Example sentences of "be [adj] and [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 2 | Most changes are minimal and so a further proof is not necessary . |
| 3 | Had more companies been honest with themselves a dividend passed completely would have been better and then a new base could have set at a suitable level . |
| 4 | Moreover , the process of financial liberalization in Japan has been gradual and therefore a simple ( 0 , 1 ) dummy variable will not suffice . |
| 5 | The reasons why the lower socio-economic groups make less use of the education and health services are complex and only a brief comment can be presented here . |
| 6 | This persistence might be seen as an obvious contradiction of the prediction that deviations of output from its natural level should be random and hence a clear refutation of the rational expectations version of the aggregate supply and demand model developed above . |
| 7 | It was argued that since any payment above the standard rent would be illegal and indeed a criminal offence under section 17 of that Act , the lease itself was unlawful and accordingly the agreement for commission fixed upon the amount of the rent stipulated in it was also illegal and irrecoverable . |
| 8 | The irony is only compounded by the fact that in retrospect those trade figures turned out to be misleading and only a statistical ‘ blip ’ . |
| 9 | The Wagner Report set the goal that residential care should offer a positive experience : ‘ actively aimed at providing every resident with the highest quality of life of which they are capable and indeed a better life than would be open to them in any other environment ’ ( ibid. , p. 8 ) . |
| 10 | But every letter is unique and even a retained copy , the equivalent of a modern carbon , does not detract from that essential quality : so that criteria are not so stern . |
| 11 | Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil . |
| 12 | However the supply voltage must also be increased to maintain the phase current at its rated value when the motor is stationary and consequently a large d.c. power supply is needed . |
| 13 | When the temperature of crystallization is close to the melting temperature , nucleation is sporadic and only a few large spherulites will grow . |
| 14 | The infant 's eye is elastic and so a raised intra-ocular pressure causes the eyeball to enlarge . |
| 15 | International harmonization of competition policies is essential and probably a supranational competition authority as well . |
| 16 | The same anonymous writer who heard Spurgeon in 1884 went across the river to the City Temple but again was not complimentary : ‘ If you can forgive a bad delivery with occasional dropping of aspirates , and the incessant introduction of Gladstonian politics in connection with holy things , you will find in Dr Parker 's sermons much that is impressive and certainly a great deal that is novel . ’ |
| 17 | Although there still exists the notion that administration should be or is apolitical and merely a neutral tool of the government , this is palpably not so in practically all states , industrialised or less developed or ‘ socialist ’ . |
| 18 | By 1896 La Chapelle was receiving more than a million tonnes , but by now the bulk of it was French and only a small proportion Belgian , testimony to the industrialization that had taken place in the wake of the railways . |
| 19 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 20 | Still , on-the-move shifting was simple and even a small gearing drop helps . |
| 21 | The competition was fierce and only a few could obtain the valuable passports , visas and tickets to leave the confines of China . |