Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [prep] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not all managers are instinctively skilled at handling problem people so that a variety of methods have been evolved to assist with coping with them . |
| 2 | Enzyme immunoassays are commercially available for detecting antibody to hepatitis C virus . |
| 3 | Other authors have suggested that it has been the process of secularisation which has been most central in giving rise to moral protest groups . |
| 4 | He has been most generous in giving way . |
| 5 | The Tories have been most active in rallying support , running 52 branches of Conservatives Abroad and claiming the support of four in five of those who register . |
| 6 | On the other hand MITI seems to have been rather unsuccessful in securing rationalization through mergers . |
| 7 | Creamy cleansers are most effective at removing makeup , regardless of your skin type ( always use two applications for a thorough cleanse ) , but they do tend to leave a greasy residue . |
| 8 | These will be tradable : those who are most efficient at reducing pollution would have surplus licences which they could then sell either to those less efficient , or back to government . |
| 9 | They are an extremely important development for the civil service and for those parts of the civil service that are especially concerned with delivering service to the customer . |
| 10 | β Blockers may be less effective than angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors in reducing microalbuminuria because they are less effective in reducing angiotensin II production . |
| 11 | As polyunsaturated fatty acids are less effective in reducing blood cholesterol than saturated fatty acids are in raising it , it is better to reduce the total fat , and particularly saturated fatty acid intake , than to eat more polyunsaturated fatty acids . |
| 12 | It appears that the regulatory authorities are extremely slow at detecting fraud . |
| 13 | We are so used to hearing talk about the nervous system ‘ encoding ’ the outside world that it is easy to forget that this is a metaphor and it is one that has no place in serious philosophical discussion of the mind-body problem or the philosophy of perception . |
| 14 | They are so used to watching TV images that they have no capacity for formulating their own images at all . |
| 15 | For example , virtually all of the new databases which are so crucial for accessing research are Western orientated and owned . |
| 16 | Her view of nuclear , family-based learning makes for a neat theory , which has been highly effective in getting feminist and other psychologists to acknowledge that early emotional experiences , often neglected in their work , affect gender strongly . |
| 17 | It gave up its trading floor before most other exchanges ; its computerised SEAQ trading system has been highly successful at pulling business in European blue-chip shares from continental bourses . |
| 18 | Thus estimates of Bunter Shale uplift are only valid for describing basement uplift so long as there is stratigraphic continuity of the intervening Permian strata . |
| 19 | Warm thanks are due to my many colleagues within the information industry and to those organisations who have been so helpful in providing guidance , views , information and explanation . |
| 20 | Deconstruction has been especially interested in exploring language as a supplement which de-centres the apparent organisation of the signified thing , revealing self-contradiction and instability . |
| 21 | Neither does it excuse the fact that SSDs have been woefully slow in producing practice guidance for staff . |
| 22 | But the report missed the fact that the republicans , through the Wolfe Tone Societies , had been largely responsible for creating NICRA in the first place and some commentators have accused Cameron of naïveté about republican influence . |
| 23 | ‘ Sedan chairs are just good for keeping oats in . |
| 24 | Because they 're so used to getting rejection . |
| 25 | Rock bottom in the premier league are swindon town … the side Horton 's new team beat on wednesday … still only one point but they 're still full of fighting talk at the County Ground … |
| 26 | ‘ It should be a warning to them that if they 're really serious about fighting drug abuse , they need to step in and take a leading role . |
| 27 | So we 're , we 're quite close to getting cash back from B Sky B. |
| 28 | Erm , I think they 're quite good at saying stop smoking , or stop taking it but we do n't offer anything in it 's place . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're very good at taking care of people , ’ said Jay . |
| 30 | I know now that you 're very good at making love , but no good at being in love . |