Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , when he was forced to admit , in early June 1977 , that the trooPs concentrated in response to the UUAC general strike were to be withdrawn as soon as possible , he endeavoured to reassure the public with the remark , ‘ More is being done in the field of SAS-type activities than is realised and this will now be intensified . ’ |
| 2 | A pollution does not provide an officer with the excitement , satisfaction , and possible prestige among colleagues enjoyed by policemen ( Cain , 1973:32 ) , but is a symbolic assault on ‘ his river ’ , a serious blow to his careful tending of the environment to be healed as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | Choppy Spencer is are you prepared to accept the conclusion that some people might be suggesting right now that this whole stunt of opting out is a political fumble ? |
| 4 | Many of the difficulties of timeliness , accuracy , reliability , specificity and of the construction and choice of indicators would be eased very considerably if Central Government were to institute a very large continuing ‘ Resource Allocation ’ survey , with a sample of perhaps two to ten per cent of the population in each year . |
| 5 | ( 6 ) Finally , and importantly , the study of homoclinic orbits can be undertaken relatively easily and cheaply on a computer . |
| 6 | These contradictions between GCSE and records of achievement may be explained quite simply since they reflect a fundamental tension in the purpose of school assessment itself . |
| 7 | From this point of view the French have never regarded fascism as an aberration , concurring rather with Césaire and Fanon that it can be explained quite simply as European colonialism brought home to Europe by a country that had been deprived of its overseas empire after World War I. French poststructuralism , therefore , involves a critique of reason as a system of domination comparable to that of the Frankfurt School , but rather than setting up the possibility of a purged reason operating in an unblocked , ideal speech situation as a defence against tyranny and coercion in the manner of a Habermas , it reanalyses the operations of reason as such . |
| 8 | While certainly it seems plausible to suggest that , if there are people from similar social or educational backgrounds in a number of key roles , the relationships between those people will facilitate the sharing of ideas and opinions , the processes involved can not necessarily be explained as simply as this . |
| 9 | It is true that the carefully authentic material has to be explained more fully than it had to be for readers of Marryat 's day , who could be supposed to possess a modicum of previous knowledge of naval affairs . |
| 10 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 11 | This means that leaks can be pin-pointed as well as identified . |
| 12 | But Timothy Gedge could n't be dismissed as easily as that . |
| 13 | But his appeal to the IRA leadership to call a halt to its bloody campaign is likely to be dismissed as promptly as the Loyalists yesterday rejected calls to lay down their arms . |
| 14 | If no sand filter is installed , then for pump-fed filters it should be plumbed in so that it intercepts water before it enters the chamber(s) . |
| 15 | Provided that the action does not cease under sub s ( 2 ) of s 138 ( that is , the lessee has not paid into court ( sic ) not less than five clear days before the return day all the rent in arrear and the costs of the action ) then , if the court is satisfied that the lessor is entitled to enforce the right of re-entry or forfeiture for non-payment of rent , it shall order possession to be given not less than four weeks from the date of the order unless within that period the lessee pays into court ( sic ) all arrears and costs ( s 138(3) ) . |
| 16 | Remedies can be given both pre-operatively and post-operatively to speed up healing and to counteract any effects of anxiety , shock and the anaesthetic . |
| 17 | Ciprofloxacin can be given either orally or intravenously . |
| 18 | All offers of accommodation should be given as soon as possible to Avril Foux . |
| 19 | ‘ The orders will be given as soon as possible , Reichsmarschall . ’ |
| 20 | Results will be given as quickly as possible , but some experts fear they could take up to a month if demand is high . |
| 21 | Other examples of ways to liaise in practice will be given as often as possible . |
| 22 | However , he was much more explicit in his references to the nature of ‘ adolescence ’ , referring to it as the age of ‘ terrible peril ’ which had to be responded to ; the ‘ wayward forces ’ had to be ‘ rightly directed ’ , so that the ‘ new instincts and impulses , the new faculties and powers … shall be rightly exercised and trained , and that protection shall be given as far as possible against the temptations to which it is exposed ’ . |
| 23 | But it has to be formulated more precisely if it is not to be confused with other crimes which have the dubious distinction of sharing these aphorismic characteristics . |
| 24 | In reality , the asset would form part of the ‘ general pool ’ of plant and machinery and the tax benefit of the balancing allowance would not be realised as early as in the example . |
| 25 | When this proves to be impossible , the edge of the previous day 's work should be roughed up so that the new mix will key with it . |
| 26 | Her camp confirms the lengths to which Kylie is prepared to go to maintain the environment-friendly campaign and reveals she REFUSES to handle everyday plastics , because they can not be broken down naturally and pose a threat to the habitat . |
| 27 | Like most basic rules , they can be broken very successfully and creatively sometimes , but it is best to stick to the rules at first . |
| 28 | No sooner had the Colonel stumped out , his face flushed with a moral indignation that might or might not be sustained as far as Eaton Square and the Foreign Secretary 's residence , than the telephone rang . |
| 29 | Others agreed with the idea of a sanctuary , but suggested that it should be situated somewhere else where there would be no conflicts with recreational fishing , prompting Steve Dawson to draw the analogy of ‘ putting a plaster on your bum to treat a boil on your forehead . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll be eating out mostly until my housekeeper gets back . ’ |