Example sentences of "be [adv] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been downhill since those blokes who did n't play on Frankie Goes To Hollywood went . |
| 2 | We made love again , and we must have been tired , because it ca n't have been less than two hours later that I woke up . |
| 3 | It had been less than two days since he had met the Doctor , and he had had little rest . |
| 4 | The variation in salinity at a depth of 1,600m has been less than standard deviations from the 1975–78 mean . |
| 5 | The actual rate of completion per annum over the last 27 years has been less than one half of one percent … thus even at several times the projected rate of progress , the great bulk of the conservation task will be incomplete at a time when the most vigorous additional demand is placed on land from massive upsurge of population . |
| 6 | In 1929–30 it had been less than 200,000 tons . ’ |
| 7 | Since nationalization there have been 19 , and their average period in office has been less than two-and-a-half years , half that of their British counterparts . |
| 8 | ‘ If you are past the mark , you are less than two seconds behind , and too close . ’ |
| 9 | Actually , considering there are less than 100 Britons in China , about one for every 10,000,000 Chinese , we 've done pretty well for meeting compatriots . |
| 10 | If people are fit to work , they are fit enough to cycle five miles ( on average , 74 per cent of all car journeys are less than five miles ) . |
| 11 | On the other hand , there are certainly some projects which are less than five years old , but where there are some components which are likely to prove unobtainable . |
| 12 | It will have to be a crash course as the Rugby World Cup Sevens at Murrayfield are less than five weeks away . |
| 13 | If the reason for change is not one of the preceding , and there are less than 8 weeks to your departure date , then we will credit you with 10% of the cost of the changed holiday ( if less than 14 days to departure , this will be raised to 20% ) to be used in the purchase of any other Falcon Sailing holiday within 24 months . |
| 14 | ‘ Look how much better the Lilliputians do it ’ , is a tempting cry , but the more one looks into it the more one finds that the Lilliputians are n't a fair comparison with us : they have n't got our antiquated industries … our legal system ; and they are less than six inches tall . |
| 15 | If there are less than 4 days of sickness in a row there is no PIW and there is no SSP involvement . |
| 16 | The Earth is included because though only a few tens of impact craters are known , all of them are less than 500 Ma old and thus constitute recent cratering . |
| 17 | Findings such as these — together with considerations of operative risk to life — have tended to limit the use of restorative proctocolectomy to patients who are less than 50 years of age . |
| 18 | Some short-haired breeds have guard hairs that are less than 2 inches in length , sparse awn hairs and no down hairs . |
| 19 | Suddenly the man next to you says : ‘ Of course , you realise that more than 50 per cent of all road journeys are less than three miles long ? ’ |
| 20 | At present there are less than ten laboratories in Britain that can isolate the organism , and most of these are working as research units rather than as service units prepared to isolate chlamydia as part of the standard diagnostic screening that should be available . |
| 21 | Since more than half the states at present existing are less than 40 years old , this seriously limits the incidence of the traditional ‘ principle of nationality ’ . |
| 22 | Now why I mean do you think it matters that these things are so that these things are so , that these things which we thought were in , you know private to you , and not available to other people so easily , why do you think it matters that they actually are apparently in return for mo payment , are available to anyone ? |
| 23 | In the early days , they simply challenged the notion of " excessive trade competition " and were not " prepared to admit that there has been much if any reduction in the price paid [ elsewhere ] for good bookwork , which has always formed the staple of the Edinburgh trade " . |
| 24 | Under the management of CEO Denis Brown , and financially re-structured ( UX No 402 ) , the company has been profitable for the last six quarters and is once again in growth mode , although margins are down and international sales weak . |
| 25 | Not unless you 're less than nine inches through . |
| 26 | We 're less than forty minutes out now . ’ |
| 27 | A buzzard 's feathers have almost a glossy look to them , and they 're more than one shade of brown . |
| 28 | Ironically , if you 're more than five points ahead in a two-player game , you can deliberately kill off your team to win ! |
| 29 | three million books on the shelve , and we do n't have time going properly at the price so we go anything you want , bung it on the trolley and soon as the trolleys full it 's taken away and another one given , and you poke around and then in the evening , you stay in a hotel overnight , and then the following morning , they get and you just sort of send up the money and they just shout up the money as we go , then , every time I get to a thousand they say one , two , and you say right , tell me when I get near three , and I 've got this erm , I 'm dreadful at maths , I failed maths O Level three times and I do n't think about prices , I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out . |
| 30 | I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out , at the end of the day which is unbelievable . |