Example sentences of "[adj] be [pron] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How old were you when the wood took you ? ’ |
| 2 | Nicholas wore himself out seeking to keep control over every conceivable decision in his own hands , so convinced was he that the sovereign alone could perceive the common good . |
| 3 | How much more likely is it that a professional boxer , for example , would suffer permanent bodily damage , than a kidney donor ? |
| 4 | How likely is it that the other staff would volunteer information , especially about practices in which they themselves might have been involved ? |
| 5 | Indeed it is probably true to say , as a rough generalization , that the larger the concern , and the larger the number of people involved or affected , the less likely is it that the concern or interest will be represented accurately , or at all , within an interest-group system . |
| 6 | But the smaller the jump the less likely death is , and the more likely is it that the jump will result in improvement . |
| 7 | When you last called in the professionals to repair your washing machine or fix the car , how confident were you that the mechanic was up to the job ? |
| 8 | ‘ How happy were I if the Gods above/Would equalize my fortune wth. my Love , ’ |
| 9 | So hungry was he for the role that , instead of going for treatment , he went home to bed . |
| 10 | So enormous was it that the behemoth was believed to drink whole rivers and consume one-thousand mountains a day . |
| 11 | How aware are you that the powers that be could be steering you down a particular course ? |
| 12 | PAUL LINEHAM has a story about being at home in Cork at Christmas and having to keep the band 's first two EPs by the side of his bed , so scared was he that the previous three months had been nothing more than a ‘ fierce dream ’ . |