Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The previous ball had been stopped just short of the boundary by some members of the crowd who had engulfed the pitch . |
| 2 | Two examples are given overleaf Each of these can be calculated by several methods , one of which is by division . |
| 3 | Future generations are likely to deplore the way current societies are allowing so much of their heritage to be destroyed without record . |
| 4 | Note that the 4013 chip contains two separate D-type bistables but here we are using only one of them . |
| 5 | She claims she would not have needed the operation if she had not been given too much of a drug to hasten the delivery . |
| 6 | they said they had been bringing in one of their nets , which had seemed very heavy . |
| 7 | Faced with this level of uncertainty , the response of employers within the sector has been to invest as much of their profits as possible in land or housing , if possible in their home area or within the city , if tenure is reasonably secure . |
| 8 | ‘ Ant sin one like that in years , ’ he breathed , ‘ talk is , the bloody Danes are catching too many of 'em as babees . ’ |
| 9 | I know Harrods have a good selection and now McCormicks are bringing out many of the American seasonings in their range of spices . |
| 10 | In celebration of International Women 's Day , Apples and Snakes are bringing together many of the most popular and powerful woman poets and performers in the country , including many new performers , for a two week , nation-wide tour from the 1st to the 15th of March — THE MOTHER TONGUE TOUR . |
| 11 | They admit that some people are eating too much of the chemical plasticiser ( DEHA ) found in PVC clingfilm . |
| 12 | Environmentalists in Czechoslovakia are becoming increasingly critical of their government 's decision to proceed unilaterally with the project . |
| 13 | Many people today are becoming increasingly conscious of the environmental factors of consumerism and are limiting their purchases to those which will not damage the environment . |
| 14 | Medical researchers are becoming increasingly aware of the health and weight-control benefits of dietary fibre in general — but the indications are that different forms of fibre may perform different beneficial functions . |
| 15 | Have you noticed that you are becoming increasingly aware of people and of the message they are conveying ? |
| 16 | People are becoming increasingly aware of the need to take more care of our surroundings , to use our natural resources more economically and to improve the quality of life . |
| 17 | And some are becoming too much of a good thing . |
| 18 | In my own study it seemed that young women are becoming more critical of ‘ traditional ’ gender roles , but young men are not . |
| 19 | Both are becoming more conscious of the cost of capital and the need to use finance profitably . |
| 20 | ‘ In the past customers tended to buy far more on price , ’ Anthony explained , ‘ but now they are becoming more conscious of the importance of service , more aware that better service can deliver bottom line benefits . |
| 21 | Two other sources are becoming more productive of new talent . |
| 22 | ABOVE Archaeologists are becoming more aware of the need to provide access on excavations for tourists , local people and for representatives of the funding bodies . |
| 23 | There are more and more opticians springing up in the High Street , shops selling healthcare equipment and equipment for the elderly are on the increase and shops are becoming more aware of deaf and disabled customers . |
| 24 | Global competition in the automobile industry has been driving out many of the smaller firms . |
| 25 | You are signalling what you take as common or assumed ground between your reader and yourself , and what you are representing as worthy of attention , as " new " ideas . |
| 26 | Salutary , because I am made more aware of the advances made in developing the nursing role in health care . |
| 27 | As a student PPL I am made fully aware of noise restrictions , especially at take-off , ensuring that we keep left of certain farm buildings etc . |
| 28 | Such specimens represent the diversity that exists both between and within species from all regions of the earth , from the deep sea to the tropical rain forest ; and , by virtue of having been collected over hundreds of years , they provide a record of past patterns of biodiversity that can be used to interpret environmental change . |
| 29 | Russians are filling in some of the gaps in their lives by seeking out anything that was forbidden or hard to get in Soviet times . |
| 30 | have managers been made adequately aware of the potential of the system and given help to use it for strategic and management control decision making ? |