Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [art] [noun] be " in BNC.

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1 That 's right so the total 's a hundred and forty three .
2 More recently , free draws have become popular whereby a purchase is not necessary and one shopper merely fills in his or her name on an entry form and ‘ posts ’ it in an entry box in the retail outlet .
3 But I 'm afraid even the TARDIS is n't that enormous .
4 I only watched the first 10mins of the FA cup game yesterday … funny how no mention was made of Pallisters hand ball in the box … or dick head schmeichal pushing Kamara in the face .
5 There are three conclusions drawn from these arguments , all to some extent encapsulated in the 1958 Education Reform Bill , though it is not altogether clear how the proposals are related to each other .
6 A few preliminary skirmishes in the early stages of the relationship will make it clear how the man is going to react to tears .
7 if it is not clear how the words were in fact understood , the question is how a reasonable listener would have interpreted them in the particular context .
8 It was they who made very clear how the body is but a reflection of the life force within it .
9 If — as happens too often — the new methods are even more inconvenient than the old then a change-over is difficult , because to the basic inconvenience of the new pattern must be added the inconvenience of learning it .
10 Erm as the scale of the problem became clear however the Party was forced to react and in a series of directives between February and May nineteen forty eight the leadership established more moderate ground rules for land reform .
11 The following morning he went to Dawson 's house , thereby missing a telephone call from the King 's private secretary asking him to go to the Palace before luncheon ( it is not clear why the message was not passed on ) .
12 It is not clear why the disease is usually not apparent until calves , turned out to graze in the spring , have been at grass for 2-5 months .
13 Unlike Aunt Kit , who believed it to be a barbaric rite , intolerable between reasonable men and women , Aunt Lilian , the headmistress , simply felt it her duty to point out that a career — any career — would be less easy once a girl was lumbered with a husband and children .
14 These figures suggest that where items are available at all times ( as in the case of items housed in the Main Building , which are accessible whenever the Library is open to the public ) and can be delivered relatively quickly ( as is again the case with items from the Main Building ) readers will tend not to make advance reservations , but where access is restricted ( as in the case of material from the Annexe and from the Advocates ' Library , both of which have restricted hours of service ) or where delivery may take some time ( as is particularly the case with Annexe materials ) advance orders will more frequently be placed .
15 She waited thus for what she judged to be half an hour , moving a few steps to and fro to keep warm whenever the coast was clear .
16 And fortunately again you often find that people , because it 's a novel situation , it 's amazing how the public are c often so helpful .
17 If the actor was real then the film was real and it worked .
18 If a total of less than 1% of the population is undefined then the errors are unlikely to be great , but the reliability of the moments decreases sharply as the proportions of undefined materials increases , and the technique should not be used with a higher proportion of unknowns notwithstanding the convenience and availability of pocket calculators suitable to perform the arithmetic .
19 The strategy 's objective is to achieve a patient record that will be accessible wherever a patient is treated and to build on that record an entire clinical information system , so its success depends on the support of doctors .
20 Some of them leave the impression that they are really too busy to deal with media enquiries and unless the journalist can use the name of a well known programme or a national daily the service is grudging to say the least .
21 Contrast the following case , in which it is Mela , an Augustan jurist of uncertain leanings , who is opposed to the validity of the disposition , arguing that if the amount is unstated then the amount is zero , while Nerva , a first-century Proculian , is in favour of it ; Ulpian follows him in suggesting that the amount the testator usually gave is payable , failing which it can be determined according to status .
22 If you spread the group up and as far as you 're concerned there 's only a couple of guys looking at you and within the group more supportive than just one big body and if you 're feeling comfortable then the chances are you retain more information and part information to not just sat there .
23 It is not obvious why the Court was concerned with the possible application of Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 to the activation of the suspended sentence in this case ( although it concluded that it did not apply in any event ) .
24 I felt along the ledge at the top of the door and sure enough the key was there .
25 Section 138(1) — ( 10 ) of the 1984 Act is applicable whensoever a lessor is proceeding by action to enforce a right of re-entry or forfeiture for non-payment of rent in the County Court .
26 This wo n't be necessary in the case of societies that give you one redemption figure applicable whenever the mortgage is redeemed during the month for which the figure is given .
27 Vocatives can be divided into calls , or summonses , as in ( 47 ) , and addresses , as in ( 48 ) ( Zwicky , 1974 ) : ( 47 ) Hey you , you just scratched my car with your frisbee ( 48 ) The truth is , Madam , nothing is as good nowadays The distinction is precisely that between gestural and symbolic usages , applied in this domain .
28 If the prospectus , the preliminary visit and efforts to build the school 's reputation in the neighbourhood are effective then the parents are almost preselected .
29 I 'm not sure how the connection was made , in that I build canoes ( wooden canoes-wood — dog sled ? ) , but a week or so later I had a set of plans .
30 What it does and I think we 're also dealing with a with a with a , people like right and is probably arguably worse right who 've never really had any sort of responsibility before and they not quite sure where the lines are drawn .
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