Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [be] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not , of course , look into his soul but on the basis of his ascertainable behaviour he grew up to be a conventionally pious man . |
| 2 | The Destiny launch is shaping up to be a pretty big pow-wow . |
| 3 | The two other sisters , Miranda and Janet , go radically different ways ; Janet becomes a Tory , while Miranda grows up to be a very conscious feminist . |
| 4 | We realise today that this reactionary generation grew up to be the most materialistic the world has ever known . |
| 5 | She starts life as an adorable little girl and grows up to be an extraordinarily beautiful woman . ’ |
| 6 | The beam weapons that might seem invulnerable in 1983 might turn out to be no more potent than peashooters in 2033 . |
| 7 | ‘ The fact that Lombroso 's stigmata turned out to be no more common among criminals than among any other section of the community ( see Wolfgang , 1960 ) , although often thought to be a refutation of his theory , is in fact not crucial to it . |
| 8 | With his entrepreneurial skills , and his international connections , he seemed for a time the man most likely to lead the British film industry away from its artisanal base , but he turned out to be no more responsive than anyone else to developments that were going to make things very difficult for the pioneers . |
| 9 | Tucann Design & Print commissioned artist Pete West to produce what turned out to be a stunningly atmospheric portrayal of the event . |
| 10 | But no , it turned out to be a most therapeutic mistake . |
| 11 | It turns out to be a surprisingly exact science , in which ten or fifteen minutes are spent deliberating over whether someone deserves to be graded ‘ adequate ’ or ‘ limited ’ for their motivation or their ability to organize . |
| 12 | Yet the clutch of Highers and then the Ordinary MA with which I eventually emerged turned out to be a pretty useful preparation for a life in journalism . |
| 13 | ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ had just been released in England and David was doing well with it , or so I 'm told , but no-one had heard of him at all in America , so Tony DeFries gave us each a box of 25 albums to just give to whoever we thought was cool , which actually turned out to be a pretty good idea . |
| 14 | Thus lawyer B has been characterised as professionally integrated , although this turned out to be a rather mixed blessing for his clients . |
| 15 | Which turned out to be a rather spectacular mistake . |
| 16 | In ‘ Barchester Towers ’ though it is actually Dr. Proudie who takes the position wanted by Dr. Grantly , he is made out to be a rather insignificant and weak person whereas Mrs. Proudie is seen at once to be strong and authoritative , too much so , and Trollope makes of her the kind of character a reader loves to hate . |
| 17 | In fact the sports hall turned out to be a rather barren concrete building tucked away in a corner which nobody seemed very keen to visit ! |
| 18 | But he turns out to be a devastatingly good campaigner . |
| 19 | However , what has often gone unnoticed is that in most cases this does not happen and , even more interesting , in some the outcome is what has been called ‘ outstanding ’ ; that is to say , the individual turns out to be a highly competent and sometimes very creative adult . |
| 20 | It should by now be clear to the reader that the purchase decision may turn out to be a highly complex one , subject to a wide variety of inter-related economic and behavioural influences . |
| 21 | After putting in all those runners the actual bold swing across turns out to be a very small step for mankind . |
| 22 | Stepan Verkhovensky 's naked transcendental ‘ They wo n't let you ’ turns out to be a very suitable preface to a logical joke about time and identity . |
| 23 | Then he quite literally bumps into someone who turns out to be a very good friend indeed . |
| 24 | He should turn out to be a very useful right/full back . |
| 25 | It was not their only misinterpretation or a highly complex personality , but it was to turn out to be a very serious one as events were shortly to prove . |
| 26 | Here , a British chain store reproduced my original designs in what turned out to be a very successful venture . |
| 27 | Although it was very cold and wet , in collaboration with the groups in the parish it turned out to be a very successful evening . |
| 28 | Sarat has turned out to be a very conventional young man . |
| 29 | That 's right , it may sound a very boring topic but in fact it 's turned out to be a very interesting piece of historical research which I 'm still working on . |
| 30 | Piers had set up the garden table and two benches , and they had what turned out to be a very edible meal under the fading sun , with a magnificent view overlooking the still blue sea , with all the night noises playing a symphony around them . |