Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean , letters like that are just a laugh , are n't they ? ’ she rushed on with a very poor effort at bravado . |
| 2 | The contrasting images which survive of Osred are probably a reflection of the increasing divisions within the Northumbrian kingdom at this time . |
| 3 | I like to use a Drennan Super Specialist pattern in these circumstances , the size 10s are quite a tough hook and with the thick wire gauge relative to the size of the hook they retain the boilie very well . |
| 4 | Some are quite a major commitment , some a small but regular commitment , others no more than an hour or even a few minutes of your time . |
| 5 | So would this be just a a this hearse be just a black cart with glass and then a hood ? |
| 6 | We have watched Eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have watched the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial instruments . |
| 7 | We have watched eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have heard the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial intruments . |
| 8 | Growth follows the direction of the arrow — perhaps to meet the other half-span if this were truly a bridge . |
| 9 | When the National Curriculum was first unveiled , in the shape of Mr Baker 's celebrated ‘ Little Red Book ’ , I wrote a piece which began : ‘ If this were genuinely a consultative document , I should reply to its chief begetter that 20 per cent of it is potentially helpful , 20 per cent unexceptionable , and 60 per cent either foolish or dangerous or both ’ . |
| 10 | The 1890s were also a period in which deaf art flourished . |
| 11 | Throughout the activities , the children will be expected to develop both general skills in ( say ) researching material , working in groups , managing their own learning , and specific skills in understanding history — this being primarily a history-focused topic . |
| 12 | This being merely a matter of report , there is no motion . |
| 13 | Here in the UK we are used to major variations in water chemistry from area to area despite this being only a small country ; the huge Amazon system , however , consists generally of soft and acid waters . |
| 14 | I sat and pondered these options for some time before deciding that numbers 1 and 2 were probably a bit over the top ( especially if it WAS Darren White that she really fancied ! ) . |
| 15 | The British were clearly a much happier group than the previous year , not least because Annewanter has a great deal of experience with smaller teams . |
| 16 | More than most Europeans , the British were still a lively , distinctive people at the end of the twentieth century — and not only for geographical reasons . |
| 17 | That 's why the TBM 700 is truly a Big Machine . |
| 18 | This is self-consciously an escapist activity , its main value being that it avoids the careful budgeting and penny-counting which shopping itself entails . |
| 19 | This is evidently a fascinating line of enquiry with which to approach Nizan " communist novels . |
| 20 | This is rarely a problem for dating an archaeological site where fragments of broken pottery tend to abound , and it is usual to date several sherds from the same context to provide an average age and better precision . |
| 21 | This is traditionally a standard feature of story-telling , and may well derive from the oral tradition where the story-teller would switch from a narrative role to a dramatic one . |
| 22 | The Secretary of State has argued that this is nearly a four percent increase . |
| 23 | Shareholders , banks and so on do not necessarily tightly constrain managers essentially because they lack enough information to do so , and this is either a result of some problem in the market for information ( e. |
| 24 | This is either a trap , Ace thought , or else the Doctor 's found a way to let us in . |
| 25 | In practice this is either a letter or a statement of value on HM Land Registry Form A4. ( e ) Insurance Insurance of the property should be placed in the name of the wife alone , the husband 's name being deleted from the policy . |
| 26 | This is particularly a problem in chronic disease . |
| 27 | This is particularly a problem in the rural areas , and it 's particularly in the rural areas where this happens . |
| 28 | One difficulty is the amount of imputation as described above ; this is particularly a problem for the study of inner city areas and such topics as social deprivation , where the information is likely to be more conjectural . |
| 29 | This is particularly an issue with emerging technologies which are not yet able to provide seamless integration into the corporation 's wider electronic world . |
| 30 | This is thus a subject for students with wide interests ; courses are taken in Chemistry , Mathematics , Economics , Computing and Management in addition to Engineering subjects . |