Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We need to take good note of this , for it is an aspect of Leonard 's life , little stressed to be sure , at times perhaps deliberately down-played , that is of immense significance to him .
2 I have noticed in this puritan America of ours that beautiful women are rarely permitted to be clever .
3 In that year the Cohen Committee succinctly explained how this state of affairs had come about : ‘ [ t ] he illusory nature of the control theoretically exercised by the shareholders over directors has been accentuated by the dispersion of capital among an increasing number of small shareholders who pay little attention to their investments so long as satisfactory dividends are forthcoming , who lack sufficient time , money and experience to make full use of their rights as occasion arises and who are , in many cases , too numerous and too widely dispersed to be able to organise themselves ’ .
4 Speaking to the Empire State Black Arts and Cultural Festival in Albany , New York , on July 20 , Jeffries made statements which were widely considered to be racist and anti-semitic .
5 The result was widely considered to be indicative of the government 's increasing unpopularity .
6 One of the main reasons for the Soviet failure to undermine Latin American reliance on Western imports is that Soviet industrial machinery and equipment is widely considered to be inferior in quality to its capitalist produced counterparts .
7 Although the charge carried a maximum penalty of one year 's imprisonment and a $100,000 fine , Barry 's sentence was widely considered to be harsh for a first offence .
8 An end to the worst bloodshed in recent years and the prospect of national peace and increased democracy was widely considered to be dependent on the successful outcome of three events taking place simultaneously .
9 It remained unclear to many analysts , however , whether the " no " vote was a rejection of demilitarization , or the expression of general uncertainty about the preservation of national sovereignty , given that Endara owed his installation in office to the December 1989 US military invasion of the country [ see pp. 37112-13 ] and that his government was widely considered to be subservient to US interests in the region .
10 ‘ I want to stay out here , that 's all , and I would much prefer to be alone . ’
11 I do so want to be pure in body and mind .
12 The man I have been foolish enough to fall for is incapable of trusting me . ’
13 I mean I walk around the town and I see a factory or a shop or a house , it only got to be empty about a week and all the windows are smashed .
14 . The patched lines on the plan which you have in front of you erm are only intended to be indicative .
15 Since neither its eyes nor its ears are sufficiently developed to be functional at this stage , it probably finds its way to the pouch by smell .
16 This is perhaps intended to be ironic .
17 Already Edward I had briefly confiscated the property of alien religious houses , and Edward II 's seizure of the Templars ' lands — neither acknowledged nor perhaps intended to be permanent — was strikingly similar to his father 's action in essence .
18 But I could only attain to be thrilled and enchanted , as by the sound of a strain of music dying away .
19 ‘ Dana is n't really a man-eater ; she only wants to be happy . ’
20 Donors will obviously need to be sure that environmental aid is administered efficiently and spent according to agreed priorities .
21 The police have n't been able to trace her and we shall have to arrange an inquest — and of course the funeral , which she will naturally need to be concerned with . ’
22 Their requirements may be similar to those of others , but at present the vast majority of goods and services on offer are only designed to be user-friendly for fit , athletic members of MENSA !
23 It frightens me to think that not only are we so vulnerable to these monsters but also that we are constantly blamed for being provocative or careless .
24 In otder to minimise the influence of complications from the initial bleed , patients were only considered to be eligible for entry into the trial once they were stable with no evidence of any bleeding for five days and also no evidence of any other destabilising medical conditions ( such as septicaemia and renal failure ) .
25 Many collars , sprays and powders are only claimed to be effective against fleas .
26 He exists , stressed and traumatised , in complete conflict with his biological program , literally dying to be free .
27 He exists , stressed and traumatised , in complete conflict with his biological program , literally dying to be free .
28 I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate .
29 Your pond only has to be large enough to catch the returning water .
30 In making time to provide reflection the head not only has to be clear about the relative priority of helping out , taking on chores and providing workaday leadership but also has to have confidence in the extent to which his or her colleagues expect leadership .
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