Example sentences of "[be] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we do run into the dogs , we 'll prob'ly have to use these … ’ he raised the barrel of his pump-action , ‘ … so we 're as well bein' where we can see to hit ‘ em . ’ |
| 2 | Someone filled and lit a chillim and everyone gathered round to smoke it , exchanging , now and then , laconic comments about the boar 's escape , musing about what had happened and how different everything could have been if only luck was with them . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm quite happy here , ’ and she would have been if only Peony could be pleased . |
| 4 | She might live to rue this impetuous decision , but at least she 'd never look back with regret on what might have been if only she 'd had the courage to dare . |
| 5 | How different the world may have been if long ago those missionaries who set out to convert the world to belief in an all-providing benevolent ‘ god ’ , had themselves been aware that the human race , sooner or later , would have to control its rate of procreation , for the world can never provide for unlimited human life . |
| 6 | That STP deliberately chose to place the correct information in obscure papers read by financial enthusiasts rather than motor enthusiasts ( the two populations may overlap , but not by much ) indicates just how much of a deterrent positive repentance could be if properly executed . |
| 7 | He puts great emphasis on the difficulties of prediction , and urges that where there are rules to which people do in fact adhere for the most part , and which help maintain the social stability required for any kind of good to flourish , we are likely to come nearest to doing what is objectively right ( in terms of its actual consequences ) if we also stick to the rules , but that where the rules , however useful they would be if generally obeyed , are widely flouted we should make a direct judgement of what will have the best consequences . |
| 8 | What a beneficial change it would be if instead it was acknowledged that these issues present tragic choices between compelling arguments which are held on both sides in good faith . |
| 9 | ‘ Being here in perpetual safety we forget how hard the world is outside and how strong and determined we must be if ever we want to live in it again . |
| 10 | There will be some perks around the 7th and 8th , but it wo n't be until well after the 14th that you will feel back in the swing of things again , particularly at work . |
| 11 | A company like BP has paid money to the Welsh water authority in order to be able to discharge through the authority 's outfall , and it will not be until later this year that the public will be able to find out the results of any testing . |
| 12 | Finally , if a comparison is possible at all , this can only be because ultimately we have non-comparative knowledge of the two things compared . |
| 13 | One of the reasons for her unpopularity could be because right now she — and only she — has the full confidence of Kurt Cobain , the man without whom Nirvana ca n't function . |
| 14 | I mean , I do I do take your point about the culture , and it and it 's it is a significant issue , which will take some time , I mean , probably wi with your experience in Social Services you 'll know that a substantial number of directors of Social Services are in fact female , and maybe one of the questions that we have to ask at a senior level is , our s senior erm , chief officers , erm , the fact that we 've got no woman , chief officer , and it may well be because now that we 've got an equal opportunities policy , that we may get applications from erm , very able women who see that we have got a clear commitment to equal opportunities demonstrated in this paper . |
| 15 | The motion is n't actually asking for each individual member to be sent a questionnaire and to say where would you like to be because obviously that is totally ridiculous . |
| 16 | One reason could be because all around them are utterly characterless , uniform , boring , and unmemorable buildings — nothing for them to stand and stare at , to wonder at and dream of — as there was in the heyday of the great stations . |
| 17 | No I suppose not in a sense , but there again we should be because like you 've just explained , why should they give themselves a |
| 18 | Tomorrow would be as today … then came death . |
| 19 | ‘ I will be as soon as you get your fat self outta here . ’ |
| 20 | Well ; that would be as soon as she could manage it . |
| 21 | Sources say that DEC and ICL plc will be the first to announce XPG4-branded operating systems — respectively OpenVMS and OpenVME — which may be as soon as the end of this month . |
| 22 | In this sense Jesus can be as well represented by women as by men . |
| 23 | Suppose he suggests that the Incarnation might just as well have taken a female as a male form , and the Second Person of the Trinity be as well called the Daughter as the Son … . |
| 24 | In the case of Northern Ireland , the pressure for uniformity came from the majority of the electorate who want to be as well treated as British citizens are in England or Scotland . |
| 25 | Providing for your Dependants — will they be as well off after you have gone ? |
| 26 | And when he wanted to get some when he 's old enough for money There must be as well as around some fifty now . |
| 27 | But , Skipsea hopefully will be as now , a green and pleasant land . |
| 28 | You think to yourself now what am I giving , what am I giving in the contribution box now as compared to one , two , three , four , five , years ago , it may be the same and it may be as much as you can afford , well if that 's so , then that 's grand is n't it ? |
| 29 | Is it to be as before ? |
| 30 | No matter how realistic and cautious I tried to be about changes at home , in my heart I only wanted reassurance that things would be as before . |