Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They think it right , however , to express their opinion that , in all the circumstances and having regard , in particular , to the lapse of time between trial and the determination of this appeal , it would be wholly appropriate that the death sentence should now be commuted . |
| 2 | Every man , woman , and child in the country would own about 100 of them , but garaging them would be no problem as each car would be little bigger than a matchbox . |
| 3 | She saw to the side of one of the houses the faded sign for Morgan and family , boot and shoemakers , fastened over what appeared to be little better than a shed . |
| 4 | The week from Saturday 9th March to Friday 15th March will be ‘ Be A Sport For Comic Relief ’ week , and it would be rather nice if every town/area in the country where we have classes could put on an event tied in with good local media coverage ( advanced warning to newspapers & radio — they will have received national press releases and be anxious to get local news ) — a sponsored ball bounce is probably the easiest thing to organise , but please let us know your ideas . |
| 5 | We argued from the above that the two should correlate closely if the neutrophils are seeking a mucosal chemoattractant , less so if the chemoattractant is in the lumen , in which case the inflammation should be disproportionally greater than the blood loss . |
| 6 | It was suggested that tolerance for ambiguity would be most needed by individuals faced with low predictability work and that the ability to cope with pressure would be most critical when the urgency was high . |
| 7 | This process was one that we 'd enjoyed the public inquiry process for over fifty years and it would be most helpful if the minister at some point in his er later remarks perhaps could take this opportunity to tell the house that the Conservatives do not intend to side step the public inquiry stage of any future boundary proposals , European or I 'd be glad to give up . |
| 8 | We are particularly anxious to bring the courts back into use for the 1993 season , so we would be most grateful if the application could be dealt with as soon as possible . |
| 9 | Staff relationships often seem to be most successful when the unit or resource teacher takes a full part as a member of the school staff and is involved in general activities in the school . |
| 10 | Aerial ULV sprays will be most suitable when a pest has to be controlled over vast areas at the same time ; in the control of tsetse fly , for example , and in forests , to control pine beauty moth in Scotland . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that many people who choose to work more than 48 hours per week , and who thereby earn overtime and give greater security to their families , would be most upset if an edict from Brussels took the right to work such overtime away from them , especially as hon. Members would be excluded from the rules , as would the bureaucrats in Europe and all managers and executives ? |
| 12 | However , in quiet passages it can be most effective and the balance of the voices good . |
| 13 | The majority go on to point out that if the law were to punish ‘ rape between cohabiting spouses … immediate imprisonment might not be appropriate ’ and that imprisonment would be most unlikely where no injury was sustained by the wife . |
| 14 | Dysphagia caused by an excessively tight wrap should be most evident when the wrap is intact , but in all of our patients with dysphagia and intact wrap the symptoms were occasional and not disturbing unless there was some other abnormality ( Barrett 's oesophagus , oesophagitis or impaired gastro-oesophageal function ) . |
| 15 | We believe it only on grounds of modesty : it would be most remarkable if the universe looked the same in every direction around us , but not around other points in the universe ! |
| 16 | Both cells will be most active when an edge is just off-centre of each , with the bright area over the ‘ on-centre ’ field and the dark area over the ‘ off-centre ’ field . |
| 17 | The public will be bitterly disappointed that the Treasury is manipulating the national lottery as a milch-cow at the expense of ‘ good causes ’ . ’ |
| 18 | I shall be tremendously relieved when the course is over . |
| 19 | They had been working all the evening , sewing Rosie 's wedding-dress , and it would be terribly unlucky if the bridegroom set eyes on it before the great day . |
| 20 | Put this at the bottom of a deep casserole , which must not be much bigger than the piece of meat , which you should then put in with the calf 's foot on top . |
| 21 | It might be much bigger if the drug could be used to prevent , as opposed to treat , prostate cancer . |
| 22 | The market opportunities for a flexible hybrid car like the LA301 are likely to be much greater than a battery only vehicle , but in practice such a hybrid car will be driven in zero emission mode for the majority of the time . |
| 23 | Subscriptions and students ' fees were not adequate to provide a properly staffed establishment , and the choice made of this method of financing the College , in preference to direct government funding ( which would have had to be much greater than the government grants received from 1795 to 1813 ) was to hamper the growth of the College well into the present century . |
| 24 | Small , discrete pieces of information may have little significance in isolation , but when collected together , they can be much greater than the sum of their parts . |
| 25 | Buyers on their part will make similar calculations ; and if at any time the price should rise considerably above 36s. they will argue that the supply will be much greater than the demand at that price : therefore even those of them who would rather pay that price than go unserved , wait ; and by waiting they help to bring the price down . |
| 26 | If sunlight were augmented by powerful lasers , the fuel cost would be much greater but the range of the craft , and their eventual velocity , would be sufficient to allow the technique to be used for interstellar travel . |
| 27 | However , as members of the Channel Tunnel Research Unit and others have pointed out , the longer term dynamic effect may be much greater if the image of Kent as a business location undergoes a transformation as the result of related investment in supportive infrastructure , especially transport . |
| 28 | The Accommodation Office can usually fix you up with somewhere to stay ( especially if you visit during the University summer vacation ) and it will be much cheaper than a hotel ! |
| 29 | I 've always known you could be much better than the sort of parts you usually play . |
| 30 | Communication skills will have to be much better and every player will have to be acutely aware of what the ball carrier is going to do . |