Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They need to be able to recognise on sight a large proportion of the words they encounter and to be able to predict meaning on the basis of phonic , idiomatic and grammatical regularities and of what makes sense in context ; children should be encouraged to make informed guesses . |
| 2 | The samples go back over 30 000 years , and they show that after being constant for most of that time the methane concentration began to increase in 1580 ( Geophysical Research Letters , vol 9. p 1221 ) At the end of the 16th century , the methane concentration began increasing at a rate of 0.114 ppmv per century ( parts per million by volume ) and around 1915 the rate accelerated to the present figure of 2.5 ppmv per century — if the data can be taken at face value . |
| 3 | Sergei , our interpreter , had been known to get so hopelessly inebriate as to be incapable of speech , let alone translation . |
| 4 | If they know their position with respect to the ends , then they can ‘ work out ’ which third they are in and so decide whether to be blue , white , or red . |
| 5 | Black-clad , a little spidery , they are so mince as to be minuscule . |
| 6 | I 've taken all that you 've and to be honest there 's not , there 's not a , it 's not worth a , it 's not worth a light , it 's you , I 'm be getting rid of that straight away ! |