Example sentences of "be [prep] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll still be worth exactly the same amount , but the company will have more working capital . ’ |
| 2 | If the claims were made simply on the basis of introspection without systematic observation in the community , they would be of precisely the same order ( except that they would be unaccountable and probably much less reliable ) . |
| 3 | Another point to remember is that if all four pictures are to sit comfortably together in the overall design , then all the material used should be of roughly the same size . |
| 4 | It follows from what was said earlier that in a stress-timed language all the feet are supposed to be of roughly the same duration . |
| 5 | I want to have this man drive me in his car all night long , for us never to arrive anywhere … but if we should then let the gates swing silently open , let there be a long gravel drive , let it be like when the young master comes home from school . |
| 6 | As someone who has championed the cause of renewable energy since the mid-1970s , I give a warm personal welcome to my hon. Friend 's statement , which I believe to be in exactly the right direction . |
| 7 | It is unlikely to be in exactly the same position , even if she could find it , for during the night there is a great deal of jostling among the youngsters and any one of them may have moved about eighteen inches or so . |
| 8 | I believe that , if it is established through a proper investigation that a company has been victimising workers for reporting safety concerns , that company — whether it is a contractor or an operator — must be in exactly the same position as an employee who has jeopardised the safety of a platform . |
| 9 | ‘ It will no doubt be in only the rare instance that a man does not consider the possibility that the woman is not consenting , and yet does not actually believe that she is . |
| 10 | As for the remainder , I can only repeat what I have already said : the schemes will be on broadly the same terms as are currently enjoyed . |
| 11 | Shearer 's injury might not be on quite the same scale , but it will keep him out of qualifiers in Turkey next month , the Netherlands at home in April and the end-of-season double away to Poland on 29 May and Norway four days later . |
| 12 | Gramley ( p. 20 ) seems to be on much the same track when he notes , concerning I saw the library to have burned down : What the speaker saw was not an occurrence , but physical evidence for a condition , a state ; for example , the speaker saw the site , the ruins . |
| 13 | ‘ Hurry up , ’ she said , as if the church service would be over all the quicker if Maxie got a move on . |
| 14 | On the street , the roof of your car may be at just the right height for you to rest your elbows as you take the shot , and there are all sorts of other items of street furniture such as lamp-posts which can serve as props . |
| 15 | Two lights are mounted so that when the beams meet he 'll be at just the right height . |
| 16 | Two lights are mounted so that when the beams meet he 'll be at just the right height . |
| 17 | All the radiators should be at approximately the same temperature on a well-designed heating system — unless radiators are individually controlled by thermostats . |
| 18 | ( Each abacus bead will be at either the left or the right of the abacus wire . ) |
| 19 | Each shot can be at either the same target , or at a different target within 2″ of the last one . |
| 20 | Each shot can be at either the same target , or at a different target within 2″ of the last one . |
| 21 | If the project is to create a new manufacturing process , rather than a product , the starting point would be at much the same stage but would not go past building the plant ( stage 9 ) since there would be no question of quantity production . |
| 22 | If the project is to create a new manufacturing process , rather than a product , the starting point would be at much the same stage but would not go past building the plant ( stage 9 ) since there would be no question of quantity production . |
| 23 | I consider that programme to be by far the best report on the effects of screen violence to be shown in recent years . |
| 24 | There is no special dispensation for accountants , but if the firm could obtain its own individual dispensation , this would be by far the best solution . |
| 25 | This will be by far the longest record for any society , a record which now breaks off in the 1880s . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't realise what I was getting into , ’ he admits , ‘ but I do know that this will be by far the hardest thing I 've done in my life . ’ |