Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The causes of weakness in adhesion are rather less understood at present than they are in cohesion but no doubt they are generally similar in character . |
| 2 | Many researchers come to the electronic version of the BL catalogue with experience of its printed version , and so are arguably more fitted by experience to know its idiosyncrasies and quirks . |
| 3 | Pitot tubes have been most widely used in air , where they can measure speeds from about 1 m s -1 upwards . |
| 4 | This has been most clearly shown for lung tissue but smoking related adducts have also been described in a number of other tissues for which smoking has been implicated as a cancer risk factor . |
| 5 | Letters to ministers have been most frequently used by Sub-Committee E , to draw to the Government 's attention their views of the correct legal base for a Commission proposal . |
| 6 | Evidence for an association between unemployment and imprisonment has , however , been presented in , various studies from different countries ( Braithwaite 1980 ; Inverarity and Grattet 1987 ; Inverarity and McCarthy 1988 ; Montgomery 1985 ; Laffargue and Godefroy 1987 ) and has been most strongly supported by time series data analysed using some variant of least squares regression . |
| 7 | Severe , sometimes fatal , hepatitis has been most commonly reported in association iwth the use of diclofenac and sulindac , Although fatalities have also been reported with the use of naproxen and indomethacin . |
| 8 | Some general managers had been rather unfairly linked with cost containment and cutbacks . |
| 9 | Some students felt they had been rather hard pressed in relation to their knowledge of chemistry , but Coleman rightly said that a properly educated gentleman could be expected to understand the general principles and applications of chemical science . |
| 10 | Using a bar code reader and a suitable computer system greatly speeds things up of course , and the books of codes are presumably only needed for reference and checking purposes . |
| 11 | The modern paradox , that the areas of Yugoslavia which are most richly endowed with mineral resources and other industrial raw materials are the least economically developed , can only be understood in the context of the long centuries of neglect from which Yugoslavia south of the Danube-Sava line suffered during the Ottoman period . |
| 12 | Early mouse embryos and their component cells are most easily manipulated during fixation and immunocytological staining if stuck down to coverslips . |
| 13 | As many parts of the brain contain cells of varying size , which may not all be involved in the same functions , biases of this sort may determine which functions are most strongly associated with unit activity . |
| 14 | They are most widely known as company secretaries ( which is the function of roughly 20 per cent of the UK 's chartered secretaries ) . |
| 15 | It must be recognized that Donna Landry 's views on Leapor are most nearly justified in relation to this piece . |
| 16 | They have to be suspended from battens and are most often made from pre-finished , slotted insulation board , polystyrene or fibreglass . |
| 17 | Concepts and rules are most often taught by definition and description , and whilst this can be successful , given a good communication technique , it has the disadvantage of failing to produce generalisation . |
| 18 | The largest 25 producers account for more than 50% of the area planted and it is their names which are most often seen on merchant 's lists . |
| 19 | Designs on the screen are most often knitted from bottom to top , so looking for colours as they appear in the design from bottom to top and left to right is an accurate way of assessing where colours are brought into the work and their order . |
| 20 | They are most often found on drawer divans . |
| 21 | These Biros are most popularly given as Christmas presents . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , the industrial skills of the area are learned in the very businesses which are most harshly hit by taxation . |
| 23 | Thus , when the Board of Education issues its official Suggestions for Teachers handbook in 1910 it transmitted a clear message : ‘ … the high function of the teacher is to prepare the child for the life of the good citizen , to create and foster the aptitude for work and for the intelligent use of leisure , and to develop those features of character which are most readily influenced by school life , such as loyalty to comrades , loyalty to institutions , unselfishness and an orderly and disciplined habit of mind . ’ |
| 24 | It is extremely painful for them to add to their burdens at a time when they are most hard pressed at work or with their own families . |
| 25 | On the deck itself were scattered what looked like paving stones , and the leeboard winch had been somewhat garishly painted in red , white , and gold . |
| 26 | For once she would probably have been better off staying at home as far as the weather was concerned . |
| 27 | And since she could not say , " About horrid Ben Braithwaite for wasting two years of Linnet 's youth and having his dreary wedding on a day when Gemma would have been better off staying in bed , " she chirruped brightly , " Everything , darlings — because this is what I want us to do . |
| 28 | Was n't there a tiny nagging feeling on watching the re-runs of Butterflies that perhaps he would have been better off sticking to television comedy series and enjoying their rich rewards ? |
| 29 | Phil Philips , deputy secretary of the British Hotels , Restaurants and Caterers Association , said : ‘ People in the industry are much better educated about AIDS than they were in 1987 . ’ |
| 30 | It also helps to vary the shapes of the flowers as well as their colours : for example , hydrangeas are much more pointed in shape than roses , and the petals of potentillas are widely spaced and so give a more pronounced petal shape . |