Example sentences of "be [adj] and [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thin , external walls of the chimneys are porous and so oxygen from the outside atmosphere diffuses in . |
| 2 | Made from palm and coconut oils they 're gentle and usually fragrance free . |
| 3 | The general justification for having a system of punishment must therefore be forward-looking and primarily reductivist : based on the claim that punishment does something to reduce the incidence of crime , and thereby prevents the diminution of some other people 's positive freedom . |
| 4 | Terminating a finite line of length I with this characteristic impedance forces But from equations ( 9.78 ) , ( 9.79 ) and ( 9.80 ) To satisfy equations ( 9.83 ) , ( 9.84 ) and ( 9.85 ) simultaneously , the current must be zero and so equation ( 9.82 ) applies again . |
| 5 | Whether ther there 's a there 's a t two pronged effect the first of which is that high tariffs consumption because prices are higher and therefore consumption will fall and secondly , if high prices are also charged farmers to domestic farmers right then they 'll increase their output . |
| 6 | Remember , Bowyer 's and Southgate 's boots were wet and so leather would swell a little . |
| 7 | Tonal quality is relatively bright without being hard and again naturalness is the keynote . |
| 8 | O. simulans differs from O. mesembria in the form of the disk spinelets which have more points to the crown than those of O. mesembria ; shorter more rounded tentacle scales ; and stout , often curved lower arm spines , those of O. mesembria being long and quite rugose but not curved . |
| 9 | One difficulty is that , like geriatric medicine , rehabilitation medicine in the past has been regarded within the profession as a ‘ soft option ’ bringing limited benefits , being unexciting and scarcely medicine . |
| 10 | Being a Special is unpaid and therefore commitment to the job is all important . |
| 11 | The method suffers from the disadvantage that it is slow and consequently diffusion of low molar mass material could be large enough to introduce serious error in the measurement . |
| 12 | Our reception is most gratifying — for it is enthusiastic and really kind in the highest degree … |
| 13 | It follows from this that the failure of an employee to exercise reasonable skill and care in making his basic valuation is faulty and therefore maladministration . |
| 14 | The jaw action is scissor-like and both tooth and jaw bone can perform the cutting function . |
| 15 | Most of it was helpful and extremely kind . ’ |
| 16 | LIKE the Royal Academy of Arts , Denis Serjeant , its Surveyor , was brilliant and mildly maverick . |
| 17 | The judge had to ensure that the trial was fair and thus evidence should only be excluded if necessary to ensure that fairness , that is if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect . |
| 18 | It was nationalist and virulently anticommunist . |
| 19 | In order to get the best results from the new seeds , technology in the form of machinery , chemical products and fertilisers , was necessary and therefore capital was required to purchase these . |