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 | Life for me would be empty and not life , a mere dragging on of weary time , perhaps not that . |
| 5 | all numbers must be essential and not garnish |
| 6 | Looking back at the bell-box Sorvino was tempted to find a half-brick and try to put it out , but that would be fun and not duty . |
| 7 | Remember , Bowyer 's and Southgate 's boots were wet and so leather would swell a little . |
| 8 | Stressing that his views were personal and not society policy , Mr Adair gave as examples of tinkering with the criminal system attempts to have the not proven verdict abolished , to introduce an offensive weapons charge and to examine the number of crimes committed by people already on bail . |
| 9 | Tonal quality is relatively bright without being hard and again naturalness is the keynote . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But marine biologist and shark specialist Richard Fitzpatrick , of Oceanworld marine park , Sydney , said the two attacks were coincidental and not part of an emerging trend . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Being a Special is unpaid and therefore commitment to the job is all important . |
| 14 | Organisations and individuals in the many Tory marginals to which I have referred will know by the end of next week exactly who is responsible and where responsibility lies . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Our reception is most gratifying — for it is enthusiastic and really kind in the highest degree … |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The jaw action is scissor-like and both tooth and jaw bone can perform the cutting function . |
| 19 | Most of it was helpful and extremely kind . ’ |
| 20 | There is no doubt that dishonest or surreptitious acquisition of information is usually overwhelming evidence that information was confidential and not part of the defendant 's skill and knowledge . |
| 21 | LIKE the Royal Academy of Arts , Denis Serjeant , its Surveyor , was brilliant and mildly maverick . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It was nationalist and virulently anticommunist . |
| 24 | 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 . |