Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] [pron] [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ This top takes a while to put on properly but it 's worth it in the end ’ Pepsi , far left
2 There are many references to our caves but the writers do not seem to have gone beyond the entrances and we are left wondering what they are like inside and most importantly whether they were ever lived in , and if so , by whom .
3 Primates and prelates exercised political power most effectively when they were moving in support of magnate opposition ; against united barons they were impotent .
4 Power is used most effectively when it is used unobtrusively .
5 As headteachers reported , boards operated most effectively when it was possible for members to offer constructive criticism which provided an input into the decision-making process of the school .
6 Put another way , a child will learn most effectively when there is harmony .
7 The limitation is that the people under observation may well feel rather acutely that they are being observed and may react against the observers , act unnaturally and perhaps even lie .
8 He felt the sufferings of the world most keenly when he was confronted with those who were weakest , most vulnerable , least able to defend themselves — refugees : men and women with no home to go to , and , most bereft of all refugees , children .
9 You feel it most keenly when you 're walking alone and keep looking behind you , sure that something 's there .
10 you know er it helps if erm it helps if the groups that you 're comparing between there 's about sort of at least twenty people in each sort of thing , erm and the same goes for things like , things that you might want to do squares on or something like that erm so I mean if you were interested in comparing people who attended very regularly with people who only attended once in a while erm you know it would help if there were about sort of more than forty people altogether so that there was sort of , you know
11 Approach road junctions with great care , consider your road position and your speed , drive on only when you are sure it is safe to do so and that you will not block the junction , watch out for long vehicles which maybe turning left or right , at the junction ahead , but which may have to use to make a turn , when waiting to emerge at a junction , do not assume that a vehicle approaching from the right which is signalling with it 's left hand direction indicator would turn left , wait to make sure do you know what I mean ?
12 He pulled the door shut himself , discreetly so that there was the minimum noise .
13 In all these engagements Athens was conspicuously successful , the more remarkably so since she was involved , from perhaps 459 , in a distant adventure requiring much manpower , an Egyptian revolt from Persia .
14 An auspicious debut — and something of a minor success in Britain , remarkably so considering they were too busy traipsing around the States with Revolver to take time to promote it here .
15 Dead long before it was dead . ’
16 Excitement spread tentacles that fastened round her heart , squeezing it mercilessly so that it was unable to beat , tentacles that compressed her lungs so they were unable to breathe .
17 Despite the fact that she wanted to weep , and she was shaking so badly inside that it was a wonder she could still stand up straight at all , she snorted derisively , because she was too afraid to believe his words .
18 Consideration of the Commission 's proposal for the telematics programme by both the European Parliament and the advisory bodies to the Research Council is going on apace and it is hoped that this programme will be one of the first from the third Framework programme to be adopted in 1991 .
19 You go on regardless and there 's a bloody red light down there !
20 He switched on the torch , but directed it upward so that there was only diffused light on the forest floor .
21 Your father and I have talked to Lewis and he 's said they are n't going to actually rush into anything , but they just feel so … right together that it 's … just come up , you know ?
22 Divide the cake in half lengthwise so that there are two long strips of cake .
23 The Government should be negotiating to gain full recognition of the fact that monetary union and a single currency could work successfully only if there were convergence in the real economic performance of countries : convergence in terms of growth and employment , as well as in terms of inflation and interest rates .
24 I mean he liked his job in here right enough but it was more money and better conditions in the glaziers so
25 Mm slightly it 's just a little so when he 's head
26 Although exercise will be working properly only if it is vigorous enough to cause some sweating and panting , you can check what it is doing to your heart , if you fear overstraining , by monitoring the pulse rate .
27 Something knocked his hat over his face , he pushed at the peak , saw the grey 's hindquarters lift elegantly over the gate and out into the light , felt Conker steadying and kicked him on swiftly because there was n't time to stop , he swung his hand back and hit the pony who lifted suddenly , landing with a jolt that made him grunt with effort .
28 Right so if we 're looking at what what are they they asking for here ?
29 Right so if we 're erm want to compare an F statistic to see whether it 's significant , right , you just go if it 's a F three seventeen
30 I 've got better copies of the blank B one , but the handout is getting rather Right so if we 're looking at , we 'll complete the B one .
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