Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The second consideration is that students require a degree of intellectual space if they are properly to develop their own intellectual maturity .
2 In France , out own man , Bernard Violet , has been successfully co-ordinating our appointed distributors Heuga SARL .
3 All around her men 's eyes are avidly forsaking their embarrassed girlfriends for the fantasy they have paid the go-go dancer to concoct of herself ; the room contains a crowd of men united in desire and fear of possession of women who are separated from each other by bars .
4 For some months , officials have been secretly creating their own stockpile of key materials that Britain imports , particularly from politically sensitive areas of the world , and which are important in keeping industry 's engines running .
5 Hon. Members from the Democratic Unionist party are constantly asking me that question .
6 Throughout adulthood we are constantly reinforcing our own ageist attitudes by blaming our own inadequacies on ageing .
7 Erm I , I wo n't go into them because you know basically erm I think the three main ones reflect the fact that he 's saying the peasants are rising up and they 're not only changing their political views erm but are obviously changing their cultural values as well according to , to , according to what he suggests .
8 The peasants farm co-operatively and are together rebuilding their bombed-out village .
9 I am only ensuring we both know where we stand .
10 Those who seek to repair the damage caused by the creation of more wealth are only locking us more deeply into the source of the evil ; and Labour 's submission to this cruel belief robs it of any claim to significant opposition to the existing order .
11 If you let your debtors get away with not paying or late paying you are only hurting your own image by letting it be known that your credit control is open to abuse and that you can be financially pushed around .
12 While they are only following their natural instincts , digging can cause very serious problems in the longer term .
13 ‘ Having been brutally denied her rightful place to be an elected leader of her people , Aung San Suu Kyi remains courageously committed to the principles of freedom and democracy , ’ he said .
14 NURSES are literally worrying themselves sick trying to cope with the increased pressures of their job , according to an alarming report published today .
15 The majority of men are accustomed to some particular style of living , and they generally refrain from marriage , if the increased expenses of married life would compel them to live in a manner which would not give them what has been aptly termed their historical standard of comfort .
16 I am not wearing them tight trousers again !
17 In embarking on this section of my reminiscences , I need to stress once more that I am not writing my own memoirs .
18 I got him every time , until the end and I said I am not serving him this time !
19 I am not denying its great importance , as a means of evaluating evidence , developing critical arguments , and organising ideas in rational form .
20 I am sure you already now that the WISE activities are important but I am just telling you all this in confirmation of your instincts … ’
21 I AM just finishing my first year at college .
22 ‘ We are already considering our next product , which will be a development in rope technology even more dramatic than the Smart Rope — which was the first innovation in ropes in 30 years . ’
23 Tennis players are already counting their net gains and the ludicrous American Dream Team earned millions from annihilating all the basketball opposition in Barcelona .
24 As a lighter-hearted tailpiece it is , perhaps , gratifying to note that the dogs here are already doing their best to hasten the processes of corrosion against this latest disproportionate and obnoxious implant .
25 In the US , Gena Corea , author of The Mother Machine , reports that John Stehura — president of Bionetics Foundation Inc. , an organisation in the surrogacy business — predicted that in the future , the surrogate industry will hire poor women who will accept lower fees , and that women from Mexico and Central America could be procured if they are not donating their own ’ genetic material ’ ( eggs ) to make babies for white , North American couples .
26 Your excessively early arrival means that you can check the aforesaid dogs are not using your beautiful flower arrangements as their loo , and also run through a technical check and the autocue before anyone else gets there .
27 Regular inflected forms of words are not given their own specific dictionary definitions .
28 As you will see below a photograph of the ‘ CIBS ’ team was taken after the Charity Match , please appreciate that we are not looking our usual stunning selves , but unfortunately rouge and hairspray are not allowed on court ! — no comments please Harris …
29 You need flexibility to change tack if you are not getting it right .
30 The OFT investigates complaints if it appears that these trade associations are not following their own guidelines and , as a final sanction , the OFT can withdraw its endorsement .
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