| 14 | Jones 's book remained untouched on the shelves of Northumbria 's modest library in its first two years , even though it had good reviews ; and the influence of his research has been all but negligible . |
| 15 | So sharply have the battle lines been drawn between Soviet , liberal and libertarian historians that fruitful debate between them has been all but impossible . |
| 16 | Under the Act it is possible for the purchaser to seek a court order against the vendors and the amount recoverable from any person shall be such as the court holds is just and equitable . |
| 17 | But , apart from that , the only flats she could see were still as small and impossibly expensive . |
| 18 | Their displeasure at being summoned was more than apparent . |
| 19 | To rely upon the 1982 accounts as providing a reason for deciding to discount these bills would have been reckless ; it would have been just and equitable to require Union Discount to bear the whole of the loss . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ In fact , the lads are upset because at 3-0 up they should have been home and dry . |
| 21 | ‘ This was the last race of the season , so all you had to do was wait one short day , bide your time for twenty-four hours , and the kid would have been home and dry . ’ |
| 22 | Mind you , England should have been home and clear before that , but poor Barnes , the man who had won the Cup final at Twickenham with a last-minute magical goal kick , could not get a goal from eight attempts in the first half . |
| 23 | There was , however , no apparent motive , McLeish reminded himself , and he must not let his own uneasy conviction that Angela Morgan would have been more than capable of stirring up strong and complex emotions in those around her cloud his judgement . |
| 24 | His apparent interest could not possibly have been more than passing curiosity . |
| 25 | And those who could n't afford a half-crown fine , but would rather wait until nightfall to sweep or cause to be swept their bit of pavement , must have been more than grateful that the Trustees would also kindly provide ‘ Lamp Irons or Lamp Posts to be put or affixed into , upon , or against the Walls or Pallisadoes of any of the Houses , Tenements , or Buildings within the said Town , . |
| 26 | ‘ Under different circumstances , I would have been more than keen to join a club of their stature , ’ he said . |
| 27 | He knew if he had only played ball , she would have been more than pleased to accommodate him , as she probably thought of it , when his attentions were not engaged elsewhere . |
| 28 | Hill admitted too that his father would have been more than surprised to have seen him in action in Monaco three decades on from his supremacy in the 1960s . |
| 29 | In other circumstances she would have been more than willing to engage in this conversation herself , for it was one she had frequently enjoyed ; she liked Otto , she had always mildly fancied that he liked her , she was amused by the offhand continental gallantries with which he interspersed , absent-mindedly , the rigour of his argument ; but tonight she was tired , her eyes were closing , she had had four hours of party already , had not enjoyed the Hargreaves drama , had not enjoyed her talks with Ivan Warner and Teddy Lazenby , had been polite enough for long enough , and wanted to go home ; so stood at Brian 's elbow , dully , a reproachful wife , slightly annoyed that neither of them took much notice of her , as Otto invoked the name of Max Weber , a name which meant nothing to her at all , a name which excluded her , exhausted her , and provoked her into prodding , yet again , but this time successfully , Brian 's arm , and murmuring of baby-sitter Sharon , who was only sixteen . |
| 30 | The chance to escape from the daily drudgery in the pits must have been more than attractive . |