Example sentences of "[vb base] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Summer thunderstorms are common , but the torrential downpours which they often bring are soon evaporated in the hot sun and are of limited value to agriculture . |
| 2 | Fleshy fruits of the type birds eat are often thought of as primitive in many features , that is to say that they share more characters with ancestral flowering plant fruits than do fruits with wind-dispersed seeds . |
| 3 | As we have seen , the " ants " that anteaters eat are often not true ants at all , but termites . |
| 4 | Two of areas of difference they highlight are particularly relevant to the public sector — scope and responsibility . |
| 5 | In spite of mean and unworthy insinuations to the contrary-insinuations which I fear are always inevitable in the case of men who hold prominent but not primary positions in any administration-I have felt a strong personal attachment to you as my chief . |
| 6 | I can only assume that manufacturers who do n't properly configure the machines they sell are either lazy or careless . |
| 7 | Our turn over is Rs 200 to Rs 300 per day , but then the items we sell are also expensive . |
| 8 | But Val 's message to the High Street stores that sell computers is still important — you have a duty to your customers to provide some guidance even if this means pointing out that some of the computers you sell are very limited ! |
| 9 | Estimated models of the economy which do not allow for changes in expectations when policy regimes change are therefore likely to be seriously flawed , in that they will begin to predict the behaviour of the economy badly whenever a policy regime change occurs . |
| 10 | The group of works in which large , often black , forms predominate are perhaps less successful . |
| 11 | Parents who have watched their children grow and develop are just as likely to have insights into the development of their child as the teacher who has taught for a couple of years . |
| 12 | What hedges still remain are no longer laid but occasionally slashed by a mobile mechanical flail . |
| 13 | Of the seven remaining , five were then demolished and the two that remain are now under threat . |
| 14 | By placing the paragraphs on the node-link-node triples , the traversal of the semantic net and the generation of cohesive linear documents is also facilitated , as paragraphs are invoked only when the two nodes which they connect are simultaneously considered . |
| 15 | Tough girls LOVECRAFT are currently on the continent wowing all and sundry . |
| 16 | He 's done lots of kiddies things , he 's had an and all sorts in there , but I mean are fucking funny , |
| 17 | Average and mean are often used interchangeably . |
| 18 | Now , note taking is a skill in the sense that y'know the final years you would n't , final year lecturers I mean are so waffly and ah go off in all directions because of different people . |
| 19 | But I mean are there even broader headings on on that ? |
| 20 | But I mean are there er er y y you 're squeamish , you 're not er violence |
| 21 | Mind you I ca n't talk , I looked in the mirror a couple of weeks ago and my eyes are , I mean are really they 're having a rough time indeed |
| 22 | ‘ After voice work , what you say and what you mean are far more connected , ’ says Anne Walker , an Alexander Technique teacher who now works with Angela . |
| 23 | The judgements we make are surprisingly flexible . |
| 24 | a lot of the the statements these kids make are quite reasonable , well written comments |
| 25 | Arriving for a show to find that the publicity consists of a couple of hand-drawn posters taped to the wall can be completely demoralising , but some of the mistakes promoters make are less obvious . |
| 26 | They 've got this absolute obsession with not telling the truth , which is bizarre because some of the products they make are actually good . |
| 27 | As you do so , the rows which appear are magically labelled Feb , Mar , Apr and so on . |
| 28 | It is disingenuous to claim that the conventions we propose are simply ‘ better ’ than the traditional ones ( more accurate , more precise ) , because really it is a question of political and ideological preferences — the traditional usage embodies one view of the world , the feminist alternative a different one , and we need to make clear that both these views are politically non-neutral . |
| 29 | We 've exhaustively surveyed Leeds time and again to find these erm so called brown field sites which our own residents suggest are there . |
| 30 | My main criticism of the proposals is that the reforms that they suggest are far too complacent and conservative . |