Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mervyn Pinfield 's role as Associate Producer on Doctor Who was agreed to be mostly in an advisory capacity . |
| 2 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 3 | ‘ Opinion polls may or may not turn out to be right at a later stage ’ ; ‘ Local authorities exceeded projected expenditure by quite a margin ’ ; ‘ When this campaign started some weeks ago ’ ; ‘ I concede the point , for I have stated it many times in the past . ’ |
| 4 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
| 5 | Once again , even if the main points at issue had been side-stepped , the two countries were at peace , and had agreed to be so for a whole generation . |
| 6 | I am very reluctant to go so far when we — or rather you — could be so near a better resolution . |
| 7 | In long and complex cases delay was inevitable and had to be accepted , so why then , she asked , should that not be so in a simple case . |
| 8 | If she is severely disturbed emotionally , above the level normally expected in bereavement , and if she can not sleep , he may prescribe tranquillisers and a night sedative ; but this will usually be only for a limited period to help her over a particularly bad patch , as he will not want her to become addicted to these drugs , which if taken for too long may delay the normal grieving process which she will need to experience if she is to make a satisfactory recovery . |
| 9 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |
| 10 | An antidepressant should never be the sole form of treatment a patient is receiving , even if his illness appears to be entirely of an endogenous variety . |
| 11 | CHARLES and Diana will be together for a long time to come . |
| 12 | ‘ The Kilcharran will be alongside in a few minutes . |
| 13 | A table-topping rebound next year would not be enough for a quick return if a no-promotion season is declared to accommodate the proposal to reduce League One to 10 clubs — a mad price to pay for an all-play-all format . |
| 14 | What , will it be just for a short period cos it was n't nine o clock ? |
| 15 | At the Tolly Cobbold site , this is even more crucial following the recent explosion at the near-by petrol depot , while terrorist activity in the Midlands has shown that the environment can be just as an effective target as military ones . |
| 16 | Locust , locust beans they 'd be about that length , they used to be just like a brown bean , they were dry . |
| 17 | ‘ It will be just like a freshwater lake , and it could be a real honeypot for all kinds of groups , ’ said NRA spokesman Mr John Ritson . |
| 18 | I am sorry to have to say I shall not be able to attend the AGM since I will be away on a short holiday with my family . |
| 19 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 20 | No more than an hour passed before Jean-Claude came to me in the scullery and said he would be away for a few days . |
| 21 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 22 | We are delighted that is willing to stand again for election as Hon. Treasurer , but she feels it would be in the Society 's interest to have an Assistant Treasurer who would become familiar with our accounting methods and be able to take over should be away for a short period . |
| 23 | Of course it would be unusual to be permanently in an optimistic state of mind , but who do you think gets more pleasure out of life ? |
| 24 | A group of young teenage girls once admitted to me that although they frequently complained because their parents insisted that they should be home by a certain time , they recognized that the deadline gave them a useful excuse for not getting out of their depth . |
| 25 | I have a meeting with a software house at ten thirty , Mike is coming in at three thirty to talk about the new book , and tonight 's one of the nights when Yvonne is teaching , so I have to be home by a reasonable hour , so that we can exchange car keys and padlock keys and that sort thing . |
| 26 | He 'll be home in a few minutes . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll be home in a few days , ’ she told them happily . |
| 28 | However , Jerrome 's findings do not refer at all to ‘ tending ’ activities ; the importance of friends in old age seems to be more about a natural extension of satisfying experiences and modes of behaviour in earlier years than about a changed conception of the nature of the relationship which could accommodate more ‘ caring ’ activity . |
| 29 | The historical process is therefore likely to be more like a shifting see-saw as the balance of development switches between different regions . |
| 30 | Shops were empty from panic-buying ahead of Czechoslovakia 's ‘ big bang ’ — which is turning out to be more like a big pop . |