Example sentences of "[adv] be an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Treaty brings about the formal transformation of what has hitherto been an Economic Community into a Union which is mandated to act in many areas on behalf of its own citizens , and to claim their allegiance . |
| 2 | Beyond this , however , its origin has hitherto been an insoluble problem : the explicit evidence of the ancients is notoriously inadequate and various different theories have been constructed from it . |
| 3 | ’ As the influence of Cézanne grew , so that of Gauguin , who had hitherto been an important influence in the work of the Fauves , waned . |
| 4 | Ian , thanks ever so much , it 's not necessarily been an easy ride for you , but we 're glad to know you and we look forward to meeting you again . |
| 5 | He was walking towards a new life , a kind of freedom which had only been an idealistic daydream for nearly sixty years . |
| 6 | One minute there had apparently been an entire nation , set upon racial purity and world domination , and then the next … |
| 7 | Much of this veneration is due to the fact that rugs , in addition to their aesthetic value , have long been an integral part of the religious experience of the Islamic world . |
| 8 | In a traditional Spain Catalonia had long been an industrial region . |
| 9 | There has long been an unspoken consensus across the party spectrum that challenging the system would be to enter a political minefield . |
| 10 | As I mentioned earlier , the saithe or coalfish Gadus virens has long been an important fish in Shetland , the surface-shoaling immatures being utilised by many sea-birds . |
| 11 | The latter hurt Israel far more than the Arab states because France had long been an important arms supplier to Israel . |
| 12 | Retaining these had long been an unquestioned perquisite and trouble began when the clothiers carried out their threat to prosecute and two persons were whipped for theft for failing to return thrums . |
| 13 | The cultural difference between Spain and the Spanish king 's northern dominions was considerably greater than that between France and Scotland ; Scotland managed to resist becoming a permanent part of the French political hegemony , but she had long been an enthusiastic member of the cultural one . |
| 14 | It had all been an enjoyable game , and she had always imagined that love would be an enjoyable game as well , except that there was nothing enjoyable about the pain eating away at her . |
| 15 | In a moment she would open her eyes to discover that it had all been an incredible , fantastical dream . |
| 16 | She wished she could convince herself that what he 'd said had merely been an idle threat . |
| 17 | Chemistry and physics together are an unbeatable combination . |
| 18 | Better be an early riser — their coaching and rehearsal sessions start at 6.30am — no smoking , no drinking , no bad language ! |
| 19 | Alex Stanley , general secretary of the Scottish Secondary Teachers ' Association , said : ‘ There will obviously be an adverse reaction from staff who find it impossible to stop . |
| 20 | Leaders of the seven registered political parties expressed concern that the Assembly would merely be an advisory body to the Military Council in the preparation of a new constitution . |
| 21 | In a review of John Betjeman 's verse-autobiography Summoned by Bells ( 1960 ) , Philip Larkin remarked approvingly that Betjeman , in his triumphant lucidity , had managed to bypass the whole light industry of exegesis ; that Eliot 's famous demand about the need of poets , in the present state of civilisation , to be difficult could only be an ingenious bit of intellectual job-creation , a Modernistic charter to make work for unemployed critics ; and that the tradition of Kipling and A. E. Housman stood ready to hand for instant revival , ever eager to prove that poetry can still enjoy a reading public if only the poet is prepared to be simple , moving and memorable . |
| 22 | Any kind of overt optical distortion can only be an occasional isolated effect for a clearly marked purpose , such as rendering the subjective experience of someone under stress or drunk or dreaming . |
| 23 | The assertion that it exists can only be an external statement of fact . |
| 24 | ‘ This new policy can only be an interim solution . |
| 25 | He felt he could only be an unwelcome addition to your life . |
| 26 | It will not only be an excellent source of information for those outside the grounds but also in the locality for our near neighbours . ’ |
| 27 | This Economic and Social Committee would only be an advisory body , even though it would have to be consulted by the Commission and the Council of Ministers on a wide range of topics and issues . |
| 28 | As in decentralization , some degree of latitude in interpretation of centre policy would be necessary for its implementation to adapt to local influences which can only be an unknown factor at the beginning of the facilitating process . |
| 29 | Shuffling all those bodies about to get it all nice and tidy , I think would not only be an enormous exercise , it would be a waste of time , because people do n't stay fixed in aspic once you 've placed them in the right place ; they change , they progress , they regress or whatever . |
| 30 | Hence the eventual output can only be an unstructured sequence of content words . |