Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be more acceptable if the dam made electricity , but it is silted up because the water analysis got muddled up and the river is much siltier than was originally expected . |
| 2 | the Palladium — a cheap trick to try and convince the punters that they were in somewhere far classier than was really the case . |
| 3 | Currently , the evidence is suggesting that both the motives and the actions are more prevalent than was previously supposed . |
| 4 | If he were his value would be high because is also a forward . |
| 5 | Those that had children struggled desperately to keep them within the state school system and also to see the frequent failures of others to succeed in this as being somehow a rather nasty disease , with compassion and sorrow the appropriate response , rather than the fierce bell-like anger they would all have produced reflexively only ten years before . |
| 6 | I did n't see this as being primarily er a , a reflection on the day as such , although they have n't actually had the opportunity to sort of mull it over . |
| 7 | Am I right in saying that you see erm the problems of areas such as this as being extremely urgent something done now ? |
| 8 | They are told they are coming here to carry on their education , and I interpret this as being very broad-based . |
| 9 | While high pay is not a myth , it is not as high as is generally supposed — but if you turn into a super advertising star , the sky 's the limit . |
| 10 | The closed-loop input impedance is easily found as To find the closed-loop output impedance , a source , is considered to be connected to the input in which case Assuming for simplicity that the feedback network negligibly loads the output and so from which the closed-loop output impedance is If further as is often the case , |
| 11 | Cancellation of a directly financed transaction will leave the sale from dealer to financier still outstanding ; this though is normally covered through a contractual repurchase provision . |
| 12 | The logic of this though is never give anybody anything in the way of information ! |
| 13 | A law on the mass media adopted by the Supreme Soviet was criticized by the news agency Interfax on July 2 as being less liberal than its draft and than the former Soviet media law [ see p. 37541 ] . |
| 14 | A law on the mass media adopted by the Supreme Soviet was criticized by the news agency Interfax on July 2 as being less liberal than its draft and than the former Soviet media law [ see p. 37541 ] . |
| 15 | From a similar ideological stance as the ‘ trainers ’ are those who see the purpose of adult education with the unemployed as being either therapeutic — easing the process of adjustment and thereby acceptance — or controlling — ensuring that potentially disruptive elements in society are neutralised . |
| 16 | I wish to alter the low range gearing in the transfer box to something lower than is already fitted in my V8 109 and would appreciate a ‘ crawler ’ gear . |
| 17 | Due to the development of an instrument which can staple the ends of the rectum together lower than was previously possible , fewer abdomino-perineal resections now need to be performed . |
| 18 | The range of organisations that can provide you with back-up is far more extensive than is generally realised . |
| 19 | I have outlined one possible approach to reading discourses , whether racist or antiracist , which suggests that what is going on in and between them may be more complex and contradictory than is often allowed . |
| 20 | This may require close clinical supervision but , given that supervision , is generally much less demanding and fearful than is commonly supposed . |
| 21 | The double bass , too , is more versatile than is commonly recognised ( as is the bass guitar ) . |
| 22 | Their knowledge and experience of drama will be far more wide-ranging than is commonly acknowledged . |
| 23 | In particular , they are much more substantial at ages 10–15 than is commonly supposed . |
| 24 | But the exact nature of the contribution is perhaps less straightforward than is now often assumed . |
| 25 | But the exact nature of the contribution is perhaps less straightforward than is now often assumed . |
| 26 | Draft agreements in the UK are not usually as one-sided as is frequently the case in the United States . |
| 27 | It is difficult to say how much force is permissible , and the universal but anodyne expression ‘ as much as is reasonably necessary ’ does not give sufficient guidance as to the true state of the law . |
| 28 | It makes unarguable sense to concentrate materials purchases as much as is commercially desirable and to obtain supplies from as few sources as possible . |
| 29 | So they 've got to connect up as much as is humanly possible . |
| 30 | My gardening activities are , perhaps , slightly unorthodox , in that I make a point of growing plants whose flowers are known to be attractive to insects , plant flowers and vegetables together , tidy and prune only as much as is absolutely necessary , encourage plants , even ‘ weeds ’ , that give continuous ground cover , and rigorously exclude poisonous chemicals . |