Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they are more complex then a plan for your care will be made and someone will be appointed to co-ordinate your care needs , and to discuss the plan with you . |
| 2 | And I can only have been about nine when a schoolfriend proudly showed snaps of her mother fancy-dressed as ‘ No-one loves a fairy when she 's 40 ’ . |
| 3 | Unlike Aunt Kit , who believed it to be a barbaric rite , intolerable between reasonable men and women , Aunt Lilian , the headmistress , simply felt it her duty to point out that a career — any career — would be less easy once a girl was lumbered with a husband and children . |
| 4 | Due to the nature of the coat , the Wire-haired Dachshund requires more coat care than the other two varieties , and should be fully stripped-out twice a year . |
| 5 | If two 30W tubes proved to be too bright over a 3′ tank , one or both could be swapped for a 25W . |
| 6 | And there is an increasing number of instances of assault at work targeted at community nurses and staff on accident and emergency units in hospital ( Finney , 1988 ) , a circumstance which would have been almost unthinkable even a decade ago . |
| 7 | But it is most evident whenever a teacher has developed a real interest in some school subject or area of the curriculum , often the result of some form of limited subject specialisation by the teacher . |
| 8 | Beep in the ear is so important just a second ago , because if we had this on , busy on the phone , and the next caller comes through , because it was my phone , those calls would go through to Hilary , so I would n't get a beep in the ear would I ? |
| 9 | It is patently obvious how a fear which is openly expressed can be passed on . |
| 10 | In any case , my wig is more that just a wig . |
| 11 | If the input information is slightly ambiguous then a feature analyser would be confused and unable to deal with it , a pure feature analysis . |
| 12 | It is now well over a year since I sent you Offensive from Quasar 13 . |
| 13 | Head of Department : ‘ Homework is now set once a week . |
| 14 | It is now apparent why A must be pre-reduced to upper Hessenberg form . |
| 15 | But the magistrates said French had flouted the court order and his record — of sixty five convictions for animal cruelty — was so serious only a prison sentence was appropriate . |
| 16 | The young man , who is now 23 years old , was only 16 when a car ploughed into him and a couple of friends as they walked home from a party . |
| 17 | The Central Market clinic was only open twice a week and , in common with the entire public health service , medicines were almost non-existent . |
| 18 | The Education Reform Act 1988 has produced a degree of prescription and central control to which the government was apparently resistant only a couple of years before its enactment . |
| 19 | In 1272 Kilwardby , in 1399 Salmon of Norwich , and in 1303 Gainsborough of Worcester were all required to take an oath to receive their lands at the king 's pleasure and not by papal grant , an oath which was thereafter usual whenever a bishop obtained his see by provision . |
| 20 | When IBM 's AT ( the 286 based computer ) was launched in late 1984 , it ran at 8MHz , but it was n't long before faster and faster oscillator speeds were used — a 25MHz 286 based machine was quite common only a couple of years ago . |