Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of devices recovered after the second tip-off had been hidden only a short distance from Shell offices at Hill of Rubislaw , sealed off after the morning bomb scare . |
| 2 | If the need for more labour intensive economic activities is recognised , and if the full social costs of continuing rural decline and urban expansion are calculated then a strong case can be made for more determined political action and considerably increased government investment in many DRAs . |
| 3 | To start with , imagine you are given just the physical outline of adults of several species . |
| 4 | The older ones are given perhaps the only education they 'll ever receive . |
| 5 | Once more , we are given only a masculine point of view . |
| 6 | This is particularly necessary if you are using either the VHS-C or Video 8 formats ; unlike the ubiquitous standard VHS cassettes which can be bought just about anywhere , the availability of the mini-format cassettes tends to be patchy and you risk running out of tape at an awkward time . |
| 7 | By the same token they are producing just the right level of output , . |
| 8 | But out of earshot of the boss , one of the workers told me that two campers had been mauled only the previous week . |
| 9 | ‘ It is difficult for me to find the limits of the car yet because I am given only a limited number of laps and I do n't know the circuit . ’ |
| 10 | As per our telephone conversations of last Friday and today , I am returning herewith the faulty copy of Xtree Gold which we received from you last week . |
| 11 | The deep divisions which exist between people and the dreadful atrocities in so many parts of our world , the ethnic hatred , religious fanaticism , and racial strife are tearing apart the human family . |
| 12 | Maybe , she thought , she had been adopting entirely the wrong approach . |
| 13 | The engineering unions have been seeking either a 35-hour week or a two-hour reduction . |
| 14 | Let us further assume that the charge distribution is uniform and denote the charge per unit length by pl ( we are defining thereby a linear charge density of dimension coulomb per metre ) . |
| 15 | A Liverpool City Council spokesman said : ‘ He has been granted both a disabled facilities grant and mandatory renovation grant . ’ |
| 16 | They are hiring just the right number of workers , , that the calculus of profit maximization dictates . |
| 17 | The groups are urging both the Scottish Office and Department of the Environment to match their offer . |
| 18 | Is the one you 're using now an old one ? |
| 19 | You 're becoming quite a leading man in this crew , George Merry . |
| 20 | We get you 're getting quite a big celebrity on this programme people want to know you know whether they can come round and have a guided tour round the house and stuff |
| 21 | I mean , a lot , I can say with on the youths , I think were doing , were , were , were walking with young people at the local levels of various places in the town you know , we 've got , we have n't got as many resources as we want yet , but were still trying to do that , well I actually feel , on youth we 're doing quite a good job you know , expensive job you know , that we are , and , and all that concerns you raise , were certainly aware of . |
| 22 | ‘ I think you 're doing absolutely the right thing , Mrs Lomax , ’ she said gently . |
| 23 | To soften the blow , then , we 're giving away a special 100-page C64 Tips Book with the first issue , as well as the two tapes ( which 'll feature the excellent Continental Circus AND Gemini Wing among others ! ) , and all for the regular price of just £2.95 ! |
| 24 | ( Incidentally , we 're giving away the very guitar Frank will be playing ! ) |
| 25 | ‘ You 're taking rather a long rest , are n't you ? ’ |
| 26 | Some people think you just play records , when in fact you 're putting together a whole programme . |
| 27 | Well presumably you have n't played at all in the last couple of weeks , so it 's so you 're feeling perhaps a little bit rusty about it all ? |
| 28 | If more shakes are needed then a gradual increase in potency occurs until a saturation point arrives and presumably only intensification takes place . |
| 29 | She has been offered only the statutory minimum of £4,715 in redundancy pay . |
| 30 | Instantly , three athletic-looking youths sprang from a doorway where they 'd been idling just a short distance along the road . |