Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She assured us they had only been worn a few times . |
| 2 | Richard had only been climbing a few months , but he was as strong as an ox and had no respect for tradition ( he did n't know all the horror stories ) . |
| 3 | I 've only been divorced a few months . ’ |
| 4 | I also consider ( though this may only be expressing the same conclusion in another way ) that , for the reasons given by Mr. Langley , the injunction as at present framed should be interpreted as not prohibiting compliance with the section 39 notice . |
| 5 | Most potholes can only be seen a few yards ahead , and cars swerving without warning hardly contribute to road safety . |
| 6 | I agree with your correspondent 's sentiments regarding the Forth Road Bridge and the removal of the tolls , but he will only be arriving a few minutes earlier at Edinburgh 's infamous Barnton roundabout tailback , which I believe can only be resolved by switching transport policy away from cars and road freight . |
| 7 | However , it is inefficient from a user 's point of view to leave course assessment to suppliers ( who will not necessarily be assessing the same thing as users ) , and inappropriate to expect individual users to be able to evaluate courses within any framework other than their own needs . |
| 8 | You were talking earlier about er applying the lessons learned here from the tornado programme to Eurofighter , surely the best way of doing so is to involve the same people , they 're in the same building . |
| 9 | Cadfael had already been considering the same question , and could only conclude that the abbot had indeed total faith that the Gospels would justify Shrewsbury in possession of its saint . |
| 10 | We have already been using a few special words , and as we shall be using several more , let's define the meaning of some words and phrases connected with pruning . |
| 11 | Christine has just been given the all clear … but only after an intensive five weeks of radiation treatment . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've just been told the same . |
| 13 | Fr Morrow said he would soon be lodging the same application at Keighley County Court in Mr Bland 's home town . |
| 14 | The argument was put before the Court that since all the Member States were already parties to the 1950 Convention , there could be no need for action by the Community under Article 235 , since all the Member States would , by definition , already be applying the same rules . |
| 15 | This grew while the city docks declined and finally were closed a few years ago . |
| 16 | Led by Major Ronnie Tod , 30 men went ashore and had hardly been gone a few minutes when Dudley Clarke and the commander saw the dark outline of a boat coming in from the sea . |
| 17 | ‘ And in spite of doubts , ’ the abbot reminded them wryly , ‘ should not we still be thinking the same ? |
| 18 | After time , he will still be facing the same problem : what to do with the remainder of the material ? |
| 19 | And nearly half a century later , when The Cantos would tail off ( not discreditably ) in ‘ Drafts and Fragments ’ , Pound would still be purveying the same message , in terms of ‘ the gardens of Proserpine ’ , the mineral and metallic gardens that Proserpine according to the myth created in the underworld , to duplicate as ‘ art ’ the springing herbage that she inspired in spring and summer through her six months in the overworld . |
| 20 | CCEM , which was also created to maintain and operate the government 's communication networks , has also been providing the same services to private customers . |
| 21 | Whilst they are very good at what they do , they 've also been riding the same horse for a very long time and the old nag 's starting to show signs of wear . |
| 22 | First , and best known , is GoScript while more recently Freedom of the Press has also been making a few headlines . |
| 23 | I have also been told the same story time and time again . |
| 24 | Even as I am recounting the edited version , it occurs to me that Fairfax has probably been doing the same thing . |
| 25 | In a truly decentralised system , subsidiary organisations could reasonably be given a few well-defined priorities to which assessments of corporate and individual performance would be related . |
| 26 | What this case clearly shows is that one has to be very careful in assuming that in restraint of trade cases a phrase ascribed a meaning in one case will also be ascribed the same meaning in another . |
| 27 | The United States may also be approaching the same conclusion , for between 1980 and 1988 it moved from being the world 's largest creditor to being its largest debtor . |
| 28 | Thus , for example , " theft " would probably be given the same meaning that word bears in the Theft Act 1968 ; if the drafter intends some other meaning , he/she should define the relevant word for the purposes of the contract . |
| 29 | I think the Germans are probably being told the same about us , ’ he said , smiling . |
| 30 | ‘ The players here are leaking a few goals and losing faith in themselves but there might not be a lot wrong . |