Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] and [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the Col there is , in summer , a rack railway that will lift you , if you are so minded , to the conspicuous because lonely summit of La Rhune , which is far and away the most prominent mountain at this Atlantic end of the Pyrenees , even though it is no more than 3,000 feet high . |
| 2 | I invite him to read the Prime Minister 's response to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield , which was far and away the most interesting part of the debate — Amended text or not , it reveals the muddle to which the other 11 nations of Europe do not subscribe . |
| 3 | The house is all straight and you 're tired and then the kids come home from school and upset the house again , so you remake it again for the next day . |
| 4 | " She 's forgetful and sometimes a little difficult , but she still does the garden and she did all the cooking right up to your aunt 's death . " |
| 5 | When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it . |
| 6 | It was argued that since any payment above the standard rent would be illegal and indeed a criminal offence under section 17 of that Act , the lease itself was unlawful and accordingly the agreement for commission fixed upon the amount of the rent stipulated in it was also illegal and irrecoverable . |
| 7 | Er so we are elusive and maybe the time will be , will come when we really must put it all down . |
| 8 | The Wagner Report set the goal that residential care should offer a positive experience : ‘ actively aimed at providing every resident with the highest quality of life of which they are capable and indeed a better life than would be open to them in any other environment ’ ( ibid. , p. 8 ) . |
| 9 | They 're far and away the most passionate sign in the Zodiac . ’ |
| 10 | Or does it get left outside , and then somebody comes along and kicks it , and then it 's open and therefore the rubbish is all over . |
| 11 | We give it a drink of water when it 's thirsty and then the tiny flower begins to grow . ’ |
| 12 | Today it is far and away the leading stout in Malaysia . |
| 13 | He 's mean , he 's moody and probably the coolest thing on the screen since James Dean thought , ‘ I wonder what it would look like if I pulled my collar up like this ’ . |
| 14 | On some railroads , however , it was far and away the most important single item of freight . |
| 15 | By 1896 La Chapelle was receiving more than a million tonnes , but by now the bulk of it was French and only a small proportion Belgian , testimony to the industrialization that had taken place in the wake of the railways . |
| 16 | It was adventurous and yet a bit modest and down-to-earth . |
| 17 | Something like £1,500 shared among the family , not to mention generous bequests , including £200 towards the completion of Lavenham steeple and cash distributed among the parishes where Spring owned property , virtually accounts for what was far and away the greatest personal estate owned by any commoner , or for that matter almost any peer : only the duke of Norfolk 's £4,000 topped it . |