Example sentences of "be [adj] [adv] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 If the prospectus , the preliminary visit and efforts to build the school 's reputation in the neighbourhood are effective then the parents are almost preselected .
2 If both of the other main risk factors are present then the chances of heart attack can be increased eight times [ 4 ] .
3 We should remember when Irish eyes are smiling and Irish hearts are happy even the angels sing .
4 We still have doubts about the effects of GCSE — but if we did n't teach for it we would be handicapping unforgivably the pupils in our charge .
5 It still needed courage to make the decision , since he could n't be sure how the fans and the horses would react to him .
6 They may come in in little pieces , but if the pieces can be stuck together the results usually show inside of their first forty-eight hours .
7 Add to this the change in orientation of the legs in many reptiles , which can be used in an efficient running action , unlike the ungainly waddling of the amphibians and it will be apparent why the reptiles were better adapted to terrestrial life than the amphibians , and why they largely displaced them .
8 If Greg is alive then the chances are Paula is alive too . ’
9 It 's amazing how the propeller-heads infiltrate every aspect of computing .
10 The evening is drawing in early but it 's sad how the shadows lenghthen around Melville 's words .
11 If a total of less than 1% of the population is undefined then the errors are unlikely to be great , but the reliability of the moments decreases sharply as the proportions of undefined materials increases , and the technique should not be used with a higher proportion of unknowns notwithstanding the convenience and availability of pocket calculators suitable to perform the arithmetic .
12 Something , somewhere is irritating either the lungs or the airway or the back of the throat .
13 The courses are designed for anyone in the voluntary sector who is unsure how the changes will affect them or who simply wants to be better informed .
14 Since no further theory is available whereby the competitors might be assessed , legal theory appears to have reached an impasse .
15 Where the trespass is trivial then the damages will be nominal ; but where the trespass involves some beneficial use of the land , the plaintiff is entitled to a reasonable remuneration for the use of the land , as if the use had been made under an agreement , such as a lease or a contract .
16 If this view is correct then the victims are all those constituting the market , other than the insiders .
17 he was Vietnamese presumably the comments were of a racist nature ?
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