Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Only slowly was the Roman temple form adopted of an entrance façade and a podium base . |
| 2 | Much better is the next game |
| 3 | Less so is a creeping and curious menace of players being verbally abused . |
| 4 | The London theatres , which had for so long been a particular thorn in the side of Puritan moralists such as William Prynne , were closed down at the outbreak of the civil war and remained shut until the Restoration . |
| 5 | What then are the implications for sectors of traditional activity where books , journals and newspapers have for so long been the unwavering mainstays ? |
| 6 | The road had for so long been the only goal that I 'd given no thought to anything beyond . |
| 7 | Emigrés from the region in former Yugoslavia with , confusingly , the same name say that a show of such fragile works sends a strongly political message from Athens , which has hitherto not been a generous international lender of art . |
| 8 | On second thoughts , though , I think you 'd better not be a chartered accountant . |
| 9 | So just be a touching ball . |
| 10 | It was what Morley 's reportage implied that aroused such ire , especially the bit about bad choices , and crack perhaps not being the worst of them . |
| 11 | To experience singing quite so soon was the nicest sort of welcome . |
| 12 | That he let her go , and that she was free of him so easily was a great relief , but she was shaken from the unwanted experience , and as he swiftly went on his way she turned round — but only to collide with someone else . |
| 13 | That he could let her go so easily was the final damning proof that his interest in her had been prompted by solely mercenary considerations . |
| 14 | The ability of the cuckoo to lay its egg so quickly is a major adaptation of brood parasites . |
| 15 | The passage had obviously once been a high ceilinged corridor . |
| 16 | Like Armagnac and grain whisky , Bourbon is distilled only once is a continuous still , although many distilleries use a ‘ doubler ’ to remove some of the rougher fusel oils and aldehydes . |
| 17 | Only once was a jarring note struck , and that was when Roger referred to the long room leading out of the kitchen as the ‘ museum ’ . |
| 18 | Only once was the full ‘ adult ’ Dalek mutant paraded in public . |
| 19 | ‘ I had every intention of becoming a pianist or conductor but in a great flash of realisation I decided that I would only ever be a mediocre musician and went off to study drama . ’ |
| 20 | But the proposed analogue HDMAC could only ever be an interim standard , as it has been generally accepted , for some time , that analogue HDTV would eventually be superseded by digital HDTV . |
| 21 | But better still is the delightful Gothic cloister which opens on the southern side of the nave , an asylum all the more praiseworthy for opening on the far side on to the street , and with an admirable fig tree standing in one corner to remind you that , northern Gothic or no , you are in the south . |
| 22 | Even if the number of households were to be suddenly increased , if , for example , all households consisting of more than one family were to split into single-family households , there would apparently still be a crude surplus of dwellings . |
| 23 | population control in terms of sort of contraception awareness , so on and so forth is a major , the it can be a major means of reducing this particular problem . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , the very poverty that afflicts older women so deeply is a major factor in their political acquiescence . |
| 25 | And so ostensibly are the greatest cardinal number and the abominable snowman . |
| 26 | A response must ultimately be based upon a value judgment , the precise content of which will not necessarily always be the same . |
| 27 | I think there 's no doubt in the long term , anything frankly repetitive can be done perhaps automatically be a micro-electronic system . |
| 28 | And inside both was a large corpse . |
| 29 | However , cigarette smokers who switch to pipes or cigars usually continue to inhale the smoke and so probably are no better and may be worse off [ 3 ] . |
| 30 | However , cigarette smokers who switch to pipes or cigars ( ‘ secondary smokers ’ ) usually continue to inhale the smoke and so probably are no better and may be worse off [ 3 ] . |