Example sentences of "to be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps this was part of some internal clock of hers and , at some moments , often weeks or months apart , Elinor was programmed to be briefly but definitely pleasant . |
| 2 | Japan remains tied to the Western camp partly because the relationship has become integral to her economy and politics over forty years ' association , and partly because it appears to offer the best defence against Soviet aggression and encroachment — a long-standing fear — in Northeast Asia , and the best hope of Japan 's integrity overall in a world where she has been proved to be economically and militarily vulnerable . |
| 3 | While , therefore , the efforts of successive reforming governments gradually weaned the common people from their attachment to Catholic views on images and intercession , throughout the Tudor and early Stuart periods all interference from local preachers and magistrates in the folk culture of the lower orders continued to be widely and successfully resisted . |
| 4 | After the ups and downs of critical theory and fashion , the pedagogy of literary linguistics is an area into which only a few intrepid explorers have so far dared to venture , and the results here deserve to be widely and warmly welcomed . |
| 5 | There are two general assumptions which seem to be widely if not universally accepted as self-evident . |
| 6 | To be enforceable a guarantee needs to be properly and legally drafted , so if you use one make sure it is prepared by a solicitor who is experienced in these matters . |
| 7 | As her condition deteriorated , Brafman did not seek help from senior doctors but ‘ brazened it out and took away her last chance to be properly and professionally treated . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Hunt has replied as follows : ‘ Whilst I acknowledge that there is merit in the concept of a single , universal agri-environmental scheme for the whole of Wales , there are many complex legal , resource and administrative matters that need to be properly and fully addressed before I could consider whether to proceed in this way . |
| 9 | Many opinions I formerly entertained are now given up & probably many of my present opinions will share the same fate — I wish them to be closely and fully ( as I know they will fairly ) examined without any regard to the author & therefore I can not by my presence aid your cause . |
| 10 | The worst target of all is the one that seems to be near but is forever receding as one gets closer to it . |
| 11 | I came to the Putney Young Women 's Christian Association Hostel to be near the hospital , and went to Fulham Congregational Church , so as to be near when IT happened . |
| 12 | They never seemed to be near where Gloria and Dot were . |
| 13 | And then they were raked into Well we just er If they were dry they were raked into big swathes , to be near where you could build the tramp coles But if they were n't you would put them into little coles and the and then they were the little coles was put up t t together to make a bigger one . |
| 14 | Your product implies that women are somehow unpleasant to be near and in need of very special washing to be civilised company for anyone . |
| 15 | she wants to be near and he said could n't let her go |
| 16 | A court can include a requirement for the child to be medically or psychiatrically examined on one occasion or from time to time as directed by the supervisor ( para 4(2) ) . |
| 17 | The proposal in the review is that you probably will need to keep your joint care teams , your JCTs , which tend of course to be professionally and officer dominated , but there are strong feelings throughout the county , and one has to remember the run up to local government , erm , the local government commission is on , strong feelings especially from the voluntary sector , but also from the district councils , that there could be renewed dynamism at the local level , in terms of local care teams . |
| 18 | Once proposed , speculative theories are to be rigorously and ruthlessly tested by observation and experiment . |
| 19 | And it turned out to be simply because she knew she was pregnant ; a mechanical trick she was turning on him . |
| 20 | Consider the following simple model : Clones are assumed to be independently and randomly distributed along the genome , and to all have the same length , 1 , ( in suitable units ) . |
| 21 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 22 | Get enough exercise during the day to be physically as well as mentally tired . |
| 23 | In the context of user education in schools , however , where there is still some substantial funding and many of the projects have yet to be finally and fully reported , the impact will probably be somewhat different ; although because of the slowness of the dissemination process it is too early to say how much and in what way . |
| 24 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
| 25 | As part of the investigation into attitudes to mass electricity , the project explores the reception by the public of plans for a National Grid and looks at the way in which this programme was presented to those most likely to be environmentally and economically affected by its construction . |
| 26 | Quite simply , nothing unclean shall enter heaven or dwell in the presence of God so if we wish to spend eternity with Christ we need to be thoroughly and permanently cleansed from our sins , totally purged and in fact clothed with the righteousness of God . |
| 27 | In the first group of lead actions the position is as follows : ( 1 ) there are a very large number of major points of law which have to be decided on the manifold issues which arise under the various heads of restitutionary claim ; ( 2 ) there appear to be no or no significant disputes on the common issues of fact affecting the swaps cases generally , and indeed those matters covered by an agreed general statement of fact which has been placed before the court ; ( 3 ) there are discrete factual issues arising in individual cases , eg. , on change of position , since individual local authorities dealt with the money received under swap transactions in several different ways , which are variously relied upon as furnishing a change of position defence . |
| 28 | It had turned out to be exactly as Charles had forecast , ‘ a gigantic , costly and splendid waste of time ’ . |
| 29 | Remember that we create our own reality ; we have each chosen to be exactly as we are , and for good reasons . |
| 30 | Lucy 's relatives seemed to be uniformly and conveniently distributed throughout the south-western peninsula . |