Example sentences of "be [verb] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're then taken down into the operating theatre and the first injection you are given is usually something on the lines of erm er special K , ketomine or the most common one is |
| 2 | He has also , inquiries revealed , sold rather more than the 40 or 50 paintings suggested by the Saatchi Collection spokeswoman in mid-week , and the pattern of his sales suggests that what we are seeing is rather more radical than a ‘ refinement ’ of the collection . |
| 3 | I will argue , first , that we are inveterate formers of hypotheses about what we are seeing ; second , that computers can only be programmed to see things if they are provided with suitable models ; and third , that our habit of guessing what we are seeing is astonishingly successful . |
| 4 | commented Jo , ‘ The overall standard of the children we are seeing is gradually improving although we still need to encourage many more children to play tennis ’ . |
| 5 | In other words their comprehension is at fault , or put another way the text they are using is too difficult for them . |
| 6 | Never use silver dip or abrasive powders on gold and be sure to check that any commercial cleaner you are using is specifically designed for gold . |
| 7 | In that regard , does my hon. Friend agree that the commission that the Secretary of State has set up under Professor Alexander to look at the way in which primary school children are taught is particularly welcome ? |
| 8 | Turning a scornful look upon the gipsy spokesman , he said , ‘ What you are suggesting is quite preposterous . |
| 9 | The information you have been given is quite correct : the Lobsters will eat each other , so use separate tanks . |
| 10 | The information you have been given is quite correct : the Lobsters will eat each other , so use separate tanks . |
| 11 | The speech he had been given was way off the mark , and he would like the truth . |
| 12 | The task she 'd been given was quite unachievable . |
| 13 | The evening was damp but most of what had been painted was now fairly dry . |
| 14 | In fact what he has been using are exactly the same as the cheap mass-produced lasers used in CD machines . |
| 15 | In general , most people reckon that the cost of credit they have been using is more or less as they had planned . |
| 16 | The two-way radio Hitch had been using was still on the passenger seat . |
| 17 | The range of problems on which solicitors are consulted is quite narrow , and of 27 categories adopted in the survey , seven accounted for over 80 per cent . |
| 18 | We want to say quite explicitly that the language with which the problems of contemporary urban life are addressed is necessarily problematic . |
| 19 | While research can clarify such issues , how they are resolved is essentially a political and ethical question — in the same way as how child abuse is itself defined is essentially a political and ethical question . |
| 20 | That they are included is as much for the protection of the member States themselves , who will be responsible for the budget of the organisation and need its field of operations to be defined , as for non-members who need to know the extent of the organisation 's powers . |
| 21 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
| 22 | You may be familiar with those sorts of stories which say my convent life was hell with the Sisters of Mercy er that kind of story about er church organisations that absolute not to show er Christian qualities in the way that they are organised is quite true that often Christian organisations do find it hard to show forgiveness . |
| 23 | The support given by knitters to the events which are organised is very good . |
| 24 | The amounts which are claimed are frequently out of all proportion to the loss suffered but , since damages are awarded in some courts by the jury responding to the eloquent pleas of plaintiff 's counsel , the nearest million dollars seems to be not an unusual amount . |
| 25 | How they are cracked is almost the least interesting part of the walnut story . |
| 26 | Any herbs that are added are also organically produced on the farm . |
| 27 | The crimes which had been committed were manifestly the work of hardened professionals who had no more to do with the incestuous dramas of this city than Zen himself . |
| 28 | The cut where the wing had been severed was quite clean , and the blood had dried up , so she concluded that the poor bird must have flown through some overhead wires in the vicinity during the severe gales we 'd had the night before . |
| 29 | One need is the ability of the photocopier to collate automatically , since some of the documents which are photocopied are quite lengthy . |
| 30 | The interval at which words are deleted is usually between every fifth and every tenth word . |