Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its ok to take quick free kicks ( Leeds often do ) but surely they have to be somewhere near where the incident happened . |
| 2 | But despite Rumens 's wit and some good supporting acting , this gets to be little more than one of those stories that might grace Woman Now 's problems page . |
| 3 | By dawn the trench would probably be little more than eighteen inches deep , but it had to be occupied all day , while the enemy gunners resumed their work of levelling . |
| 4 | The recovery time should be rather longer than the running time , but can be reduced as you get fitter . |
| 5 | If suitable provisions ( Clause 19 ) are included in the partnership agreement ( and they are discussed in greater detail in Chapter 7 ) the interests of the firm can be largely protected ( or at any rate damage limited ) : when getting rid of a miscreant partner is likely to be rather easier than dismissing an employee whose thoughts may have turned to taking proceedings for wrongful dismissal . |
| 6 | But I believe that for every £100 million spent on sewers , the present real cost to this nation of tax payers would be rather less than £50 million . |
| 7 | We thought the rail trunk haul would be rather less than £168 ’ , added Mr Gisby . |
| 8 | I think we 'd find Mr Churchill that it it 's rather more complex than that and and the requirements for delivering a nuclear weapon and you refer to the possibility of C A S O M being nuclear capable , one has to be fairly careful quite a , there 's a degree of difference between a missile needed to do the two jobs and I think it would be rather more than wiring which would be er at issue here , there 's the payload and all the rest of it which I suspect would cause very severe problems with that . |
| 9 | ‘ I might be right back where I started . ’ |
| 10 | A grasshopper , slowly chewing a leaf-blade is suddenly struck by the clubbed end of a muscular tongue projected like a lance from the mouth of a chameleon ; a field mouse in the twilight of an English wood , searching for seeds , is transfixed by the curved talons of a pouncing owl and may be dead even before its captor 's beak begins to rip it apart ; a lizard in the Arizona desert , stabbed by the hypodermic fangs of a rattlesnake , is paralysed as venom is injected into its veins and it can offer no resistance as the snake takes it in its jaws and swallows it head-first . |
| 11 | If they deport our sister from us , the family 's gon na be dead actually cos there 's gon na be nobody left here to look after them . |
| 12 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
| 13 | can give the services in the church , I knew they 'd be on today because it 's the first Sunday in every month |
| 14 | He was indeed kind , exceptionally so ; but he never indulged in insincerity for the sake of pleasing , and he could be downright enough when he deemed it necessary . |
| 15 | If CERN 's members give it the go-ahead , it will be ready sooner than the SSC , for which it will be the only competitor . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm told this war could be all over before I even get a shot at them . ’ |
| 17 | He said this would be all right since on my return I should still be within the age limit for joining the Political Service . |
| 18 | He 'll be all right once he 's settled . ’ |
| 19 | He asked if it would be all right if the Southampton police were to sell the bike and give the proceeds to one of their charities , and I readily agreed . |
| 20 | Galbraith challenged the conventional wisdom that everything would be all right if only the Gross National Product were big enough . |
| 21 | Do you think it will be all right if I post it like it is ? |
| 22 | ‘ Will it be all right if Aah goes down after Aah 've had a bite t'eat , maister ? ’ asked Lamb . |
| 23 | And would it be all right if they brought another couple of Conor 's mates ? |
| 24 | ‘ A programme like this might be all right if they had a proper documentary on the subject sometimes , but they do n't , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
| 26 | I 'll be all right if you 're here . |
| 27 | ‘ He 'll be all right if he does n't start listening to the wrong people . ’ |
| 28 | It would be all right if God was there . |
| 29 | ‘ Signorina , will you be all right if I leave you for a little while ? ’ |
| 30 | Now this would be all right if the damned thing served a purpose . |