Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] [adv] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're far and away the most passionate sign in the Zodiac . ’ |
| 2 | Modern archaeology shows that prehistoric societies were complex , though even without this it should have been obvious that only an essentially stable and intelligent society would have constructed a structure such as the Neolithic henge at Avebury and its complex could not have been constructed over such a span of time ; involving as it did the excavation of a quarter of a million tonnes of chalk and the transportation and erection of hundreds of stones weighing up to about 50 tonnes each . |
| 3 | So again we do need to practise coordination it needs to have lots of practice , it is of course frequently affected by certain types of illnesses er and , and again that may be inevitable but again the more past experience you 've acquired and the more , the greater your ability to fight back , even though you 're fighting a losing battle if it 's an illness , can you see it 's going to delay the difficult bit the difficult part longer , you 're going to be able to cope . |
| 4 | He will be aware that only the most diligent of hon. Members and outside organisations used to go to the Table Office or the Library to get those replies . |
| 5 | " My dear great-niece , Sara Monroe , will be surprised and perhaps a little chagrined to find that I have not left Moorlake outright to her as I always promised , but when she has met Matthew Preston she will , I know , understand why I have changed my mind . |
| 6 | Russell Reynolds was the last of the Big Four to enter the London market — in 1972 — but has been far and away the most consistently successful . |
| 7 | On the other hand , if the scores of the standardisation sample were such that only a very small proportion — say , 5 per cent — scored 40 or less , then a child with this score may be identified as being in need of further , more detailed assessment . |
| 8 | Her movements as she set the inverted cups upright on their saucers and manipulated milk jug , teapot and hot water jug were precise and just a little fussy . |
| 9 | The discussions at the end of each lecture were animated and sometimes a little heated , for Hindu students , Muslims and Buddhists were a little critical at having to attend any Christian lecture and were very emphatic that they much preferred their own religion to that of Christianity . |
| 10 | The purpose of this project , funded by the ESRC under their ‘ Open Door ’ scheme is to investigate women 's employment in the book publishing industry , an industry in which it is estimated between 50 and 70% of the workforce are female and yet a much smaller proportion of women are employed in senior decision making roles . |
| 11 | It is possible that only a very marked and rapid reduction in interest rates , which might cause a substantial shift in confidence , would be effective . |
| 12 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |
| 13 | Given the history of socialist economies , it is doubtful whether even a far more radical and complete transformation of the relations of production would , of itself , have removed this basis for class differentiation , and for this reason Morris remains a problematic model for contemporary socialism . |
| 14 | The vast majority of social research employs ordinal data or , more rarely , the interval scale : even in such cases it is doubtful whether even the most developed of such scales actually satisfy the requirements . |
| 15 | " 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 . " |
| 16 | It is ironic that often the most severe weather conditions can produce some of the most intricate and fragile sights . |
| 17 | By doing so , I shall demonstrate a point which is paradoxical but all the more interesting for that . |
| 18 | It is unlikely that even the most devious psychologist could devise a behavioural test , other than navigation , that would harness that computational ability . |
| 19 | OHE is not a ‘ front ’ organisation for the pill merchants , but a proudly acknowledged agency , and is far and away the most successful PR exercise ( perhaps the only successful PR exercise ) which the industry has ever staged . |
| 20 | Our present structure of central government is far and away the most important feature of the constitution not to emerge from the revolutionary settlement of 1688–1701 . |
| 21 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Wherever you begin , you 're certain of a pleasant discovery round the next bend and a Fly-Drive package is far and away the most convenient and comfortable way to see all there is to see . |
| 24 | Since labour is far and away the most important cost of production in the short run , a reduction in money wages will lower the marginal costs facing the representative firm which , on the assumption of marginal cost pricing , will lead to a fall in the price of output . |
| 25 | If we are tackling a very big warren it is probable that only the most likely of the bolt-holes will have been fitted with purse nets , simply because insufficient nets are available . |
| 26 | Furthermore , that choice is imminent and possibly no further away than the next budget . |
| 27 | One does something on the spur of the moment that is trivial and perhaps a little silly , then when that action is caught up in … in a tragic event , one feels quite foolish telling of it . ’ |
| 28 | Although he was only eighteen months older than Carrie he was in the top class and sometimes he was taught on his own by Mr Morgan , the Minister , because he was cleverer than even the most senior boys . |
| 29 | To be a hero on the field and to aspire to the red jersey of Wales was far and away the most dashing thing you could do . |
| 30 | The press was far and away the most important section of the audience . |