Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] be [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Although this was undoubtedly artificial feeding , contrary to some newspaper reports it was not ‘ forced feeding , ’ because W. consented to the insertion and use of such a tube . |
2 | Both institutions claim to be under severe strain — although both are also busy planning new extensions . |
3 | Hmm , well leave it there and I 'll see how I go , cos I 've had one carrot and I , sort of like , I had your carrot and I 'm putting mine quite rich though that 's the thing , I quite like that bit there cos that 's like brown sugar erm |
4 | Cos this is quite strong stuff I 'm gon na give you because that 's , once that 's been there for a week or two it 's hard to get it shifted . |
5 | A great deal of publicity has been given to CFCs , not just because they are destroying the stratospheric ozone layer but because many are extremely powerful heat trappers as well . |
6 | For instance , government may be seen as a set of institutions , whether this be all public sector institutions , or a limited set of them , such as Cabinet , Parliament or Congress and the Civil Service . |
7 | Whether this was simply false modesty on their part , or something of a more cosmic nature , Cornelius had always been eager to discover . |
8 | I 'm not into the club scene at all , though that 's less through preference than because of the way things have worked out . |
9 | It is not hard to portray the BR of the eighties Monty Python style with such stupidities as creating a semi-autonomous Cornish Railways with great enthusiasm one year only to abandon them the next as though that were equally great progress . |
10 | We have in the past raised this through the er Association of County Councils in the education side , with and we , there was quite a lot of support , and also have had support in the past from er , Kenneth Carlyle and Douglas Howe erm who were , supported the view , er which was particularly in relation to youth training , as this is more adult training we 're talking about here . |
11 | Particularly as we , we 've had a major issue in our budget proposals to do specifically on this , this , but I think if we have good practice in Shropshire , we should be sort of er , shouting it from the rooftops really , as this is very good practice . |
12 | The concept of a forum converted into thermae depended on the presence of floor levels associated with the former , but those identified as such are very thin mortar lines which are far from level , and they can be more reliably interpreted as layers marking stages in the construction . |