Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [prep] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I am sure that with only a little effort of the imagination you can understand how these things can grow , can become set .
2 Unfortunately , the burials were thoroughly plundered for their precious grave-goods in antiquity , and we must be thankful that at least the Wasp or Bee Pendant survived the looting ( Figure 28 ) .
3 Maybe the purely locomotive-hauled coach could be obsolete or at least an enthusiast 's treasure by the end of the nineties .
4 Some 40 per cent of women with gonorrhoea are found to harbour the bug in the rectum and it is clear that in only a minority of cases has the gonococcus been ‘ placed ’ there .
5 Snapping out of his brief trance , Mungo supposed Stanley was relieved that at least the shop had survived the flood .
6 It was evident that in neither the ECSC nor EDC could the supranational agencies have powers commensurate with their responsibilities : the ECSC was already giving indications of the resilience of national governments .
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