Example sentences of "[adj] be [adv] [art] " 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 | So subtle are often the |
| 4 | By this fantastic ideological wrench these critics are able to turn the world upside-down to prove that those films that appear ‘ … most local and concentrated are often the most universal in appeal ’ ( Philip French , The Observer , 16 October 1988 ) . |
| 5 | Of these twelve , the first eight are much the most abundant , with silicon and oxygen head and shoulders above the rest . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The firm exports to 75 countries , but the British are still the main buyers . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Z Z Top are perhaps the only boogie band with a sense of irony , and their Greatest Hits package shows how brilliantly they combine John Lee Hooker with T-Rex . |
| 10 | Amongst the most salient are perhaps the following : |
| 11 | So would this be just a a this hearse be just a black cart with glass and then a hood ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Growth follows the direction of the arrow — perhaps to meet the other half-span if this were truly a bridge . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | For if this were really the case , a communicative approach would have little or nothing to commend it . |
| 17 | The late Hans Keller , the most peppery and venerable writer on music since George Bernard Shaw , dearly wished that this were still the case . |
| 18 | Mr Kirkland said : ‘ If this were so the Safety Authority would not let us go ahead and build the tunnel . |
| 19 | Yet if this were indeed the law , then surely the Act must have had as its object something of greater moment than the nudie magazines and nude pamphlets which British juries were asked so regularly to assess for depravity . |
| 20 | If this were indeed the whole truth about anorexia nervosa , it would be a straightforward medical problem , and therefore comparatively simple to resolve . |
| 21 | The 1890s were also a period in which deaf art flourished . |
| 22 | The 1890s were probably the most remarkable decade in British deaf history — no other decade with the possible exception of the 1980s saw the social status of deaf people held so high in public esteem . |
| 23 | Variable ET-1-IR was seen in the vascular endothelium , this being particularly the case for Fig 2 — ET-1-IR in diseased human lungs . |
| 24 | Opponents of the resort to force , and others who regarded it as premature , maintained that the effectiveness of sanctions required their application over a longer period ( this being broadly the position adopted in early January , i.e. before the military conflict began , by the opposition Labour Party in the UK ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | This attempt to be influenced by the maximum of factual knowledge is in a sense a rational way of trying to answer ethical questions ( this being perhaps the Stevensonian answer to the second question raised in the introduction ) , but it offers no guarantee of congruence . |
| 27 | This being merely a matter of report , there is no motion . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It gave individuals whose petitions were upheld by the European Commission on Human Rights the automatic right to have their cases reviewed by the Court ( this being hitherto the prerogative of either the commission or the state concerned ) ; it would enter into force once ratified by 10 states . |
| 30 | 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 ! ) . |