Example sentences of "[adj] be [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I like to use a Drennan Super Specialist pattern in these circumstances , the size 10s are quite a tough hook and with the thick wire gauge relative to the size of the hook they retain the boilie very well . |
2 | The firm exports to 75 countries , but the British are still the main buyers . |
3 | Some are quite a major commitment , some a small but regular commitment , others no more than an hour or even a few minutes of your time . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | When the National Curriculum was first unveiled , in the shape of Mr Baker 's celebrated ‘ Little Red Book ’ , I wrote a piece which began : ‘ If this were genuinely a consultative document , I should reply to its chief begetter that 20 per cent of it is potentially helpful , 20 per cent unexceptionable , and 60 per cent either foolish or dangerous or both ’ . |
6 | If this were indeed the whole truth about anorexia nervosa , it would be a straightforward medical problem , and therefore comparatively simple to resolve . |
7 | Throughout the activities , the children will be expected to develop both general skills in ( say ) researching material , working in groups , managing their own learning , and specific skills in understanding history — this being primarily a history-focused topic . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Here in the UK we are used to major variations in water chemistry from area to area despite this being only a small country ; the huge Amazon system , however , consists generally of soft and acid waters . |
10 | That 's why the TBM 700 is truly a Big Machine . |
11 | This is evidently a fascinating line of enquiry with which to approach Nizan " communist novels . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | This is traditionally a standard feature of story-telling , and may well derive from the oral tradition where the story-teller would switch from a narrative role to a dramatic one . |
14 | The Secretary of State has argued that this is nearly a four percent increase . |
15 | This is both a plausible theory and one with disturbing implications . |
16 | This is both a conceptual issue and one of data . |
17 | This is both a natural response to cost pressures and a reflection of research findings that encourage the belief that shorter commercials ( up to a point ) are more cost-effective — in spite of pricing structures that make shorter commercials more expensive in terms of cost per second . |
18 | This is both an interesting topic in itself and a theoretically important one ; for one of the questions I will ask about linguistic reform is what constraints and limitations there might be on its effectiveness . |
19 | This is normally a gradual process ; few people notice that after the age of twenty-three they no longer hear the high-pitched squeak of a bat . |
20 | ( iv ) Report stage This is normally a dull stage . |
21 | For Conservatives this is normally a once-and-for-all choice as it is unusual for a sitting MP to be denied renomination : Labour MPs are now subject to re-selection . |
22 | In practice however , this is generally an unsatisfactory arrangement since the grips damage the metal and cause premature failure at the ends so that the result is unreliable . |
23 | This is generally the first meeting which the newly-elected councillor will attend after his election . |
24 | The fact that this is partly a semantic change , reflects the existence of an underlying consensus . |
25 | This is partly the inevitable consequence of gender being socially constructed . |
26 | And this is neither a bad variant nor a tryout . |
27 | This is surely a general result , that if the management left to itself would act in a socially optimal way along the lines represented in ( 4.1 ) , it is fatuous , indeed counterproductive , to constrain it . |
28 | Please show some respect to us faithful readers , as this is surely a perfect example of bad business practice ! |
29 | This is surely a far cry from the grotesque yet ridiculous horns and hooves we immediately call to mind in any usual interpretation of Satan . |
30 | This is surely an unsatisfactory way of dealing with these cases , where the degree of emotional disturbance is likely to be no less than that involved in most provocation cases . |