Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To start with , imagine you are given just the physical outline of adults of several species . |
| 2 | The older ones are given perhaps the only education they 'll ever receive . |
| 3 | The response has been to bolster up the procedural checks attendant upon the disbursement of such benefits . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | By the same token they are producing just the right level of output , . |
| 6 | The Carlists had been building up the paramilitary Requeté since the early days of the Republic and seriously preparing for a rising since 1934 . |
| 7 | THE mix-up that means two families may have been bringing up the wrong babies could have happened in a fire alert , it emerged yesterday . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A variety of cargoes , as diverse as Britain 's industries , has been carried on the inland waterways . |
| 12 | It is very difficult to do this satisfactorily ; the experienced reader can nearly always see where the joins have been made and , of course , for the student the exercise in beginning research has been carried out the wrong way round . |
| 13 | Maybe , she thought , she had been adopting entirely the wrong approach . |
| 14 | Moreover , as the intraluminal contents may influence motility , it is safer to infer that differences between individuals in motility patterns are causally related to their altered bowel habits if these motility patterns are seen when the intraluminal contants are similar — that is , after bowel evacuation , as opposed to varying from liquid to hard masses . |
| 15 | The Feldwebel came back , and the man who had been filling in the new form turned round in his chair and looked at me . |
| 16 | Customers are snapping up the top quality magazine with its wonderful photography and editorial . |
| 17 | They are hiring just the right number of workers , , that the calculus of profit maximization dictates . |
| 18 | On the plus side , the arrival of VAT on domestic supplies should encourage people to think about saving energy in the home , thereby reducing the demand on coal , oil and gas and , therefore , cutting emissions of carbon dioxide ( CO ) which are pushing up the global temperature . |
| 19 | The groups are urging both the Scottish Office and Department of the Environment to match their offer . |
| 20 | Horse it up well and proper when you 're gathering up the damned folk . |
| 21 | They 're going back the other way . |
| 22 | I do hope you 're feeling better , and that they 're sorting out the right combination of drugs this time . |
| 23 | Come on , now , quickly , you 're holding up the whole party . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I think you 're doing absolutely the right thing , Mrs Lomax , ’ she said gently . |
| 25 | ( Incidentally , we 're giving away the very guitar Frank will be playing ! ) |
| 26 | A Morrissey fan said : ‘ By sending the original tickets you 're giving up the only proof you ever had of having bought them , which means they can just ignore you . |
| 27 | ‘ Get in and socialise with the family , ’ Peter Shearer told Mr and Mrs M. You re not just teaching one child , you 're taking on the whole family , ’ this being a family of fifteen children , some with social and behavioural problems , and eight still of school age . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're barking up the wrong tree about the other address , ’ he bluffed . |
| 29 | You 're barking up the wrong tree . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're barking up the wrong tree . |