Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , the first use of the Antiparachute are likely to be rather tentative and sporting . |
| 2 | Hume was to say that it was not against reason to prefer the destruction of the world to the least uneasiness in one 's little finger ; it would simply be rather bizarre and repellent to normal feeling . |
| 3 | On this there was general agreement between the three PNP Phases , with a tendency for Phase 2 schools to be most satisfied and Phase 3 least . |
| 4 | If you 're pr promoting that rich peasant economy , you are hoping that middle peasants will be upwardly ambitious and mobile and , and will also move up to be , to be rich peasants . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'd sit around in the evening , Dad in his chair , he had the comfortable one , and we 'd say to him , tell us about Disneyland , and he 'd chew on his pipe and be all embarrassed and smile , and we felt like a family . |
| 6 | November is seldom an easy month for you and , until the Sun enters Sagittarius around the 22nd , life tends to be somewhat dreary and downbeat . |
| 7 | Amazing how someone can appear to be so confident and clear-headed on the outside , while — Moira is an excellent nurse , quite capable of hiding her real self when she needs to . |
| 8 | At breakfast she would be persistently bright and chirpy , deliberately steeling herself against all the things that Marie did that irritated her . |
| 9 | In the music and drama departments visited the approach to this kind of informal self-assessment tended to be more verbal and group-based . |
| 10 | Individuals may be more content and morale may be high , but does this necessarily lead on to an improved performance ? |
| 11 | Many companies manage their cash on bases different from that required by the FRS 1 cash flow statement and , as cash management information would be readily available to most companies , it may be more efficient and cost effective to present this information rather than a full statement . |
| 12 | ‘ It shows that investigations should not be based on the gut feeling of a particular officer — it has got to be more professional and CATCHEM is . |
| 13 | This is reflected in the tendency to look back to a ‘ golden age ’ when these societies were thought to be more peaceful and law abiding . |
| 14 | Chief inspector Walter Walker , who helped organise the survey , explained , ‘ Many said that they wanted us to be more friendly and caring , and give more information to visitors . |
| 15 | However , the tests would be more wide-ranging and control of the number of different aspects under test at any one time would be useful . |
| 16 | It was said that there ought to be more sharing and swapping , in the name of change , equality and the exploration of the self . |
| 17 | PRESIDENT Bill Clinton has stepped up the pressure on Bosnia 's warring parties to forge a peace agreement , urging Serbs and Croats to be more flexible and warning that a NATO military response is possible . |
| 18 | These operations can be both complex and time consuming . |
| 19 | Software includes the virus catching software — DiskNet ; a personal data base ; MindMaps to keep your brain in good working order , and a program to liven up your Windows icons that can be both annoying and fun . |
| 20 | Software includes the virus catching software — DiskNet ; a personal data base ; MindMaps to keep your brain in good working order , and a program to liven up your Windows icons that can be both annoying and fun . |
| 21 | We like the vocals to be both timid and cutting , ’ whimpers Peter . |
| 22 | The recent fundamental review of dental remuneration by Sir Kenneth Bloomfield called for ‘ a more robust approach ’ to fluoridation ‘ which would not allow for indefinite procrastination in adopting measures judged by the competent health authorities to be both beneficial and cost effective . ’ |
| 23 | It was written originally in 1910 and republished in February 1941 in The Democrat , a one-woman paper of four pages , which contrived to be both anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic : |
| 24 | And this book is the best possible help , managing to be both positive and non-preachy . |
| 25 | They respected him , too , of course , as one of the greatest players since the war , and knew that , as a top-flight batsman and a bowler who could be both slow and fast-medium , he would not be asking them to do things he had not already achieved himself . |
| 26 | His moment of real glory came in 1932 when he discovered the neutron — a constituent of atomic nuclei that is the missing link in this story and will be both star and villain in later chapters . |
| 27 | An objection that can more usefully be discussed here , however , is the general principle formulated by Wimsatt , Beardsley and Brooks , and to some extent shared by Ransom and Tate , that literary criticism can and should be both evaluative and objective . |
| 28 | Lighting should be fairly subdued and filtration arranged to give as little surface disturbance as possible . |
| 29 | He decided that he himself , at any rate , would be perfectly candid and plain . |
| 30 | The ones that were actually caught must be particularly wary and will , no doubt , be conveying their nervousness to the shoal they returned to . |