Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the colonial context it should not be altogether surprising that literacy experts have rejected the use of indigenous languages to propagate education . |
| 2 | Even so , the first use of the Antiparachute are likely to be rather tentative and sporting . |
| 3 | Hume was to say that it was not against reason to prefer the destruction of the world to the least uneasiness in one 's little finger ; it would simply be rather bizarre and repellent to normal feeling . |
| 4 | This can be most apparent when beauty marries beauty . |
| 5 | On this there was general agreement between the three PNP Phases , with a tendency for Phase 2 schools to be most satisfied and Phase 3 least . |
| 6 | If you 're pr promoting that rich peasant economy , you are hoping that middle peasants will be upwardly ambitious and mobile and , and will also move up to be , to be rich peasants . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'd sit around in the evening , Dad in his chair , he had the comfortable one , and we 'd say to him , tell us about Disneyland , and he 'd chew on his pipe and be all embarrassed and smile , and we felt like a family . |
| 8 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 9 | The actual death rate from asthma in West Cumbria seems to be much lower than mortality statistics suggest . |
| 10 | Economic and social conditions in the 1990s may prove so unlike the previous decade that CD-X purchases may either be much greater than CD-A or significantly less . |
| 11 | The relative prices of timber and steel vary greatly in different countries and also the price of timber itself varies from that of rough timber , which may be much cheaper than steel , up to expensive plywoods which cost far more than steel sheet . |
| 12 | Secular university choirs are said to be much better than church groups . |
| 13 | When eventually interviewed regarding the suspected offence there could well be a denial and whilst not essential , the prosecution case would be much stronger if corroboration is available regarding the driver 's identity . |
| 14 | November is seldom an easy month for you and , until the Sun enters Sagittarius around the 22nd , life tends to be somewhat dreary and downbeat . |
| 15 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 16 | Amazing how someone can appear to be so confident and clear-headed on the outside , while — Moira is an excellent nurse , quite capable of hiding her real self when she needs to . |
| 17 | They would be so disappointed that Dad would feel the necessity to ‘ have a word ’ . |
| 18 | However , if the sun were to shrink until it was only a few miles across , the bending would be so great that light leaving the sun would not get away but would be dragged back by the sun 's gravitational field . |
| 19 | The gravitational field of the singularity would be so strong that light could not escape from the region around it but would be dragged back by the gravitational field . |
| 20 | This conflict of interests would not be so bad if teaching was seen to have an equal claim with the others on doctors ' time , but too often it is pushed into last position in the list of priorities . |
| 21 | Indeed , competition may be so fierce that pricing is based on a Contribution basis , that is , covering variable costs and only a proportion of the business ' fixed costs . |
| 22 | It must not be so different that unity is destroyed , or so similar that it gives no feeling of change . |
| 23 | This turned out to be so popular that production was taken over by the English parent company , leaving the colonial off-shoot to resume its original project . |
| 24 | For example , the power controls can be so sensitive that heat can be regulated by degree . |
| 25 | Bed wetting is not the most glamorous of paediatric problems ; treating it , however , can be highly rewarding because treatment is so often successful . |
| 26 | β Blockers may be less effective than angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors in reducing microalbuminuria because they are less effective in reducing angiotensin II production . |
| 27 | Training in singing appears to be less systematised than training in voice production . |
| 28 | A year long investigation by a US Congress subcommittee , prompted by last year 's Perrier scare , has claimed that some bottled waters may be less safe than tap water . |
| 29 | Job knowledge can be less important than willingness to learn . ’ |
| 30 | Frequently staff will resist the change in ways which may be less dramatic than sabotage , but be equally effective . |