Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] be [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Although control is , in these circumstances , more easily established it is unlikely that it will be generalized to other sites . |
2 | But then he asks himself if people would have enjoyed the story any more had it been true , and if they would have achieved any greater insight into themselves and their destinies . |
3 | Mr Thompson always vehemently denied he was involved in criminal affairs . |
4 | Often brilliantly executed it is doubtful whether this highly visual approach in fact penetrated close to the heart of Orwell 's flinty masterpiece in the way that a more transential approach might have . |
5 | By the end of the campaign a majority of 12 per cent amongst Conservatives claimed the BBC was anti-Conservative and even more claimed it was pro-Labour . |
6 | TELEVISION reporter Tim Ewart told last night how he left ITN for a new career at a rival station and then slowly realised it was all a terrible mistake . |
7 | While Christie 's toyed with the idea of another Spanish sale , they quite rightly decided it was better not to overplay one market , which had in fact exhibited some weaknesses amidst the strengths . |
8 | The important debate in my opinion that we shall have this Committee stage and it is for that reason and also because for four-and-a-half years which I think is regarded as a very long time , I was answerable for police affairs er with the Home Secretary in another place , as the Noble Lord , Lord Callaghan will remember , many years ago , it goes back to January nineteen fifty-eight when I became Under Secretary and he was political advisor to the Police Federation and we very rarely disagreed I 'm happy to say . |
9 | Wendy , whose baby was due very soon said she was keen but her husband was n't . |
10 | She got a , I think she got a bit of a shock you know she actually probably thought she was better than she was and a lot of people had been giving her a lot of pats on the back and I tell you where half of that emanated from was down the corridor . |
11 | In particular , unless very rigidly controlled it is subject to what is technically called " a false drop " , that is to say , the combination of facet headings that produce false or unsought information . |