Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second round of ‘ Unity ’ talks between the two opposing Unix factions are faring much better than the ill-fated first bout , though actual unity is unlikely to result at least in the short term . |
| 2 | If the smallest doses are given then even if the remedy is inappropriate the harm done is insignificant and the appropriate remedy quickly puts the case in order . |
| 3 | With regard to safety , if a product is misused or overheated it is better if unpleasant or acrid fumes are given off rather than sweet smelling , pleasant fumes that may be toxic |
| 4 | To some , the parade before the public is a source of extreme satisfaction to their vanity , but all the preliminaries that go before the parade are so much drudgeries that irritate , and are completed as hastily as possible . |
| 5 | The firm is well known for its painstaking research , which may mean that assignments are completed less quickly than by rival headhunters , but they are certainly carried out more thoroughly . |
| 6 | Where disabled persons are treated less favourably than others because they can not comply with a requirement with which a substantially higher proportion of non-disabled persons can comply , and the requirement is not justifiable in the circumstances , indirect discrimination will arise . |
| 7 | I think the way things are going now the Black people in South Africa are treated much better than they were before , but they used to be treated terribly , and after all it was their country . |
| 8 | The voices have been heard as far as the race track or right at the other end of the town , depending on which way the wind is blowing . |
| 9 | For the last decade , such accolades have been heard more rarely since Mr Swinton chose a hermit 's life in the West Country and no paintings of his have come before the Selection Committee at the Royal Academy since he left London . |
| 10 | The stages are listed here not because this is exactly what every survey is like , or should be like , but because survey researchers have to consider all these points at some stage , and usually in roughly this order . |
| 11 | If Richard Herrnstein ( ’ IQ encounters with the press ’ , 28 April , p 230 ) has been treated as shabbily as he says by American newspapers , that is unforgivable . |
| 12 | ‘ Farthingdales are struggling as hard as Chester 's in the current market . |
| 13 | A broadside written towards the end of the 1680s defended the Church of England against the charge that their stress on obedience and subjection had been pressed so far as " to set up arbitrary Power , and the Will of the Prince , above Law " . |
| 14 | The idea has been taken up by the British Library , and by Scottish university libraries , though no dramatic results appear to have been registered so far as acquisition practice is concerned . |
| 15 | It is whether we are prepared to destroy the tripartite system that has been developed in this country since the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act of eighteen thirty five and the Local Government Act of eighteen eighty eight , for make no mistake about it Clause two of this Bill effectively destroys the careful balance that has been developed over more than a century between chief officers , local police authorities and the Home Secretary . |
| 16 | These syllabuses have been developed as far as possible in common with the HND in Business Studies . |
| 17 | In the case of Penge , apart from one low and narrow railway bridge , there was no difficulty with narrow roads , since Penge had been developed much later than Croydon and its main roads were of ample width . |
| 18 | ‘ Myself , Ferg and Noel have been hanging around together since we were fairly young , ’ says Mike . |
| 19 | Lee Jackson has been competing very well as hooker and deserves another chance . |
| 20 | It has been gathering there ever since the breach was healed . |
| 21 | It is so much easier to understand detailed and complicated financial figures when they are explained graphically rather than as a mass of figures on a piece of paper . |
| 22 | Extra-Statutory Concession D2 has also been amended as far as an individual is concerned so that it does not apply to a settlor of a resident or non-resident " settlor-interested " settlement . |
| 23 | International discussion is eased if they are distinguished as far as possible . |
| 24 | A Steamship Owners ' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association had been formed as early as 1874 which later became part of a North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association , and as early as 1878 shipowners of the north-east were complaining of the " tyrannical " attempts of a " dictatorial body of unionists " ' to impose demands on the industry , establishing in 1885 a Central Association of Shipowners of Sunderland , Glasgow and Newcastle to put their views to the Royal Commission of 1886 on Chamberlain 's proposed Shipping Bill . |
| 25 | 10. ( 1 ) An application to a licensing board of any kind mentioned in subsection ( 6 ) below in respect of any premises shall be in such form as may be prescribed , shall be completed and signed by the applicant or his agent , and shall be lodged with the clerk of the licensing within whose area the premises are situated not later than five weeks before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered . |
| 26 | Here , relationships are prescribed formally rather than informally , thereby strengthening a manager 's capacity to control the behaviour of others . |
| 27 | Linda , Christy , Cindy , Claudia , Yasmeen , Naomi ; their names are dropped as casually as cigarette butts in a pavement cafe . |
| 28 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Deer numbers have been climbing steadily ever since the animals became a valuable resource for owners of stalking rights , and in many areas of the Highlands are now at levels which the land can not easily support . |