Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British law in this area is roughly based on the liberal precept that immorality may only be tolerated so long as it remains a wholly private matter . |
| 2 | While certainly it seems plausible to suggest that , if there are people from similar social or educational backgrounds in a number of key roles , the relationships between those people will facilitate the sharing of ideas and opinions , the processes involved can not necessarily be explained as simply as this . |
| 3 | This novel method of synthesising the compound could perhaps be used more widely if the compound were dispersed — eg within a zeolite — where there are channels for the rapid movement of the reactive plasma species . |
| 4 | Less than a quarter of contests ever reach the final , antler pushing stage , and even then the deer stag only pushes its opponent 's antlers rather than trying to spike his softer flanks ; antlers could perhaps be used more dangerously than they are . |
| 5 | And big brewers Scottish & Newcastle chairman Sir Alick Rankin reckons the north will soon be hit as hard as the south . |
| 6 | The reductions will normally be worked out automatically before you receive your bill and you will not need to make a claim , but some people who did not previously pay rates , and who are pensioners or disabled people , can apply to the council for extra help as explained below . |
| 7 | The units are expendable and can easily be replaced so long as the tree is healthy . |
| 8 | The vihuela tablatures contained villancicos and romances — with the melody in red figures– as in Luis Milan 's El Maestro ( Valencia , 1535 or 6 ) , so that it could easily be sung as well as played . |
| 9 | But traces of it remain , since a jury must still be asked not merely whether the reasonable man would be provoked to lose self-control , but also ‘ whether he would react to the provocation as the accused did ’ . |
| 10 | It is questionable that texts can always be read as favourably as she seeks to do . |
| 11 | They become entangled in such a way that it is very rare for any to wriggle free , and while there is ample time to collect them at relative leisure they should nonetheless be collected as quickly as possible . |
| 12 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
| 13 | ‘ Although the issues before the Divisional Court related only to prisoners serving discretionary life sentences , I have decided that the date of the first formal review of the cases of prisoners serving mandatory life sentences should also be fixed as soon as practicable after conviction and sentence . |
| 14 | Legacies can also be sought more easily if the organisation can show that it has charitable status . |
| 15 | Sovereignty , homage and fealty , and the ‘ domainal liberties ’ of the Plantagenets , are sometimes considered in a theoretical light but they must also be put as firmly as possible into the more pragmatic context of Anglo-French relations . |
| 16 | Such a move would probably be ruled out even if we were not members of the exchange rate mechanism . |
| 17 | Because it straddles ( though less symmetrically than its title implies ) what are generally conceived as two distinct musical periods , this fine study will probably be selected only rarely as ‘ essential ’ reading for a history course , given that such courses almost invariably observe the traditional boundaries . |
| 18 | With that , or taramasalata , or pâté ( also usually high in fat content ) , you could well be packing down more than 400 calories before you even start your main course . |
| 19 | It should however be replaced as soon as possible . |
| 20 | Some would argue that these enterprises have no place in a capitalist system , and should therefore be privatised as soon as possible . |
| 21 | Unnecessary procedures must never be carried out just because a learner needs the practice . |