Example sentences of "[be] [subord] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no test to identify who the carriers are although up to two per cent of adults could transmit A-T . |
| 2 | The drive down was very straightforward until the last few miles ( it must have been because up until then we did n't get lost ) when we had a slight hitch and had to study the map a little more carefully . |
| 3 | In the changing conceptual frame inside which a science progresses , it would be as out of place to look for progress as in the styles of an art . |
| 4 | Gentlemanly distaste for ‘ trade ’ is as out of place in sport as it is in the Conservative Party of Mrs Thatcher . |
| 5 | At Regine 's , where Jody Scheckter would have been as out of place as a hyena at a symphony concert , James was thoroughly at home . |
| 6 | These are as out of fashion as boned corsets or shoulder pads . |
| 7 | They are as out of touch will hill reality as some walkers and climbers ! |