Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diets started without preparation are broken all too easily . |
| 2 | Astronomy satellites are launched only infrequently , and each satellite caters only for those astronomers in a particular area , for example , infrared astronomy . |
| 3 | The Brazilian Ministry of Health reported last week that 15 of the country 's 27 states are affected so far . |
| 4 | Matters of privilege are raised more rarely there than in the Commons . |
| 5 | The LCP are recorded more closely ( note entirely to the violins ' advantage in the busier moments of the outer movements ) , and although this lends a welcome clarity , I find the results almost totally devoid of charm . |
| 6 | But the basic skills are acquired amazingly quickly , though moving on from balls to clubs too soon is a bit of a clanger . |
| 7 | It can be seen that comparisons between the sub-groups are made much easier if they have been sampled in this way ; there is no problem of having to cope with a preponderance of one group and a dearth of another if stratification has taken place beforehand . |
| 8 | ‘ Operations are scrutinised more closely and there is much less cash flow to plug the gaps , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Which operations are used more frequently , and so should be supported most efficiently ? |
| 10 | First , by emphasizing that preferences are displaced away somewhat from the familiar , it is possible to explain two facets of the data from humans that would otherwise have seemed incompatible . |
| 11 | The only difference is that fixed pairs are attested more often than non-fixed pairs . " |
| 12 | Many recreation items such as caravans and boats that are on hire purchase are used so seldom they could be rented over the course of the hire purchase scheme and with enough cash left over to buy the item new if we still wanted one . |
| 13 | With the support of regional legal officers and a set of guidelines and codes of practice , we ask the solicitors to abide by regional secretaries ensuring that cases are pursued as forcefully as possible with the members interests uppermost at all stages . |
| 14 | These phenomena are observed too often for them to be the product of the individual 's development alone . |
| 15 | A feature which distinguishes superior from inferior courts is that superior courts are not limited in their jurisdiction , whereas inferior courts are limited both geographically and as to the subject matter of the dispute . |
| 16 | The courts are criticised often enough . |
| 17 | Some parts of Bull 's activities are viewed as more important strategically for France than others , an industry ministry official told Reuter , declining to give details , but noted that even in a nationally strategic sector like electronic components , France contents itself with owning 45% of SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV , with Italy as an equal partner and a small private holding held by Thorn EMI Plc . |
| 18 | Some parts of Bull 's activities are viewed as more important strategically for France than others , an industry ministry official told Reuter , declining to give details , but noted that even in a nationally strategic sector like electronic components , France contents itself with owning 45% of SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV , with Italy as an equal partner and a small private holding held by Thorn EMI Plc . |
| 19 | The Board 's aim is to ensure that offshore financial activities are run properly so that the islands can avoid becoming potential breeding grounds for illegal activities . |
| 20 | Had the kidnappers been tracked too clumsily and killed the boy as they fled ? |
| 21 | If we believe that expectations about Y t are formed rationally then we must also believe that the actual value of Y t diverges from the value that people expect , by a random error which we label v t . |
| 22 | Whereas most differences are of a sex preferential kind — that is , certain forms are used significantly more by one sex than the other — a number of languages have what are called ‘ sex-exclusive markers ’ : forms that are used only by women , or only by men . |
| 23 | The farm buildings so often found below the galleries are situated further away in this case . |
| 24 | When meetings are held only once a year , or even less frequently , it is all too easy to forget why a particular provision was formulated and on what grounds one supported or opposed it . |
| 25 | Certainly it is the only Egyptian village I know where the houses are placed so far apart . |
| 26 | If you read any report that comes out from the government , any report that comes out from Shelter you will find that in fact private sector housing , your house , my house , our houses are subsidised twice as much by this government than so called public . |
| 27 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 28 | If the rocks into which the river is incised are sufficiently weak , ingrown meanders may never develop as the intervening spurs are destroyed too rapidly by the downstream sweep of the meander belt . |
| 29 | Since children 's linguistic performance varies across situations , it is particularly important that the conditions associated with the collection of the data for the age norms are repeated as closely as possible when an individual child is assessed . |
| 30 | In the wall of the growing cell the glucose molecules are joined together endwise ( Figure 2 ) by a chemical reaction known as a ‘ condensation reaction ‘ : |