Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japanese kites , and there are almost a score here to set beside nearly 90 examples from China , tend to be either square or diamond-shaped and to be emblazoned with fearsome images of the heads of actors from the Kabuki stage . |
| 2 | Yes yeah it 's basically a question there to ensure that people do n't just put down that they 're whatever they 're doing just purely |
| 3 | A single fallen leaf can smother a wide area of seedlings and it is perhaps no surprise then to learn that it has such a large seed , which could not only penetrate this mass but have enough stores to supply a seedling as it grew up through it . |
| 4 | ‘ His game still has a way to go , which is fortunate because most players his age have grooved techniques and there is not a lot more to come . |
| 5 | It is not the purpose here to explain exactly how an optical fibre works in terms of total internal reflection . |
| 6 | It is not the intention here to go into great detail on the subject of nutrition , but rather to give a simple guide that may be useful to those who want to make sure that the elderly parent in their care is being properly nourished . |
| 7 | It is not the intention here to detail a course blueprint , partly because such prescriptiveness would stand in contradiction to the learner-centred tenet of primary practice , and partly because stimulating and informed models have been presented elsewhere for discussion ( Bullock , 1975 ; Hawkins , 1984 ; Sinclair , 1982 ) . |
| 8 | It is not the intention here to discuss the controversies or to review the literature . |
| 9 | ‘ Och well , John , there 's not a lot else to do up there in winter , ’ he had observed , radically changing McLeish 's views of the activities available to schoolchildren in country districts . |
| 10 | The major class of adjectives which fall under this heading is again that of the associatives discussed in Chapter 2 , and as we have already noted these do not appear postnominally ( thus we also have a positive answer to the third question , though there is quite a lot more to add , see Section 3.10 ) : ( 38 ) Two scientists nuclear have joined the staff a hatmaker royal lives in our village ( The Hatmaker Royal , if one existed , would of course , like the Princess Royal , be the holder of an office which has a name calqued on the French once spoken by the English aristocracy , and not one based on the patterns of current English . ) |
| 11 | There 's currently a programme underway to improve the state of the canal towpath . |
| 12 | This was not a freedom simply to return to the pre-Education Reform Act way of working . |
| 13 | She glanced around the room , there was n't a man here to come near to Craig for looks and presence . |
| 14 | Always football daft ‘ there was n't a lot else to do in this village ’ |
| 15 | Ace was so much part of her unacknowledged dreams that it was barely a shock therefore to find herself pulled up and into his strong arms . |