Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth noting , however , that the offences listed are either in deliberate defiance of God 's holy law , or offences against people — not property . |
| 2 | Mature Student was defined as someone who has been away from continuous education for more than one year . |
| 3 | The June 5 announcement that Foreign Minister Ghozali was to be the new Prime Minister prompted favourable international press comment ; Tehran radio said that he was " recognized by the Islamists as someone who has been away from domestic confrontation " . |
| 4 | The little direct interchange which has occurred has been largely between compatible representatives of broadly similar organisations , e.g. Crofters ' and Farmers ' Unions , or between a variety of environmental and wildlife bodies , or among a number of local history societies . |
| 5 | This has been mostly in agricultural chemicals where tonnages have proved a good fit with Hickson 's type of batch equipment . |
| 6 | It has been more like carnival week in Rio than the death of an iron man . |
| 7 | This has been more like Labour conferences of old , with dust ups and cliff hanging votes , unlike last year 's sanitised affair . |
| 8 | Its profits record , which has been far from outstanding , suggests that it is wrong . |
| 9 | Both her looks and personality came from a ride to stardom that has been far from comfortable . |
| 10 | But the year since Robert Maxwell 's death has been far from comfortable . |
| 11 | The task of loading and storing the data has been far from trivial ; for one thing , the total raw data in the SAS/LBS for Great Britain at all areal levels comes to some 6–7 gigabytes . |
| 12 | A certain narrow-mindedness has pervaded studies of electronic information as the focus has been predominately by national archives on the preservation of records about the national governments themselves . |
| 13 | Even though there are signs that the world 's economies are beginning to operate closer together in time terms , nevertheless in the past it has been seldom that every part of the world has been simultaneously in total depression . |
| 14 | The amount of polluting matter discharged is also of considerable significance , but how significant depends on the capacity of the receiving watercourse . |
| 15 | We had already settled for Peru when Terry rang , but the vision he described was far from encouraging : Lima a cauldron of unrest and theft , the hills in the hands of ‘ Sendero , ’ the country on the edge of collapse . |
| 16 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 17 | Patients ( especially mothers ) who have such poor relationships with their children that abuse or neglect are suspected are also at special risk . |
| 18 | The modest honours he received were mainly from natural history societies , but in 1873 he was awarded the honorary degree of MA by Yale University , in 1902 the Victoria medal of honour by the Royal Horticultural Society , and in 1903 the gold medal of the Linnean Society . |
| 19 | Sometimes these are disabled birds and summering is doubtfully of annual occurrence . |
| 20 | But while the legislators were vying with each other to amend insolvency laws which all were agreed were far from fair or just , in 1842 they were able to agree on the need to do away with the notorious symbol of that unfairness and injustice , the Fleet Prison . |
| 21 | Further complications have to be added ; for instance , various parts of a herb have different effects because the times of the year for collection affect the content of the herb ; the quantity used is also of major importance , and there are at least 700 medicinal herbs used by European races . |
| 22 | The conclusion to be drawn from the above discussion is that while market forces undoubtedly constrain management behaviour , the disciplinary framework they impose is far from complete . |
| 23 | Italy are going to be defending their territory , they 've got all these teams in their country , and like , some of them ; England , Holland , German , they 're going to like be there on Italian sort of territory and they do n't want that , they 're going to be , there 's going to be trouble I think . |
| 24 | ( Even so , Valentin 's marriage did not survive and it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that its atmosphere must have been far from normal . |
| 25 | It is the longest time the that the royal couple will have been together in public since the intense speculation about their marriage during the summer . |
| 26 | I doubt if I would ever have been quite to aware of this had we not gone through this disaster . |
| 27 | Saying that ‘ the Pilgrim Fathers will always hold a unique place among the venerated saints of mankind ’ may be going too far , but their plain approach to life , the simple statement of belief they made on the voyage in the Mayflower Compact , and their peaceful settlements and good relations with the Indians among whom they settled were certainly in sharp contrast to what happened in most colonies . |
| 28 | A consideration of the form and effectiveness of this response falls outside the scope of this book , but is should be emphasised that the international context in which large companies operate is also of central importance to the control of companies domestically . |
| 29 | The place to start is clearly with Froggy 's sister . |
| 30 | The everyday household products we use are also of vital importance to maintain a ‘ green ’ lifestyle . |