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

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1 There are few really good parts knocking around and it 's the parts that get the award more than the performances , I think .
2 There are few enough hon. Members who can claim genuine expertise in the intricacies of social security matters .
3 You 'll like the village , I 'm sure , and there are some awfully decent people scattered about .
4 She assumes he is Lithuanian or Albanian or whatever — Christ knows there are some pretty perfunctory Earthlings on the streets of New York .
5 The general concept of the Biolife filter is good and there are some pretty advanced design features for such a relatively modestly priced filtration unit .
6 Meanwhile , there are some pretty primitive creatures driving around with money in their Torpedoes and Boomerangs , or sitting down with money at the Mahatma or the Assisi , or just standing there with money , in the shops , in the pubs , in the streets .
7 There are some pretty horrendous examples of defective plans dotted amongst the law reports , and they are a major cause of delays in registration of title .
8 And it is answered by the fact that there are some pretty big ones to be seen : in the Mondragon group which , considered as a conglomerate , employs some 20,000 , and within which each of 10 co-operatives employs over 400 ; and in the United Kingdom , where Scott Bader employs some 400 .
9 But if they 're not gon na break up , I mean , there are some pretty disillusioned players there .
10 The improvement will immediately show up in the viewfinder as the detail in the foreground lightens and becomes visible again ; however , the sky in the background will also lighten , and perhaps even become overexposed if there are some particularly bright clouds in the shot .
11 Slicing through Gleouraich 's slopes are some incredibly well-constructed stalkers ' paths .
12 What we have are some rather vague hints in later sources .
13 Pumice of basaltic composition , however , is rather rare , although there are some rather peculiar varieties in the Hawaiian Islands .
14 At ‘ Children 's Gallup and Entry of the Parents ’ , the strings are deliciously precise in their rhythms and the brass is good humoured ; ‘ The Arrival of Drosselmeyer ’ brings beautifully polished articulation from the violins with the flutes chirping ; later in ‘ The Grandfather 's Dance ’ there are some most stylish touches of rubato , semi-pauses in the line , which are quite perfectly timed , again with the strings dancing with the utmost daintiness .
15 And there are some wonderfully positive people among those who have permanent disabilities or terminal illnesses so it is not just a case of being one of the ‘ lucky ’ ones .
16 There are some identifiable developed deities ; there are some incongruously primitive daemons too , which may look back towards an earlier period of religious feeling ; there are also some images of divinities which seem to be relatively poorly assimilated foreign imports .
17 Here are some well tried checklist questions that can help you think out ways of improving your power base for negotiating .
18 Finally , here are some well tried time tips which can make life easier in gaining more control over your work :
19 These factors imply that poverty in old age is not solely determined by gender ; there are some acutely deprived groups of older men and some relatively affluent groups of older women .
20 Of richer High Gothic phase are some widely separated examples , notably Rouen , Strasbourg and Beauvais .
21 There are some beautifully carved picture frames to the left .
22 Also on offer are some highly useful Wolfcraft accessories to complement the workbench .
23 There are some unusually good things to see inside the church of Saint-Savin : a ‘ Eucharist tower ’ twenty feet and three storeys high , Gothic in style , and made of gilded wood ; two primitive fifteenth-century panels , each containing nine scenes from the life of the church 's name-saint ; a Renaissance organ carried on what is left of a wooden gallery that once ran right across the church , from transept to transept — on the front of the instrument are three articulated mascarons , which moved their eyes and tongues as the organ played , in representation of wretched earthly sinners , grimacing at the intolerable sound of joyful , heavenly music .
24 There are some truly super prizes on offer to the ten lucky winners of this evening 's match , and 25 runners-up will each be awarded a little something , too .
25 But among the bare rhythm tracks are some truly uplifting tunes that , without stretching the realms of credibility too far , are worthy of comparison to New Order at their most ecstatic .
26 During the second phase , 1957 to 1960 , Customs came with three humbuckers , and there are some very rare examples with just two humbuckers .
27 There are some very strong characters undertaking conveyancing and a young person starting out needs to be pretty tough in order to withstand the pressures .
28 now there are some very nice houses there , but the security system , you 're constantly at it
29 Just a few hundred votes in the right places could swing it , and I hear there are some very nice properties available in Bristol West , for instance .
30 Fortunately there are some very straightforward ways of making such allowances .
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