Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally I exaggerate , but it must be of vital importance that people whose contact with the hills is likely to be brief , are taught not just to fulfil their potential but to respect the environment that enables them to do it . |
| 2 | Qualified Teachers days are designed not just to help you with thoughts and ideas for future lessons of your own , but to expand and develop your knowledge and understanding of Medau , and , with that , we also hope you have an enjoyable social day . |
| 3 | You are expected not just to have one by you , but to answer it or , if you can not ( because you are ‘ in a meeting ’ ) , then to have a secretary to take messages and make sure that calls are returned . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Hong Kong 's flora and fauna are basically that of neighbouring China , though some islands must have been separated long enough to produce their own endemic species . |
| 5 | ( Remember Russell 's chicken ( Russell , 1959 , p. 35 ) , whose true beliefs about the regularity with which it had been fed so far led it into a false belief about the security of its future . ) |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been told once more to mind my own business . |
| 7 | And what living or organic forms of data such as continuous updated accounts , or records of employment or social benefit are preserved Not only does their documentation create a problem , but the intellectual definition of what constitutes a record is clearly troublesome . |
| 8 | Would he reappear perhaps like Edwin Drood himself might have done if Mr Dickens had been spared long enough to conclude it ? |
| 9 | Cassie wondered hazily whether in Johnny 's book it would be considered all right to force himself on the other sort of girl , whoever she may be ! |
| 10 | First , they may be designed not finally to determine what is to be done in certain circumstances but merely to determine what ought to be done on the basis of certain considerations . |
| 11 | LEFT ( 1 ) Grooming needs to be carried out regularly to prevent your dog 's coat from becoming matted . |
| 12 | An expert in the field could be expected not only to classify them correctly but would also know what to do about them . |
| 13 | Teachers must be prepared not only to defend their subject but positively to advance its cause in a hostile climate if history is going to stand a chance of surviving . |
| 14 | A detailed planning budget for both capital and operating accounts must now be prepared not only to give you the information you require for your own plans , but also as the main evidence to persuade the Bank Manager to finance your endeavours . |
| 15 | At the time of the Agadir crisis , he had declared bombastically that it was ‘ high time this insolent clique in Paris should be made once more to feel what a Pomeranian Grenadier can do ’ He edited a book for children , entitled ‘ Germany in Arms ’ , glorifying war , and was fond of speaking to German youth about the forthcoming ‘ happy — cheerful war ’ whatever that meant . |
| 16 | You 'll be fed up then having me at home . |
| 17 | The informal interview can not generally be used to test hypotheses very accurately , but it can be used most fruitfully to clarify them and to elaborate them . |
| 18 | Bear in mind that background material expands infinitely , and needs to be closed off somewhere to prevent you becoming submerged in an endless and unfinishable project . |
| 19 | Cannabis , when smoked , has to be inhaled very deeply to get its mood-altering effects . |
| 20 | Remember this is the country , as Signor Fixit himself told me , where a lorry can be hired not only to move your furniture but to run over an unpopular citizen . |
| 21 | ‘ I never miss Midnight Mass at St Martin's-in-the-Field , ’ Oscar told him , ‘ so I 'd appreciate it greatly ii the meeting could be concluded quickly enough to allow me time to get there and find a pew with a good view . ’ |
| 22 | All Mr Clinton 's talents will be required not merely to stroke his allies in the Capitol 's anterooms , but to keep the country focused on what he is aiming at . |
| 23 | We were assigned almost immediately to carry our share on such missions as , Hanover , Berlin and then there were those shallow missions to North Africa and , and of Russia . |
| 24 | ‘ Everybody complains about taxes today , but in ancient times wealthy Romans were expected not just to pay their taxes but to finance public works , as well . ’ |
| 25 | A district army commander in a small outpost 10 miles west of Kampot town admitted last month that the mines his troops had planted at the foot of the mountains were designed only partly to defend their position . |
| 26 | She personally recruited university-trained teachers , who were prepared not only to provide their services free but also to participate in the social life of the college . |
| 27 | ‘ I said you were sunk low enough to match his sordid background , yes . ’ |
| 28 | Women who were knocked down later said they were punched and kicked by gardai . |
| 29 | This caused much grumbling and many heads were knocked together just to remind everybody who was boss . |
| 30 | The teacher may also wish the software to offer the opportunity for extension work , to draw the subject being studied out further relate it to other subject areas , raise issues and add a new dime to the work e.g. the software on the economy allows pupils to skills of manipulating variables and such skills are cross-curricular Often the same course can be duplicated , to advantage , us microcomputer program . |