Example sentences of "be [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A particular , one normally assumes , can change its place without ceasing to be numerically the same particular . |
| 2 | In short , nothing that is in the process of development or change , strictly speaking , can be claimed to be numerically the same as long as this process lasts , for existents are individuated only by their full life-cycles . |
| 3 | Apart from making a fortune out of hits like Be Quick or Be Dead the heavy metal band is cashing in on merchandising , which is a fancy marketing term for flogging T-shirts , posters , belts , and anything else the fans will buy . |
| 4 | Answer guide : The calculation of the opening wealth here is straightforward as the historic cost , replacement cost , and net realizable value can be judged to be effectively the same . |
| 5 | When , it is possible for the horizontal concentration variations to be effectively the same as the vertical ones whilst horizontal temperature variations are much reduced from the vertical . |
| 6 | However , the form of section 2(2) means that with regard to liability for animals not belonging to a dangerous species the position will be fundamentally the same as at common law , since the damage must be of a kind made likely by the characteristics known to the keeper . |
| 7 | Erm it 'll be basically the same shape as what you 've seen in that . |
| 8 | But is Expo 92 the ‘ world of information ’ its organisers claim — or will it be merely the greatest funfair in Spanish history , a fiesta open every day until 4 am ? |
| 9 | Indeed the second sentence seems to be merely the passive reformulation of what is expressed by Someone saw him to be walking away , with the inferential or conceptual sense of see rather than the perceptual one . |
| 10 | They may provide a clue by their behaviour even if this turned out later to be merely the secondary effect of some more fundamental energy . |
| 11 | This later contract must be merely the latest in the established course of dealing . |
| 12 | For the non-combatant was not to be merely the quiet underwriter of his country 's military undertakings . |
| 13 | They will have less exhausting and dangerous weekend travel and the cricket they play on Sundays , although some habitual spectators may object to missing their Sunday lunch , should be all the better for the extra 10 overs . |
| 14 | When a research project is written up it will probably not be any grandiose offering ( indeed it will probably be all the better for not being grandiose ) , but if the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail and accuracy and the statement of results does not go beyond the limits justified by the data then a useful craftsmanlike job of work will have been accomplished . |
| 15 | The game at Twickenham today will be all the better for the inclusion of the National Anthem . |
| 16 | But , if you can contrive it , it will be all the better for being a happy end that will not have been wholly obvious to your readers . |
| 17 | ‘ And if he is n't much good it will be all the better for us . |
| 18 | He 'll be all the better for it , you 'll see . |
| 19 | That was the only Ulster success of the night but the Bily Rock-trained Tadila was always in the leading group before finishing third in the Ardee Hurdle won by Shareef Alliance and should be all the better for the run . |
| 20 | If , by way of consequence , our pastoralist who is punctilious about his execretary functions also develops a characteristic personality trait — the compulsion to hoard wealth — then this will be all the better for his herds which , in a non-monetary economy , are the equivalent of capital . |
| 21 | ‘ Then it will be all the worse for your trenchcoat . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Then it will be all the worse for you . ’ |
| 23 | The turbulence will be all the greater because of the confusions of the underlying thinking as it has emerged from the political process . |
| 24 | If the relationship had been especially close and happy , and if parents have continued to be of prime importance in a daughter 's life , then the shock will be all the greater . |
| 25 | The sensitivity of a market to changes brought about by acquisitions and mergers is likely to be all the greater where the market itself is stagnant and without perceived prospects of overall growth in consumer demand . |
| 26 | This information is of obvious value to the Institute in considering policies and services for members , but the value of the information would be all the greater if it could be updated correctly from the ‘ unknown ’ category . |
| 27 | The Council feel that this scheme , with its emphasis on the reformative value of service in association with volunteers , is likely to be a promising form of new non-custodial penalty and that its effectiveness is likely to be all the greater because it involves the positive co-operation of the offender . |
| 28 | These super-energetic , long-lived Cartland ladies need challenging employment , and politics would be all the richer for the involvement of ‘ acid Raine ’ . |
| 29 | The old uniformity is no more and we will be all the richer for it . |
| 30 | Such a deal will be all the easier if Funcinpec , the party he founded , emerges from the election as the leader . |