Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] be [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the policies have been more successful in the pressurized areas should not be surprising ; the most powerful planning instrument available is still development control and this , of course , can be effective only in areas of growth . |
| 2 | So when we look at the grimacing gestures of a chimpanzee and wonder at the almost ludicrous parallels with our own behaviour this is just part of a whole host of behavioural and anatomical similarities that show without doubt that we ought to be classified with the apes ( we are all of us primates ) , and that we share a distant ancestor with our diminutive caricatures . |
| 3 | The arm spines of A. griegi are broad , slightly flattened and blunt ; those of A. fragilis are often rugose and have a serrated distal edge ; the second ventralmost arm spines of A. borealis are widened at the tip and the arm spines are long and pointed in A. abyssorum . |
| 4 | Similarly there is no assumption that repeated use of a ruler in 4c is more demanding than single use of it in 4b , but this and similar instances need to be examined empirically to see if the task differences concerned are also difficulty factors . |
| 5 | We will be dealing here mostly with the simple techniques of putting notes together in certain special ways , but in reality this is only part of the story . |
| 6 | In a mild form this is simply boastfulness , buagun , a term whose root can also mean simply ‘ lying ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Iraq is not interested in escalating the situation or creating any crisis , ’ he told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme . |
| 8 | I appreciate that greatly and my heart goes out to them , ’ he said on BBC Radio 4 's Today programme . |
| 9 | The following week Brian Redhead , a presenter of Radio 4 's Today programme , visited the University with Radio 4 goes to College , a roadshow for students including a science/media debate , student light entertainment and a national broadcast debate on the future of higher education led by speakers ( including the President of the Union ) from Bristol . |
| 10 | ‘ He came not as a senator , ’ said Mr Donlan , on BBC Radio 4 's Today programme . |
| 11 | But , speaking on BBC Radio 4 's Today programme , he described as ‘ misleading ’ a report in The Guardian this morning that correspondence on this issue was taking place between the Treasury and the Health Department . |
| 12 | But Mr Campbell told Radio 4 's Today programme : ‘ I 'm not sure that I have resigned . |
| 13 | The Sunday programme 's poll follows another survey by BBC Radio 4 's Today programme suggesting that the opinion in the House of Laity is within a hair's-breadth of the necessary two-thirds majority . |
| 14 | were interviewed by Sue McGregor of BBC Radio 4 's Today Programme . |
| 15 | The BBC , which despite backbreaking efforts to avoid bias ( largely successful outside the Radio 4 's Today studio ) secretly hoped a Labour victory would avert a shake-up . |
| 16 | I think that number one 's really shit hot ! |
| 17 | Interviewed on BBC Radio Four 's Today programme , Swales said : ‘ I would love to keep going , but I realise it is probably time for someone else to have a go . |
| 18 | A survey by BBC Radio Four 's Today programme says it is still very uncertain that the majority will be reached in the House of Clergy and the House of Laity . |
| 19 | Our extensive placebo double-blind study of HIV-1-infected individuals from the Nordic countries and Switzerland that is now starting has two basic aims : |