Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British picture is different ; rapes , robbery and assault are predominantly intra-racial as far as can be analysed , except for racial attacks on blacks . |
| 2 | ‘ Tell me , Miss Grimsilk — I am most intrigued where did you learn your German ? |
| 3 | And my leg 's never been properly better since . |
| 4 | Black gets it into the box Rozario got a header in but even as he headed the ball he limped away again and if he 'd have been properly fit then he would have really powered that one in . |
| 5 | We are rather living apart now , some down South |
| 6 | Given the subject covered by the consultation paper , we are rather concerned not to have been notified of its existence . |
| 7 | We erm , we have some photographs of w which are rather horrendous actually , of R T As . |
| 8 | The reason seems to be that men and machines are fundamentally complementary rather than comparable , this point was originally made by Jordan ( 1963 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ It does n't seem to bother you that it has n't been altogether successful so far . ’ |
| 10 | Two specimens of the same species , we normally assume , are numerically distinguishable even if they are qualitatively completely alike . |
| 11 | Such systems are effective as conservation strategies and are economically successful elsewhere in Jamaica . |
| 12 | Unlike other family dependants … women are economically dependent not because they need care but because they give it . |
| 13 | From this it is clear that Goldner and Hendrix are acutely aware not just of quality but also of rarity and of what will not be available again . |
| 14 | The overlay process has been most reliable here . |
| 15 | In fact you 've been downright unbearable ever since we finished your articles for the journal . ’ |
| 16 | Educational policies are generally arrived at through painstaking research into past and present practices , yet policies which ultimately dictate the future are rarely radical enough to reflect all the detail and ramifications of this research . |
| 17 | A stuff sack should be used to carry your bag in a rucksack , but stuff sacks are rarely waterproof so always put the whole lot inside a polythene bag . |
| 18 | These skirmishes are rarely any more than two males approaching each other and lowering their heads until they are pointing head down in a vertical position . |
| 19 | Consequently , there are rarely any really diagnostic ceramic or metal artefacts that can provide any clue as to their age . |
| 20 | These faults are rarely detectable so , in turn , the individual kite-maker benefits through being able to purchase quality material in small quantities from the kite shop . |
| 21 | ‘ The omens have been rather strong today , ’ he said . |
| 22 | In order to help rationalise computer support activities , which have been rather overloaded recently , staff are asked to observe the following procedures . |
| 23 | ‘ She must 've gone away , ’ said Scarlet , gratified to hear of the dead plants and Barbs 's dereliction of duty , for she had been rather hurt not to be asked to mind Eliot . |
| 24 | And now that I 'd forced myself to take it all out of its cobwebby cupboard and look at it remorselessly from start to finish , I knew I had been instinctively wise not to do it before . |
| 25 | Conditions are jolly hot there , and they 're going to have to get used to that quite quickly , the big thing is to get them through and out into the desert as quickly as possible . |
| 26 | Things are little better here , and it is n't only record sales which have been affected . |
| 27 | In Poland , Hungary and Czechoslovakia former enemies who by rights should , and quite probably do , detest each other are vigorously horse-trading today . |
| 28 | I looked forward to the visit not only because visitors from Lord Darlington 's days are most rare now — Mr Farraday 's circle , naturally , being quite different from his lordship 's — but also because I presumed Mr Graham would accompany Sir James as of old , and I would thus be able to get his opinion on this question of bantering . |
| 29 | Omissions are most patent perhaps in surveys made with a political bias . |
| 30 | something to a third party for decision , they are most likely not to have agreed about it , and however one analyses their disagreement , they are in dispute . |