Example sentences of "[adj] be [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Z Z Top are perhaps the only boogie band with a sense of irony , and their Greatest Hits package shows how brilliantly they combine John Lee Hooker with T-Rex . |
| 2 | If this were indeed the whole truth about anorexia nervosa , it would be a straightforward medical problem , and therefore comparatively simple to resolve . |
| 3 | This attempt to be influenced by the maximum of factual knowledge is in a sense a rational way of trying to answer ethical questions ( this being perhaps the Stevensonian answer to the second question raised in the introduction ) , but it offers no guarantee of congruence . |
| 4 | Although this is rarely the sole cause of the iron deficiency , in one study it was found to be a contributing factor in 57% of patients . |
| 5 | This is generally the first meeting which the newly-elected councillor will attend after his election . |
| 6 | This is partly the inevitable consequence of gender being socially constructed . |
| 7 | This is surely the better method because we wo n't worry about vectors when doing the integration . |
| 8 | This is when the serious business begins … swotting up on the opposition for the 1992 University Boat Race . |
| 9 | ‘ From the Greek capital , Athens , we were taken by cattle truck to Germany — this is when the real nightmare began . |
| 10 | This is when the true marketing should |
| 11 | Although poverty and family problems enhance the risk of truancy , this is not the major factor . |
| 12 | However , this is not the major source of magic here . |
| 13 | This is not the earliest example in the county , for silk weaving took place in Gloucester as early as 1637 . |
| 14 | This is not the usual stuff — chargeable hours and so on — it is a higher level of objectives . ’ |
| 15 | This is not the usual portrait of self-delighting joie de vivre , more a boozy relic seen from the perspective of the morning after . |
| 16 | However , cases can arise where this is not the best approach . |
| 17 | Like Mr Micawber , he is hoping that ‘ something will turn up ’ , and this is not the best way to run social surveys . |
| 18 | The sterilising procedure is guided by intuition alone , the high prevalence of hepatitis B proves that this is not the best method . |
| 19 | This is not the best conversion , but fits well into the long engine bay . |
| 20 | realise that this is not the best time to discuss their drug or solvent use |
| 21 | Having arrived home at the end of a working day , tired and hungry , this is not the best moment to concentrate on conversation . |
| 22 | Yet this is not the actual struggle with convention going on in these lines . |
| 23 | This is not the only advantage offered by an integrated spatial database for , given appropriate GIS software and hardware that are jointly capable of providing the kind of operations described in the earlier part of this chapter , geographical referencing opens up the possibility of combining cartographic and attribute data in logical ways , such as in determining those areas which possess characteristic A and ( or/not ) characteristic B. |
| 24 | But this is not the only way to deal with an attack . |
| 25 | But this is not the only way that ageist attitudes patronize , and indeed endanger older people . |
| 26 | But this is not the only way it can be seen . |
| 27 | Given alternative attractions this afternoon , though , we shall make sure this is not the only opportunity for members to contribute to the debate . |
| 28 | However , this is not the only type of revenge . |
| 29 | However , this is not the only factor involved . |
| 30 | This is not the only instance where Cable finds whole or partial isomorphism between phonological and metrical structures , and this theoretical stance — where prosody is enriched by synchronic phonology — is one of the distinctive attributes here . |