Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is no reason in it , I am most unreasonable and know it . |
| 2 | It is not surprising that many professionals involved in education are rather dispirited and disillusioned at this time . |
| 3 | Some are rather heavy and contain a silicone ingredient which could cause problems — a build-up of silicone on the hair may affect the results of perms , tints , bleaches etc . |
| 4 | However , because the transcriptional properties of ATF1 and CREB are fundamentally different when fused to a heterologous DNA-binding-domain ( 30 ) it is apparent that changes in the relative proportions of ATF1 and CREB will have important consequences . |
| 5 | Not only had Cora-Beth been incredibly patient and understanding about his reluctance to become engaged these past two years , but during that period of his life she had somehow made it possible for them to renew their old easy friendship . |
| 6 | Animals ( and , to a lesser extent , plants and natural phenomena ) possess souls , spirits or essences which are effectively immortal and endowed with supernatural powers . |
| 7 | For the same reason it has been successfully refined and modified to accept communism . |
| 8 | Training on offer at present centres mainly on the retailing services where jobs are mostly part-time and aimed at women . |
| 9 | They are mostly technical and make few concessions to the casual browser . |
| 10 | Though there are exceptions , the leaves are mostly palmate or shaped like an outstretched hand . |
| 11 | Even if the use of social class as a speaker variable were feasible in this rather fundamental practical sense , it would be unlikely to yield much insight into the interplay between social and linguistic differentiation ( for the rather obvious reason that a social class index can not distinguish in an illuminating way between members of a group who are mostly unemployed or concentrated in low-status occupations ) . |
| 12 | then introduced our Sports Council Liaison Officer who has always been most helpful and had volunteered to come along and present their point of view . |
| 13 | The verse in the Bible which has been most misquoted and misunderstood is Leviticus 15.19 , which says : ‘ And if a woman have an issue , and her issue in her flesh be blood , she shall be in her impurity seven days ; and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even . ’ |
| 14 | A now famed example of the former ( and we understand that it is now denied by Rolls Royce ) is that the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow was nearly called the Silver Mist which would have been most unfortunate when selling to the German market . |
| 15 | They had in fact been most positive and open , entering fully into the new church life with none leaving ‘ in a huff ’ . |
| 16 | She could go her own way , or she must hand over that rebellious will , and seek God 's forgiveness for the years when she had been downright disobedient and pushed Him out of her life . |
| 17 | Her face looked anguished as if she had been secretly angry and victimized for a very long time and it was just beginning to seep out . |
| 18 | ‘ I am aware of these people who are professionally famous and turn up on all these clever panel shows , but I think Have I Got News For You is watched by a really wide spectrum of people and that is a big part of its appeal . |
| 19 | I am fundamentally lazy and decided that we would inevitably be scrambled so it was less effort to remain in my aircraft and wait for it , helmet on and listening to the R T. The next thing I saw was people running — I still could not hear anything due to my helmet — and on looking round saw the 109s starting their dive on the field . |
| 20 | In that play the lovers are wholly sensitive and communicate to perfection . |
| 21 | Erm , in fact I think the turnaround has er , has been remarkably quick and remember , we saved our shareholders from having to write the lot off . |
| 22 | Since then , the Committee has been remarkably active and has staged a number of public vigils and occupations of buildings . |
| 23 | One of the advantages of our business is that the opportunities to progress are remarkably many and varied — there is no one set path which you have to adhere to . |
| 24 | Crocus and hyacinth are most useful when planted in the border where , together with muscari and scilla , they can provide dense ground coverage and a rich carpet of colour beneath . |
| 25 | Nigel Duerdoth of the National Federation of Housing Associations thinks that the new payment system for hostels is ‘ most likely to break down in the inner cities — the areas where stress is greatest and hostels are most concentrated and needed ’ . |
| 26 | The Forestry Commission also are most helpful and have produced a set of pamphlets on their Woodland Grant Scheme , which can be obtained from the Forestry Commission , Private Woodlands Branch , 231 Costorphine Road , Edinburgh EH12 7AT . |
| 27 | b ) These illusions are most likely when trying to fly visually without adequate external cues , and loss of aircraft control may result . |
| 28 | erm I think it 's really encouraged by the fact that the erm gipsy sites which one sees around the County at the present moment because there is very little control over them , are most unsightly and do considerable damage to the countryside , and people do not wish this to happen in their own area . |
| 29 | What , what appear to be , as I said , naive questions very often are most penetrating and bring us up short because they involve things we 've taken for granted for many , many years and perhaps ought to look at again . |
| 30 | These are most attractive and offer first class facilities for the visitor . |