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

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1 While Brunner naturally had not the remotest intention of supporting anything of this kind , his concern for his own kind of natural theology seemed to Barth to be wholly without adequate defences against it .
2 He maintains that when you do this test , which will show how you approach problem solving , you will be somewhere along that continuum .
3 Given the dire state of the rouble , computer sales in Russia now tend to be mostly to those pockets of the economy still generating hard currency .
4 They 'd be on to central heating systems next .
5 So I put them two and a half up to press with this one and then I can turn it over and I 'll be on to third side .
6 Now the hunt must be on for tryp-killing drug molecules which will actually penetrate into the choroid epithelium .
7 Well before Cordoba made his debut over today 's course two months ago , his name was being whispered behind many a well-respected hand as the one to be on for next year 's 2000 Guineas .
8 I sat on a committee chaired by Paul Fox , a big representative steering group for the Royal Television Society 's Biennial Cambridge Convention ( the only woman ) , which he had asked me to be on at that time .
9 Apart from exhibitions from its stock of artists such as Mary Cassatt , Maurice Prendergast and John Singer Sargent , which Adelson plans to hang in the new gallery , a show of contemporary sculptor Jim Ritchie will be on from 12 November to 5 December .
10 Was not the citizens charter supposed to be all about open Government ?
11 While existing premium products were considered adult they were , says Bartle , thought to be all about formal occasions , badge values and impressing others .
12 E.g. everyone in some place might wear white Sta-Prests and the next mob might be all in dark green .
13 If you look back at any year you only get ten or 20 good records and they 're not likely to be all in one week . ’
14 ‘ Well , I seem to be all in one piece , Nurse — sorry , Sister .
15 But it 's good to be all in one piece again . ’
16 I must apologise for this stupid oversight which is doubtless my fault — a symptom of the pressure we seem to be constantly under these days .
17 That does n't seem to be so at some stages it is a little difficult getting it over as a as a a retired person talking to someone who is facing redundancy about retirement .
18 It is logical that this should be so for actuarial skills are in limited supply , are in increasing demand , and frequently carry a great deal of responsibility .
19 This may be so for some cultures where the taboos of the kind mentioned by Freud exist , but it can not account for all the taboos and rites surrounding the dead in cultures where the dead are seen as more friendly .
20 I believe strongly in our separate strengths — surely it should be so with all couples — that you give each other support , and character .
21 This ‘ may be known to be so by any man 's experience , that will but examine his own mind ’ .
22 This will be so in developing countries with little experience of technology , but may operate to the product 's advantage in more developed areas .
23 The survey figures also suggest very clearly that the lack of really severe cold in any winter since has enabled many resident birds to maintain increased populations in woodland , although this may not be so in other habitats .
24 Functionalists emphasise that inequality has been a prominent feature of past human societies and continues to be so in contemporary societies of West and East .
25 Not all women consider themselves to be beautiful , or indeed wish to be so in conventional terms .
26 In other jurisdictions , an abuse of authority of this nature is clearly an offence and ought to be so in this country as well .
27 Perhaps communication should be at the broadest possible level if that is done well ; if not , it should be only at that level which can be done well .
28 It would thus be only for those films with generally low levels of subjective risk or few moving objects that subjects actually looked at the fixed information even in the recognition phase and were thus able to be biased by it .
29 However , the potential reserves offered by these reefs would be minimal because of their relatively small size , and they are likely to be only of limited interest as exploration targets .
30 Such pithy pronouncements on what a discipline is about can be only of heuristic guidance .
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