Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [conj] [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside London , cities are so small that only Birmingham , Bristol , Exeter , Newcastle , York and Norwich have more than ten thousand residents . |
| 2 | Elizabeth 's distress had been so evident that even Lydia felt bound to take it seriously . |
| 3 | Working in Habitat on Kings Road proved to be depressingly similar and again Ms Ledson was paid off , that time after three weeks . |
| 4 | It barely represented the true drama of the moment , though Nicholson was better informed than most on the subject because apart from being a friend of Polanski , he gleaned first-hand accounts by attending the trial of Manson and his disciples , whose story proved to be more gruesome than even Hollywood could either manufacture or exploit in a movie . |
| 5 | He says I 'm very sad that now Oxford is a centre for imprisoning more refugees in this counntry . |
| 6 | The prospects would have been even brighter if only Russia had been blessed with a less benighted tsar . |
| 7 | When Cliff was transferred back to Watford in early May 1965 our supporters were much displeased but today Cliff is remembered at Selhurst Park with enormous pleasure by those who were privileged to see him play , and he was , without question , one of the most inspiring players ever to have appeared in the Palace colours . |
| 8 | Many were so appalling that even Himmler had been known to walk out of the showings , sick to the stomach . |
| 9 | With help … ’ and her whispered words were so quiet that only Creggan and Kraal heard them . |
| 10 | It seemed that people were often worse than even Jane thought they could be . |
| 11 | Say is so eloquent that even Cade feels remorse ( 104f. ) , but still has him killed . |
| 12 | Jupiter orbits the Sun well beyond the orbit of Mars , and though the solar radiation at Jupiter is about 25 times less than at the Earth , Jupiter is so large that only Venus , and Mars at the most favourable oppositions , outshine Jupiter in our skies . |
| 13 | He is more popular than either Margaret Thatcher or Neil Kinnock . |
| 14 | But , if there were some actions of censorship against plays which had been able to secure licences , it is also true that neither Elizabeth nor the Stuarts possessed the developed civil service or police force which could regulate every performance . |
| 15 | It is even possible that either Armel or Larissa might be a figment of the other 's imagination ( 8/586,26/604,53/631,91/669 ) . |
| 16 | It is quite probable that both IgE and enzyme deficiencies are important in causing the symptoms . |
| 17 | The deal was so simple that even Reagan could understand it . |
| 18 | The market for engines in Cornwall was so important that eventually Boulton & Watt employed a very able engineer called William Murdock who was permanently based in Cornwall supervising the erection of their engines . |
| 19 | The turn of the conversation was so unexpected that even Mr Cottle tuned in to hear the outcome . |
| 20 | The idea of the fat old cattle dealer emerging as a romantic possibility was so preposterous that even Moran smiled . |
| 21 | Mosley 's own experience of the First World War was less traumatic than either Chesterton 's or Williamson 's . |
| 22 | No thought of any homework , and it was patently obvious that only Imran Khan and Javed Mianded seemed to be recognisable down there . |
| 23 | When Safdarjung arrived from Persia , Aurangzeb was still Emperor and Delhi was still the richest , most magnificent and most populous city between Istanbul and Edo ( Tokyo ) ; with its two million inhabitants it was far larger than either London or Paris . |
| 24 | Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop . |