Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , what she found so overwhelmingly infuriating was that when he had enquired tactfully , some might say , whether she was tired , he clearly had been expecting her to say a polite ‘ yes ’ so that he could then suggest that she had an early night . |
| 2 | What is perhaps most startling is that so many agents of educational change — local education officers and education committees — remained so untouched by the principles . |
| 3 | What is much less clear is that it is the answer to all problems , or that it has even solved the problems its proponents themselves recognized . |
| 4 | Perhaps less well-known is that El Vino is one of London 's best wine merchants , offering a mail-order service based on its Armchair Wine Buyer 's Guide . |
| 5 | Perhaps more important is that the demonstration role of the centre , which was launched by Prince Charles three years ago , marks it off from most traditional ‘ botanic gardens ’ . |
| 6 | What is perhaps more significant is that a new minister will also find that his department is developing new policies . |
| 7 | What is perhaps more disturbing is that many existing IT specialists do not appear to be aware of some fundamental principles involved in designing reliable , " user-friendly " and " environment-friendly " information systems . |
| 8 | ( Much more worrying is that one of the nearby stars — notably Sirius or Procyon — could explode as a supernova , bathing our planet in sufficient hard radiation to extinguish all life . |
| 9 | What is much more certain is that it was a huge release for him , a safety valve by which the loner could open up , expand and express himself . |
| 10 | Much more important is whether the bid was sensible in the first place . |
| 11 | And I think that even patients with lung cancer find it impossible to smo , stop smoking That is , perhaps , not so important , but what is much more important is that their families find it impossible to stop smoking ! |
| 12 | Much more important is that the student is aware of the general principles of that particular area of law , has acquired the proper technique for finding out the specific rules and can apply them to the facts of the case . |
| 13 | A far less common problem but one which is much more dramatic is if you put your weight too far forward . |
| 14 | Much more equivocal is whether the theory has any predictive content . |
| 15 | The only reason her own embarkation had been so hopelessly clumsy was because her limbs were all suddenly shaking like jellies . |
| 16 | One reason why farm workers ' wages remain so comparatively low is that the demand for labour within agriculture has been declining as a result of mechanization-Indeed , the prospect of more expensive labour has often been sufficient to stimulate farmers to engage in a further round of mechanization so that both the supply and the demand for labour have chased each other down in an ever-decreasing spiral . |
| 17 | The difference between a living organism and one just newly dead is that something which we call life has departed , something which we can neither see , hear , smell , touch , weigh or in any physical sense quantify , but which animates and directs the physical organism while it is alive , and gives it the power to counteract the forces of disintegration and decay . |
| 18 | What is rather more strange is that Jenkins should portray the postponement of the positivist revolution as being an anti-radical step . |
| 19 | ‘ But what was quickly very clear was that the oil scene was never going to be the same again . |
| 20 | Far more interesting is whether the hon. Gentleman and his Back-Bench colleagues support Labour 's new nuclear defence policy — so far as anyone can understand it . |
| 21 | What is far more important is that the balance between land and labour , which had been favourable to labour for about a century and a half , was now tilting back decisively in favour of the landowner . |
| 22 | What makes the situation in Britain today so worrying is that the leaders of both main parties agree on virtually everything . |
| 23 | What makes it both attractive to users and even more misleading is that the promoters of the technique tend to use a number of methods to produce ‘ norms ’ for , in particular , ‘ preference shift ’ , but also for various attention measures . |
| 24 | What is even more surprising is that there was little celebration of the inauguration of this unique technical phenomenon in the engineering press . |
| 25 | Perhaps even more surprising is that there are further 30 plus Spitfires dotted around the world , on the stocks and in private hands , proceeding at various rates towards flying status . |
| 26 | What made the ruling even more surprising was that the Japanese government had pledged to correct bias in school textbooks after South Korea and China lodged diplomatic protests in 1982 , when the book was originally banned . |
| 27 | What was even more surprising was that the change had been instituted by her new coach Harold Solomon , who was a confirmed baseliner in his playing days . |
| 28 | What was even more surprising was that this Union , so unnatural to France , should still endure after nearly two years of war and reverses . |
| 29 | What is even more astonishing is that you can see the Wellestream more easily with every passing year . |
| 30 | What is even more amazing is that Jesus does not meet the centurion either . |