Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zhang was not totally opposed to the idea , but some members of the increasingly politicized Guandong Army felt that more radical action to extend Japanese control in Manchuria could be taken if Zhang , known to be somewhat recalcitrant and a far from willing puppet , were out of the way . |
| 2 | A Whitehall spokesman said the investigation would be extremely thorough and a decision should be ready by the time Yousefi comes up for parole after a third of his sentence . |
| 3 | Oversights can be extremely costly and a microcomputer model carefully constructed will not allow oversights to occur . |
| 4 | The tenders should be totally confidential and a closing time and date stated . |
| 5 | A study of simple programmes that encourage oscillation between growth and decline can be both instructive and a spur to the imagination . |
| 6 | Paths give access here while espalier fruit can be both productive and a real space saver in a small garden . |
| 7 | Life away from home , probably for the first time , can be both exciting and a little unnerving at times . |
| 8 | After his sexual initiation by a barmaid in an outback pub , while his father was drinking downstairs ( at an age which would seem to be about twelve and a half — but Greg felt the incident had been brought forward significantly , from a feeling that the narrative pace of the opening pages was already flagging ) , Gerald Seymour-Strachey went on to a variety of girls ( occasionally called ‘ girlies ’ ) and later women . |
| 9 | The tax for a property in the highest band will be about two and a half times that for one in the lowest band . |
| 10 | he should be about eight and a half , he 's rescued . |
| 11 | He must be about five and a half you know . |
| 12 | I have never lived any nearer than a mile from a public bus and at one point it would be maybe two and a half miles from that bus , so my children , well my children are grown up now , but my children got nowhere or did nothing if I did n't drive nobody delivers the shopping nobody goes |
| 13 | Even in the third quarter , he says things will be pretty tight and a number of accounts will have to wait before they get them on their desk tops . |
| 14 | However , single or limited colour schemes can be very lovely and a popular addition to the garden . |
| 15 | ‘ It would be too expensive and a waste of time , ’ he said . |