Example sentences of "be [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was hoping Star Trek erm Six would be on , but erm so far i we 've it has n't been advertised erm , and er , it 's been on and premiered in erm in London , and he hoped it would come out here erm this week , but erm |
| 2 | Now , you 've all been down and looked at the state of the playground below . |
| 3 | The forests of the Chimanimani mountains , on Zimbabwe 's border with Mozambique , which are among the most species-rich areas of Africa , have been all but destroyed during the 10 years in which the region has been under military control . |
| 4 | In France , the Socialist Party has been all but destroyed by crushing defeat in the general election in March . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , this admirable attempt to streamline this vital area has been all but defeated by the bafflingly thick four bolt neck plate . |
| 6 | An extended parking area has enabled the restoration or eroded downland where formerly the grass had been all but lost to cars . |
| 7 | England A ( 456–7 dec ) drew with Essex ( 317–8 dec ) A RARE century from Derek Pringle provided some spice at the very death in an opening to the season which had been all but strangled at birth by the bad weather . |
| 8 | The idea of publication had been all but strangled by the rejection of ‘ The Wreck of the Deutschland ’ . |
| 9 | The Doctor had been all but forgotten by the Chelonians , which suited him perfectly . |
| 10 | Improved NFS performance also lies at the heart of the company 's desire to recapture ground in the market for heavily networked NFS systems and software which has been all but hi-jacked by the likes of Auspex Systems Inc , Legato Systems Inc , Interphase Corp and Ceram Inc . |
| 11 | The difficulties of the cruise are all but forgotten by most . |
| 12 | Well I have n't been in and sat in our lounge this week . |
| 13 | Gielgud , too , through the agency of his mother , produced reviews to prove that the golden oldies of the classic past with whom Burton was being compared to his disadvantage had been just as slammed in their time . |
| 14 | They therefore form themselves into various groups in which they identify themselves as ‘ we ’ , as distinct from those who are outside and described as ‘ they ’ . |
| 15 | The roles of the board of governors and the executive board are broadly as described in Section 8.2.3 . |
| 16 | ‘ And since it 's been over and finished with for a long time , there does n't seem any point in discussing it , especially right now . |
| 17 | Furthermore , women are not as isolated from each other as they are in the world of the 1980s . |
| 18 | Armies are not as feared by Western nations as they are by countries in Latin or South American countries ( to which I will refer later ) , in fact in the UK , by an attempt to cut government spending , it was revealed that there is great support for the army . |
| 19 | They have families and mortgages and are just as worried about the possibility of a radiation leak as the next person . ’ |
| 20 | Because that ‘ perfectly ’ , that ‘ here ’ , are just as limiting in their way as ‘ with ’ and ‘ about ’ . |
| 21 | You 've got to tell them when you 're on and ask for sanitary towels . |
| 22 | I do n't think he knows what he 's giving me 'cos you 're just as addicted to them as you are to smack . |
| 23 | Because the real problem , Rory , my sweet , is that you 're just as attracted to him as he is to you . ’ |
| 24 | They 're over and done with . |
| 25 | and finally they 're off and running for the point to point season tomorrow … 266 horses will be racing in the South Midland meeting near Chopping Norton … first race is at 11 |
| 26 | We 're up and running with , we 've got the test rig going , new spindle bearings up , we 're pushing it . |
| 27 | Any disappointment he may feel over the delay has been more than compensated for by the news that tickets for this year 's event are already selling fast . |
| 28 | While some forms of employment in the area have declined ( for example , in the railway workshops ) , they have been more than compensated for by the high technology boom and its associated distribution and service industries . |
| 29 | We have had a good year , barring accidents , and although the summer weather was disastrous we have been more than compensated by the most beautiful Autumn ever . |
| 30 | The growing weakness of local government in terms of making decisions has been more than counterbalanced by the increasing weight of government departments and the influence of civil servants . |