Example sentences of "[be] [art] [adj] or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enclosure may not have been the only or even the most potent of the forces increasing and impoverishing the rural proletariat in the southern and Midland counties , but it was impor-tant in bringing many to a total wage-dependency . |
| 2 | 3.13 The best way to form a view on the current level of damages for pain and suffering simpliciter is to study recent awards for minor injuries , where there has been a complete or almost complete recovery . |
| 3 | It is not intended to imply that there are no significant or even causal relations between institutional and formational relationships ; indeed , as we shall see , these will often and perhaps always be present . |
| 4 | One way of doing this is to point out the less organized character of a movement , in which there may be no regular or easily identifiable membership ( no ‘ party card ’ or dues ) , and little in the way of a central office or staff . |
| 5 | You do not have to be a separatist or even a lesbian to enjoy the benefits of graduated separatism . |
| 6 | Of the 243 companies interviewed , 56 per cent considered the disruption of children 's schooling to be a very or fairly serious problem for transferred staff . |
| 7 | Around the main tent were scores of smaller tents for the famous and not-so-famous guests , many of whom were the important or merely rich foreign friends , in France , and contained two bedroom , two marble bathrooms , and a small chic sitting room . |
| 8 | Because of these attitudes , there were no established or informally close relationships between officers of the District and the WEA branch . |
| 9 | He behaved sometimes as if heterosexual love were an improper or even immoral exercise and if his presence could disrupt it , so much the better . |
| 10 | It is worthy of note at this point that the decision as to what is the correct or most similar remedy for a patient is not necessarily simple or straightforward . |
| 11 | We can hardly begin to discuss a novel without summarising or assuming a knowledge of its story or plot ; which is not to say that the story or plot is the only or even the main reason for our interest in a novel , but that this is the fundamental principle of its structure . |
| 12 | But I do n't think that a committee meeting is the proper or best place to discuss this , do you ? |
| 13 | Thirdly , there is no necessary or even likely reason why subsidizing capital with below-cost land , premises or advice should create more jobs or lead to local regeneration . |
| 14 | While pluralist writers can not be interpreted as suggesting that there is a perfect or even extensive distribution of political power through the mechanism of interest participation in government decision making , — ’ what pluralists do argue is that more groups are involved in making decisions than is suggested by Marxist and elitists , who claim that a particular class or group has a monopoly of influence . |
| 15 | Where the vendor company is a subsidiary or closely controlled , it would be bound to consult its owners or controllers on any bona fide offer . |
| 16 | It is , however , questionable whether Manne 's ‘ negative ’ insider dealing conception ( that is , not selling on the basis of inside information ) is a dominant or even significant means of insider dealing . |
| 17 | Any resulting action should be taken in the presence of the appropriate adult if the person is a juvenile or mentally disordered or mentally handicapped . |
| 18 | If the person is a juvenile or mentally disordered or mentally handicapped the copy shall also be given to , or the interview record brought to the attention of , the appropriate adult . |
| 19 | Whether or not the purchase price is an appropriate or indeed adequate upper limit is arguable but it is only in rare circumstances that a vendor will agree to a higher limit . |
| 20 | Morgenthau 's approach was also criticized for ignoring the domestic environment of states , for failing to specify whether human nature was the determining or merely one potential cause of political action , and for being unable to account for mistakes ( if human nature is based on objective laws , then how can individuals make mistakes ? ) . |
| 21 | It was held that the defendants were guilty of wilfully promoting racial hatred if they foresaw that hatred was a certain or morally certain consequence of what they were doing , even though it was not their purpose to promote hatred . |
| 22 | Each of the organisations with which we had contact was a major or even the dominant local employer , and each was located in an area of high unemployment . |
| 23 | It was a grand or more each time . |
| 24 | You see , I did n't realise I thought there was a soft or hard , but there 's actually soft and then there 's |