Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] and [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some fluxes , especially ‘ self-cleaning ’ ones , are highly corrosive and even a small amount left inside the pipe can cause corrosion problems — particularly in central heating systems . |
| 2 | His publishers had been smoothly charming and undoubtedly a little surprised to find their backwoods author a careful , quite business-like man in a town suit , who would not sign anything until he had read the small print several times and understood it thoroughly . |
| 3 | It was ludicrous to be so young and yet a has-been . |
| 4 | We recognised that training for this role needed to be more structured and now a formal training programme to supplement and extend my training has been set up with the cooperation of senior medical staff . |
| 5 | But Hawley says : ‘ Jason is more like Hanley in his general play — even though he is much smaller and basically a scrum-half . |
| 6 | He has argued that such a thing is indeed possible and often a potential solution to the legitimation crisis ' . |
| 7 | The pupil is very large and only a portion of the iris is present , so the eye appears dark in colour . |
| 8 | In the case of a planet N is very large and therefore a considerably larger quantity of volatiles can be acquired by the planet by this means than it could acquire by capturing gases directly from the PFM . |
| 9 | However a problem is that these nuclei are very small and only a few manage to collide and fuse . |
| 10 | Francis de Sales , a great Christian writer , used to say : ‘ Half an hour 's daily listening is essential except when you are very busy and then a full hour is necessary . ’ |
| 11 | I sat down and began switching my tail from side to side to let her know that I was constantly alert and maybe a little unpredictable . |
| 12 | Seeking to translate this question of morality to local issues , I asked the question , did the candidates agree that it was morally wrong and perhaps a misuse of public funds for local councillors to claim that there was no money available to install gas central heating in the homes of elderly disabled people when they always found money for hospitality allowances and trips abroad for themselves . |
| 13 | Indeed , in the first series of patients only 72% were bleeding from varices , haemostatic treatment was not uniform and only a minority were treated with sclerotherapy . |
| 14 | At the wedding ceremony , when the usual problem of naming his father had arisen , John put ‘ Lawrence Tiller ( deceased ) ’ but his son was called Lawrence , was still alive and now a man of twenty-nine , working as general manager in the business . |
| 15 | It was slightly fuzzy and presumably a distant galaxy . |
| 16 | Another market on the main shopping street , the Ludwigstrasse , was equally busy and there a number of the stalls were manned by Turks selling cheap jeans or asparagus or pots and kettles . |