Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thin , external walls of the chimneys are porous and so oxygen from the outside atmosphere diffuses in . |
| 2 | These larger units of text are more than just sets of sentences , and convey more meaning than the sum of the individual sentences . |
| 3 | For overseas contracts , though , overseas students are more than just vectors of goodwill for the London experience . |
| 4 | They were not required to escort prisoners from court or to other prisons , this being a police responsibility in India , so during the day there might be 70 or so warders in the prison at any one time . |
| 5 | Planning , is of course likely to be more than just identification of needs . |
| 6 | Even acute fear of dentistry may be more than just fear of the drill : California dentist James Rota says that women who are most frightened of dentists are those who have been sexually molested as children . |
| 7 | Rosie told me the other nurses who worked here have tried to be more than just assistants to him . ’ |
| 8 | Offer up the decorative trellis panels ( concave and convex arches are available , as well as rectangular sections ) and use a spirit level to ensure they are horizontal and approximately 2in above the top of the fence . |
| 9 | I explained that this would make no difference as the results would be the same , whether the past lives were real or simply figments of her imagination . |
| 10 | There were twenty or so people in the room . |
| 11 | This is lower than both types of silicon-based cell , but the thin-film cell is much cheaper to make . |
| 12 | After the nest is complete and around 30cm in diameter , the male nudges the female under it and egg laying begins . |
| 13 | With Becker in last night 's form , it 's doubtful if even Courier at his very best could have lived him . |
| 14 | Being a Special is unpaid and therefore commitment to the job is all important . |
| 15 | Comparative studies in volunteers have shown that activated charcoal is better than either syrup of ipecacuanha or gastric lavage in reducing drug absorption . |
| 16 | But surely what we want is more than just housework to be waged and left as it is ? |
| 17 | Unless the wind is more than about 45° to the direction of take-off , a strong cross wind seldom creates problems . |
| 18 | Only when the angle of impact is less than about 20° above the surface is the direction of the body preserved , as an elongation of the crater in the impact direction . |
| 19 | It is evident that only pre-exposure to saline itself produced latent inhibition and that an aversion was established perfectly readily after all other conditions of pre-exposure . |
| 20 | The method suffers from the disadvantage that it is slow and consequently diffusion of low molar mass material could be large enough to introduce serious error in the measurement . |
| 21 | Our reception is most gratifying — for it is enthusiastic and really kind in the highest degree … |
| 22 | Thus contempt is wider than simply breach of any of Parliament 's privileges but can consist of any conduct which interferes with the workings of Parliament or is likely to bring Parliament or its members into disrepute . |
| 23 | The implied senior rating is double-A-plus and about $285m of debt is affected . |
| 24 | 49% believe the increase in divorce is significant but only 22% of you believe the decline in religion is a significant factor . |
| 25 | There are 1,000 or so languages in this group which are spoken in most of the southern half of Africa — below a line running roughly from Senegal to Kenya but excluding Namibia and South Africa . |
| 26 | There are 1,000 or so languages in this group which are spoken in most of the southern half of Africa — below a line running roughly from Senegal to Kenya but excluding Namibia and South Africa . |