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

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1 It is , like most of the concepts in social science , a contested , relatively vague one that can only be made less vague , of greater theoretical relevance through systematic empirical exploration .
2 The idea that a baseline need only be established immediately prior to delivery of an operational system is considered to be unsound .
3 Many people have become paupers after their association with her but the pleasure of her company can only be had as long as one is in possession of riches to bestow on her . ’
4 Accordingly P P G three on paragraph thirty three states that a new settlement should normally only be contemplated where certain criteria are satisfied , including avoidance of the greenbelt .
5 ‘ This view can not perhaps be made entirely consistent with all that is said by Lord Eldon in the case Ex parte Gifford ( 1802 ) 6 Ves .
6 Our congratulations go to two Trainers , who will shortly be taking up new appointments — Joan Gatfield has been appointed as Associate Lecturer at Southwark and Hilary Weedon is now Senior Liaison Officer of the National Childrens Play and Recreation Unit of the Sports Council .
7 I will shortly be preparing more detailed notes and will make them available to you as soon as they are completed .
8 Global warming could soon be accelerated dramatically due to a thinning of the sea ice , Mrs Thatcher said yesterday in the 50th anniversary lecture of the parliamentary and scientific committee at the Lords .
9 GLOBAL warming could soon be accelerated dramatically due to a thinning of the sea ice , Mrs Thatcher said yesterday .
10 Or rather they can tell you that ‘ previous assumptions on the dark nature of this pigment can no longer be considered entirely operative ; indeed , we may be in total reversal scenario here , which is in line with expectations . ’
11 London may just be carrying too big a burden of research and teaching for its population — but the means by which research and education get redistributed , rather than simply shut , remain unclear .
12 I know him — he 'll just be lying there miserable … ’
13 A famous Champagne house sporting blatantly low stocks , or declaring cellars which could easily be judged too small for the firm 's recorded production , would have invited the Nazis to make an intensive search .
14 ‘ I told him to come the day before the operation , ’ she says ‘ I thought I 'd still be looking fairly reasonable then . ’
15 MORE than half Britain 's councils will still be chasing up old poll debts five years after the tax was abolished .
16 MORE than half Britain 's councils will still be chasing up old poll debts five years after the tax was abolished .
17 Without her , Bernard would still be running off smudgy manifestos from a basement squat in Islington .
18 NEW WBC champion Lennox Lewis may still be considered essentially Canadian in some boxing circles .
19 In the 1850s a factory of 300 in Britain could still be considered very large , and as late as 1871 the average British cotton factory employed 180 people , the average works manufacturing machinery a mere eighty-five .
20 The effect unsettled him , and he found the fact that he could still be unsettled somehow curious .
21 Well I shall still be sitting down bloated out no doubt , but er , it 's just not doing it , actually doing it .
22 The 1989 Schools ' Regulations allow governing bodies to delegate some of their responsibilities to sub-committees or to individuals , though the governing body can still be held legally responsible for any actions taken under these delegated powers .
23 If the chancel or east end is self-contained , it can possibly be left substantially intact .
24 ‘ It need hardly be stressed how undesirable a situation is , whereby a prisoner can hang himself and remain suspended for several hours within a cell , unbeknown to either his cellmate or the supervising authority , ’ said the sheriff .
25 Here " head " ( , ) and " pate " ( ) are the pair , and are perhaps completely synonymous ( though the latter could reasonably be thought more specific or " concrete " than the former ) .
26 The junction of a thermocouple can also be made very small , so all these devices can be made to respond rapidly .
27 A statutory definition more restricted than existing law could also be rendered reasonably precise , especially if it abandoned the idea of public benefit and rejected many charities now falling under the fourth head .
28 There are several plastic tracks available , varying in strength , which are suitable for straight runs and which can also be bent successfully round bays .
29 You should also be feeling more positive about yourself and your chances of success .
30 We will also be showing why continued research should be permitted , and how disastrous it would be for all women if the policy advocated by the Pro-Life lobby were to be adopted .
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