Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contrasting images which survive of Osred are probably a reflection of the increasing divisions within the Northumbrian kingdom at this time . |
| 2 | Perhaps the charge that attitudinism makes ethics peculiarly irrational is merely a way of saying that it denies that there is such a thing as objective ethical truth . |
| 3 | Pretending to be deeply interested was rather a strain . |
| 4 | So the early Carboniferous was again a time of very widespread carbonate deposition . |
| 5 | In an authoritative report prepared in 1985 for Greenpeace , Simon Northridge of the Marine Resources Assessment Group of Imperial College , London , and Professor Georg Pilleri , a respected dolphin expert , identified a lengthy list of incidental catches of dolphins and porpoises in gill-nets , of which the following are only a selection . |
| 6 | But , equally , well-intentioned laws that are badly drafted or not readily accessible are also a form of tyranny . |
| 7 | Yeah , er reading and listening are certainly a part , sorry , no skills which you have n't got , you gon na have a problem , in terms of influencing . |
| 8 | So far it may have appeared that the condition in section 12 will be broken only if the seller turns out not to be the owner , anything less serious being merely a breach of one of the warranties . |
| 9 | Our Looks Great ! extra is virtually a magazine in its own right . |
| 10 | It may be that Y Ltd. is only a buyer and re-seller , i.e. only a link in the chain of distribution . |
| 11 | Do you agree that pastoral is essentially a form of escapism ? |
| 12 | The following is essentially a list of categorized items to ask for , so that you can get quickly into segmental phonology . |
| 13 | We all used to go swimming from the beach here but Sabine was never a swimmer . |
| 14 | The diagnostic is simply a warning . |
| 15 | Indeed , the national is often a concept used deliberately to conceal conflict over the issues , to force one kind of unity around an existing status quo ( and if the arguments do not achieve unity , troops can be used to enforce it on the recalcitrants ) . |
| 16 | Membership of Rotary was always a delight to Tom , as was membership of his Masonic Lodge where he held top offices in both organisations . |
| 17 | What remains to be said here is that the objection-that science does not involve causal and other nomic connections-is sometimes a part of something more general and by its nature more difficult to deal with : scientific scepticism about philosophy and its categories . |
| 18 | However , if good and this property are simply the same thing , then the judgement that what has this property is good is just a tautology , and can not serve as the kind of important value judgement it is meant to be . |
| 19 | Being married is probably a hindrance . ’ |
| 20 | Now , though , I am saying that being reasonable is partly a matter of falling in with the conventions — in time and place — of an intellectual form of life or culture ; and this surely raises the spectre of relativism . |
| 21 | The most useful is probably a choice of law clause ( see cl 15 of Precedent 1 , and cl 1.4 of Precedent 2 ) . |
| 22 | No , the Labour Party as far as I was concerned was just a meeting , a monthly meeting , in above the Co-op in Grove . |
| 23 | The headroom that is available is partly a feature of the number of layers , but also a feature of the tolerance and openness of the environment in which we operate , an element which we seek to encourage . |
| 24 | leaf and flower calyx strongly aromatic , used in potpourri , and tussie-mussies , herb pillows , for burning in the home to replace smells ; oil used in perfumery , e.g. Hungary water NB The above is only a selection of the uses of rosemary ; there are many , many more and it is , more than most , a herb for everyday use . |
| 25 | The Cathedral at Cahors is also a domed , Byzantine type structure with its domes supported on pendentives , but the building in general is now a mixture of styles with a largely Gothic façade . |
| 26 | If you looked at it philosophically , the whole thing about big and small was just a matter of size . |
| 27 | Your reputation for being totally clean is practically a legend . |
| 28 | We are doubtful that the benefits of the inner distribution onto other roads and into particular the B six one six two which is the only access onto the western relief road as currently proposed between the A fifty nine and sixty one would generate further problems , onto a road which is only a two lane B road compared to an A l A road Sorry and A three lane road , that the environmental damage far outweighs in fact the so called benefits that are being claimed which nobody 's disputed is only a vehicle every four point eight seconds instead of every three point five seconds . |
| 29 | ‘ Pook 's Common is virtually a ghost settlement , did you know ? ’ |
| 30 | Within this apologetic ( ironic ? ) defence then , sexual difference is sustained by the very inversion which divine law forbids , and the fact that it can be so sustained is simultaneously a repudiation of the claim that sexual difference is itself dictated by divine or natural law . |