Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reading 's Adrian Williams was sent clear only to be dragged down by Thomas on the edge of the area in the 51st minute and referee Ron Groves immediately reached for the red card . |
| 2 | This engendered an ‘ us-and-them ’ attitude : information was seen as a divisional resource , only rarely to be shared with other operating units . |
| 3 | HODSON L.J. : Mr. Priestley has argued that [ as the wife was in desertion when the agreement was made ] she had forfeited all right to be maintained by her husband and so she was giving no consideration at all when she said she would maintain herself , because that is what she would have to do anyway . |
| 4 | We must face the problem of possible rejection and realize it is all right to show our true feelings and that it is all right to be rejected . |
| 5 | ‘ Lydia , are you sure she was all right to be left alone ? ’ |
| 6 | His hair was white and powdered and long enough to be tied in a small black silk bow . |
| 7 | This pond survived just long enough to be incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal in 1833 , complete with an unusual wealth of water plants , which have earned the canal basin the status of Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1986 . |
| 8 | Even if micro-organisms can be preserved in chert , it is difficult to believe that a creature as large but as fragile and insubstantial as a jellyfish could retain its shape long enough to be fossilised . |
| 9 | Suedehead — hair long enough to be influenced by a comb . |
| 10 | The words THE HANGMAN S ARMS showed up just long enough to be read . |
| 11 | The latter region incorporates the material that is oligomeric , and the line separating II and III represents the oligomer-polymer transition where the chains begin to become long enough to be considered capable of adopting a gaussian coil conformation . |
| 12 | So far neither of them had raised their voices , or only enough to be heard above Gordon 's din . |
| 13 | However , they are less obviously to be seen in the academic community as a whole than in the discrete disciplinary sub-cultures , where they take different forms ( Becher 1989 ) . |
| 14 | At 1 p.m. on the twenty-sixth , explosions loud enough to be heard well over 150 kilometres away were taking place at intervals of about ten minutes , and at about 2 p.m. an English ship , 120 kilometres from the scene , sighted a black cloud , rising to an altitude estimated to be about twenty-five kilometres above the volcano . |
| 15 | Martin stopped a few feet before him and stood with legs planted firmly apart , said loud enough to be heard above the music , ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ |
| 16 | Is your voice loud enough to be heard on all occasions ? |
| 17 | He passed her , holding his face away from every shouted word , interspersing them with his own but not loud enough to be heard : ‘ Stop it , ’ ‘ This is destructive , ’ ‘ Do n't say these things , ’ until in the middle of the hall he thrashed the coat repeatedly against the floor , yelling louder than he had ever done . |
| 18 | Afterwards he will raise his voice and holler loud enough to be heard by the whole roomful of guests milling around chatting , perhaps talking excitedly with drinks in their hands , ‘ LADIES and GENTLEMEN ! |
| 19 | ‘ How long ? ’ shouted Billie from the rear , loud enough to be heard over the roar of the two-hundred horsepower engine . |
| 20 | The older man shook his head slightly , his mouth made a round shape , ‘ Aw , come on , cut it out , man , ’ ( but not loud enough to be heard ) . |
| 21 | They turned south this time and soon Jenna was amused and intrigued to see huge gaggles of geese in fields , moving about almost as one and honking loud enough to be heard over the noise of the car . |
| 22 | But there was a snap loud enough to be heard in the bushes , and then a long-drawn-out clinking noise as the chain fell away . |
| 23 | It is perhaps not to be wondered that when the clouds of war then appeared , those in high places turned a speculative eye on this , the greatest privately-owned railway organisation in the world , with facilities and space , equipped in a wide range , from precision tools to mighty hammers , forges , foundries , and a tradition of skilled craftsmanship grafted to modern organisational and administrative ability , for a possible source of production of the sinews of war . |
| 24 | Don Carlos ( Verdi ) Rosalind Plowright as Queen Elisabeth of Spain , Gwynne Howell as Philip II and Jonathan Summers as the defiant Posa , all not to be missed in David Pountney 's rather severe , economical production of Verdi 's masterpiece , superbly conducted by Mark Elder . |
| 25 | As for the questions of how far responsibility is to be allocated between us and our tempters , how much temptation human beings can ‘ reasonably ’ be expected to stand — these are obviously not to be answered by mere mortals . |
| 26 | There is otherwise a risk that the dog may become somewhat fearful of your hands , which is obviously not to be recommended . |
| 27 | But she knew Boardwalk well enough not to be fooled . |
| 28 | ‘ But it is certainly important enough not to be ignored . ’ |
| 29 | Well we 're all young enough not to be bothered by it . |
| 30 | Yes , as soon as the surface has hardened enough not to be marked , it should be covered with a polythene sheet to prevent it from drying out too quickly . |