Example sentences of "[be] [adj] and [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scuba diving courses are popular and even snorkelers will see a wide range of unusual creatures , such as flying fish , sea-horses , sword and hammer fish in these deep blue waters . |
| 2 | The thin , external walls of the chimneys are porous and so oxygen from the outside atmosphere diffuses in . |
| 3 | Just over one in ten ( 11 per cent ) fall into the elite ‘ Captain ’ category ; nearly threequarters ( 72 per cent ) are male and often Southerners . |
| 4 | Made from palm and coconut oils they 're gentle and usually fragrance free . |
| 5 | In our example , x 29 , x 59 and x 97 are basic and so nodes 2 , 5 and 7 are assigned to the second generation and P(2) = P(5) = P(7) = 9 . |
| 6 | ‘ Would n't it be grand if we could show Mr. Olinton that Brownies are helpful and not nuisances at all ? |
| 7 | Mr Shevardnadze says local Russian commanders are responsible and not President Boris Yeltsin . |
| 8 | She was supposed to be pregnant and perhaps Scotland might still get its heir but would it be a male prince and who would protect him over the coming years ? |
| 9 | The general justification for having a system of punishment must therefore be forward-looking and primarily reductivist : based on the claim that punishment does something to reduce the incidence of crime , and thereby prevents the diminution of some other people 's positive freedom . |
| 10 | Life for me would be empty and not life , a mere dragging on of weary time , perhaps not that . |
| 11 | His dogs looked as if they might be dangerous and so Coetzee reached for a tried and tested method for solving the problem — strychnine . |
| 12 | Down bags are usually more expensive than synthetic models but the weight to warmth ratio tends to be better and down bag can be packed very small . |
| 13 | Terminating a finite line of length I with this characteristic impedance forces But from equations ( 9.78 ) , ( 9.79 ) and ( 9.80 ) To satisfy equations ( 9.83 ) , ( 9.84 ) and ( 9.85 ) simultaneously , the current must be zero and so equation ( 9.82 ) applies again . |
| 14 | all numbers must be essential and not garnish |
| 15 | Looking back at the bell-box Sorvino was tempted to find a half-brick and try to put it out , but that would be fun and not duty . |
| 16 | Whether ther there 's a there 's a t two pronged effect the first of which is that high tariffs consumption because prices are higher and therefore consumption will fall and secondly , if high prices are also charged farmers to domestic farmers right then they 'll increase their output . |
| 17 | Offer up the decorative trellis panels ( concave and convex arches are available , as well as rectangular sections ) and use a spirit level to ensure they are horizontal and approximately 2in above the top of the fence . |
| 18 | ‘ Although house prices remain weak , building society commitments and advances are stronger and both housebuilders and estate agents are now reporting increased activity . |
| 19 | Remember , Bowyer 's and Southgate 's boots were wet and so leather would swell a little . |
| 20 | At least previous populists like Julie Burchill and the Swells were funny and obviously masochists . |
| 21 | Stressing that his views were personal and not society policy , Mr Adair gave as examples of tinkering with the criminal system attempts to have the not proven verdict abolished , to introduce an offensive weapons charge and to examine the number of crimes committed by people already on bail . |
| 22 | Lots of people wanted to know how Christians were Socialist and how Socialists were Christian . |
| 23 | Tonal quality is relatively bright without being hard and again naturalness is the keynote . |
| 24 | O. simulans differs from O. mesembria in the form of the disk spinelets which have more points to the crown than those of O. mesembria ; shorter more rounded tentacle scales ; and stout , often curved lower arm spines , those of O. mesembria being long and quite rugose but not curved . |
| 25 | The four double blind challenges that were done were negative and only 30% maintained remission for longer than 12 months indicating no influence of elimination diets on the duration of remission . |
| 26 | I 'll definitely be through , all being well and hopefully James is going to manage too … |
| 27 | But marine biologist and shark specialist Richard Fitzpatrick , of Oceanworld marine park , Sydney , said the two attacks were coincidental and not part of an emerging trend . |
| 28 | One difficulty is that , like geriatric medicine , rehabilitation medicine in the past has been regarded within the profession as a ‘ soft option ’ bringing limited benefits , being unexciting and scarcely medicine . |
| 29 | Disappointments are rare and sometimes people are even better than you 'd imagined . |
| 30 | C is thus negative for a laser : its definition arises from the field of optical bistability ( see below ) where the medium is lossy and thus C is positive . |