Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if erm if you can avoid a trunk road then that is a preferable solution erm if you 're able to rely on just County Council roads then that is a better solution . |
| 2 | ‘ I was a Classic in my youth , madam , and although I have always been deeply interested in the works of the Roman poets and the Roman historians I have never been able to summon up much enthusiasm for Roman architecture . |
| 3 | There is an urgent need for the NHS Review to focus on the development of training at all levels to ensure that properly qualified , trained staff are available to provide not only hospital care , but support and rehabilitative care for increased numbers of patients . |
| 4 | The early astrozoologists , hauled back from their long dangle by enormous teams of slaves , were able to bring back much information about the shape and nature of A'Tuin and the elephants but this did not resolve fundamental questions about the nature and purpose of the universe . |
| 5 | Thus since the Act of 1986 came into force local authorities such as this council are obliged to secure not merely accommodation , but suitable accommodation . |
| 6 | It 's due to go ahead tomorrow night . |
| 7 | Although in the first war years the Party substantially cut down the number of meetings devoted to ‘ training ’ in ideological matters — which had never enjoyed much popularity — and concentrated in its regular work in the localities on trying to fulfil ‘ the popular demand for a more lively participation in the events of the day ’ , as one report put it , it was unable to build up much interest in Party work or to enhance the popularity of the local Party organizations . |
| 8 | The Italian movement for democratic psychiatry proved so attractive and drew such European interest purely because in its attempts to place services fairly and squarely in the community it acknowledged that it was essential to involve not just health and social services , but also employment , leisure , housing , the trade union movement , and the whole panoply of services . |
| 9 | I am doubtful if it was wise to include not only dialogue but descriptive passages in a sort of sub-Chaucerian English : for instance , ‘ Grammercy , brother ! |