Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The newer recruits who joined the water authorities after reorganization of the water industry are predominantly young men in their twenties . |
2 | These are predominantly agricultural labourers in Bolivia 's main Quechua-speaking areas : Cochabamba , Potosi and Sucre . |
3 | These are predominantly coarse-grained red-beds comprising conglomerates and coarse sandstones , but some beds of grey mudstone and siltstone have also been noted . |
4 | The survey showed that EHA patients with leg ulcers treated by DNs are predominantly elderly women who are moderately disabled , have had previous episodes of ulceration and lead restricted social lives . |
5 | It should , however , be noted that seasonal jobs in retailing , like regular jobs in the sector , are predominantly part-time jobs . |
6 | Other experimental studies have supported the idea that frost weathering is likely to be more effective in alpine and marine arctic environments , where freeze-thaw may occur diurnally , than in polar regions where freezing and thawing are predominantly seasonal phenomena . |
7 | Half a century ago , youths in Wellington bombers flew out to deal death and have it dealt to them in return ; now the American F-111s roar overhead , and , from time to time , a plume of orange flame and a cloud of smoke appear on the horizon to remind us all that dishing it out and taking it are widely differing talents . |
8 | With respect to all of these elements there are widely different interpretations both as to their nature and as to the relation between them ; all of which have profound methodological consequences . |
9 | Both act as a barrier against the elements in winter , but are rather unsuitable choices for summer . |
10 | The games that are supplied are rather poor examples of what should be possible , both the use of graphics and their actual ‘ playability ’ are hardly outstanding . |
11 | The metric equivalents are rather odd numbers at 305 or 380mm . |
12 | Given that ‘ most GIS are rather dumb systems , requiring intelligent , very computer literate users ’ , managing natural and technological hazards means that this knowledge base must be built into the system so that it can be utilized quickly by untrained users after a disaster has taken place or in an emergency . |
13 | Even in this brief description of DSS it can be see that , as presently configured , most GIS are rather dumb systems requiring intelligent , very computer-literate users . |
14 | According to a senior British official : ‘ These are rather vague outline ideas , there are no detailed proposals . |
15 | There are rather similar findings for writing . |
16 | Erm it 's a difficult balance , change is very rarely popular and quite often it 's only ever talked about but sometimes it happens and even then it 's not popular but a balanced and open mind is required to approach change but perhaps more important , and this is n't always mentioned , suggestions about change tend to come from rather specific areas and there are rather specific interest groups which may start the process of change |
17 | In spite of many attempts to allay fears and promotion of the normal working conditions by the railway authorities , signal boxes are rather emotive places and one does n't have to have a very fertile imagination to get into the feeling of unease and expectancy . |
18 | As mentioned , most green-yellows are marketed as lemon yellow , the majority of which are rather weak colours . |
19 | Now you 're gon na want a pin , these are rather small pins , I recommend that peop people who have got large hands try and fit their first aid kit out with large pins , they 're much easier to handle , but firstly they do not put pins in their mouths for obvious reasons , either , either have it on the table open ready or just pop it in the front of shirt while you do this bit , okay ? |
20 | Of course , both of these are rather unfocused attacks . |
21 | Third , community care plans are rather idiosyncratic documents and the investment of resources in the actual plans appears to vary greatly ( a cursory glance at their covers and the corporate style projected by each confirms this ) . |
22 | And you know many of them now are rather abstract things are n't they ? |
23 | They are rather common fossils from the Ordovician onwards , and in spite of their small size can be abundant enough to be important as rock-formers ( especially in limestones ) . |
24 | The leaves of this tree are rather common fossils , striped with longitudinal veins that give it a superficial resemblance to the leaf of an iris . |
25 | Camcorders are rather power-hungry beasts and the average of forty minutes of recording time per charge seems to last no time at all when you are actually on a shoot — a spare battery can be a god-send . |
26 | Most chitons are rather sedentary animals , living in one spot and venturing short distances in search of food . |
27 | ‘ Those are rather crude words . ’ |
28 | There are rather more women , I think , that go into chemistry on the whole , are n't there , than perhaps physics , and certainly engineering . |
29 | Text can be coloured — there are rather more colours available to the user in DLabel — for those with printers capable of handling it . |
30 | Basaltic magmas are usually involved in most Strombolian eruptions , too , but these are slightly more viscous , so there are rather more bangs and thumps , but the material that is ejected is still fairly fluid . |