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

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1 These are mainly confined to Afghanistan and north-east Persia , although some genuine Russian tribal items may also be found , and are predominantly the work of the Tekke , Yamut , Ersari , Chodor , Saryk and Salor tribes ( pl. 7 ) .
2 Beliefs are not conjured up out of nothing but are rather a response to experience .
3 And there are rather a lot of photographs of one particular consultant obstetrician gynaecologist , Yehudi Gordon .
4 There are rather a lot you know
5 Oh , we 're talking about sixth forms , Bill , and we 're talking about all schools which have sixth forms and you 're conscious that there are rather a lot of schools with sixth forms in the county and who will feel that it is a significant change .
6 They are not there apart from an observer , they are rather the tendency of objects to produce certain sensations in one .
7 Armed with your bridging loan , you are effectively a cash buyer , not caught up in a chain , and you can use this position to your advantage , demanding and getting a good discount .
8 In principle it can be detected by inelastic neutron scattering or by electron energy-loss spectroscopy [ Section 5.3.4 ] , for which there are effectively no symmetry selection rules .
9 But asking bureaucrats to try to separate out the factual premises of decisions from the ethical premises which are properly the reserve of politicians is still desirable .
10 It seems to me that formulation of the precise grounds upon which overpayments of tax ought to be recoverable and of any exceptions to the right of recovery , may involve nice considerations of policy which are properly the province of Parliament and are not suitable for consideration by the courts .
11 Darren had been dead a couple of months ; I had fallen out with my father and I 'd been in London for most of the summer , staying with Aunt Ilsa and her long-term companion , whose only name appeared to be Mr Gibbon , which I thought made him sound like a cat for some reason …
12 He had been dead a week before they realized he was n't breathing .
13 Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week .
14 ( I 'm pretty certain I never believed that one , I mean the guy had been dead a week , for Pete 's sake .
15 In this season 's semi-finals at Wishaw Sports Centre on Saturday , Coatbridge face Su Ragazzi , who have never appeared in a final before , but are arguably the favourites .
16 Possums are mostly an annoyance for co-workers , who learn not to rely on them .
17 Hotels , whatever people say , are rarely a problem .
18 Yet elections are rarely a verdict on a single issue , especially one concerned with foreign affairs .
19 This would avoid civil actions , which are often defeated because individual victims , even when they decide to act co-operatively , are rarely a match for corporations who decide it is better to be prudent than just .
20 Japanese universities are rarely the home of world-class R&D , though this is changing slowly .
21 A farce , you may say , since the vast majority of such cases result in an out of court settlement by a wealthy defendant ( poor or uninsured persons are rarely the subject of such actions ) .
22 ‘ There 's been rather a development , ’ said Emma .
23 Also , half a capful might have been rather a lot , weight for weight .
24 There had been rather a lot of funerals at Low Birk Hatt and they were n't inexpensive .
25 I 'm sure it must have been rather a strain to keep pretending an interest in a boring little milliner from Mannheim . ’
26 This role may have been rather a disappointment to both sides , as General Gallagher said when he got back from Hanoi , although by opposing the clearance of wartime US mines that had been laid in Haiphong harbour , thus preventing an early return of French troopships , Gallagher seems to have come down rather heavily on the Vietminh side .
27 There had been rather a mystery as to why he should have died at that particular time .
28 Earlier in 1973 , the matches against the New Zealanders had been rather an anti-climax to their tour , with the second spoiled by rain , but no one doubted that they were now a permanent addition to the summer .
29 Furthermore , the convertibility crisis appears now to have been predominantly a problem of financial adjustment rather than one stemming from a crisis in world trade ( see Chapter 6 ) .
30 And that the business has been predominantly the nature of business has been predominantly manufacturing .
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