Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BA 's strength has long been its profitable routes across the North Atlantic . |
| 2 | Our entrepreneurial drive has long been our distinguishing trait . |
| 3 | Were not gon na have , were not gon na have quite enough are we this time , I think if perhaps the people who come regularly , erm perhaps could take first , erm I do n't know , you , we have ten , is it ten ? |
| 4 | So are her romantic schoolgirls , and Betsy in this book is the most imaginative of all the race . |
| 5 | So are there two boats going every day then ? |
| 6 | So are there other sources of evidence that can offer deeper insights ? |
| 7 | The advantages of Bt toxins are obvious : not only are they natural proteins that readily degrade in the environment , but they are highly specific for crop-destroying caterpillars ( Lepidoptera ) , flies ( Diptera ) , or beetles and weevils ( Coleoptera ) ; they do not harm vertebrates . |
| 8 | Not only are they dramatic representations of personal and social events , they are also outward expressions of inner emotional feelings . |
| 9 | Pulmonarias make an impressive foundation , not only are their early flowers a welcome sight , but the foliage that follows can be outstanding — although those with the most attractive flowers are not always succeeded by the best leaves . |
| 10 | Thus , not only are their own customers in focus , but the demands of the next group of customers " down the line " are part of the segment . |
| 11 | Not only are there good approximations to such an object available in nature but also it is an ideal subject for theoretical consideration . |
| 12 | Not only are there different kinds of theories but also there are different priorities awarded to theories vis-à-vis methods . |
| 13 | A closer look at this data supports the obvious view that not only are there different rates of accidents among manual occupations but also that rates of accidents are higher in occupations with high proportions of manual than non-manual workers . |
| 14 | Where work can be planned in co-operation , in any modification or adaptation of team teaching , not only are there obvious gains for the students but the teacher himself receives much needed support . |
| 15 | Not only are there fewer titles published today but the process of decline has also led to monopolies within large cities . |
| 16 | Not only are there fewer workers around on each farm than formerly , but the modern farm worker spends much of his time isolated in the noisy interior of his tractor cab . |
| 17 | Not only are there few people in the Highlands and Islands , but they are much fewer than in the past ( see Appendix 2 ) . |
| 18 | still believe that SSE is important but I do n't believe that those who devised the scheme have got it right yet — feedback to the LEA , etc. will only be what senior staff within the school wish to discuss ; |
| 19 | The primary determinant of service was still land , in the sense that a lord normally drew the core of his following from the area where his estates lay , although the men who looked to him for lordship would not necessarily be his own tenants . |
| 20 | The primary determinant of service was still land , in the sense that a lord normally drew the core of his following from the area where his estates lay , although the men who looked to him for lordship would not necessarily be his own tenants . |
| 21 | Not only were they prolific breeding stock , but some very useful dogs were to appear from their matings . |
| 22 | Indeed , not only were his 29 League goals ( out of a total of 70 ) the major contribution towards Palace 's promotion to Division Two in 1920–21 , ( our first season in the Football League ) , but many of them had been scored with his head . |
| 23 | Not only were there extensive wastes or commons in some areas , but also rough woodland , unreclaimed land and undeveloped land to a greater or lesser extent wooded , which is the natural vegetation for cool temperate areas like Britain . |
| 24 | Not only were there French troops , but Frenchmen were infiltrated into the royal household , and even into the higher levels of government . |
| 25 | Not only were there more 40s. men and fewer at £1 or less , but in the borough itself the poorest class was much smaller than on the land , implying that the more skilled , more remunerative trades were carried out there , while poorly paid weavers and the like lived and worked in Speenhamland . |
| 26 | So were his long trousers , his formal shirts , and what he thought of as his work-clothes : camouflage trousers and combat jackets . |
| 27 | So were his oral extravaganzas . |
| 28 | So 's my old woman . |
| 29 | But its long bill , silhouetted against the darkening sky as it flew over , is wader-like — and so is its cryptic plumage . |
| 30 | The precise number of homeworkers is hard to assess , and so is their real pay , for many of them do piece-work , and find it hard to calculated how much they do . |