Example sentences of "[be] exactly [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it could not have happened to anyone else , she was almost forgetting that this had not been exactly a freak accident in the way that everyone thought . |
| 2 | Tim Reagan , a gaunt forty-year-old , who was a genius with trade unions as well as being an accountant and Peter Yeo 's right hand , moved swiftly through the secretarial problem , which was one of shortage of same , and seemed , as Peter Yeo observed pleasantly , to have been exactly the same difficulty any time in the last two years , to a discussion of building security , in which no one was much interested either . |
| 3 | ‘ For me it 's been exactly the opposite ; I 've never been healthier — and I 'm much more religious than when I started doing this . |
| 4 | For hundreds of years it has all been exactly the same . |
| 5 | It started him out on a career which must have been exactly the kind envisaged by Gladstone and the pioneers of the public library system . |
| 6 | He 'd been exactly the same once before when he 'd found out that Pete had seen Last Tango in Paris ( ‘ Yeah , but what did they actually do ? ’ ) and now , as then , Pete had taken care to fine-tune Ted 's frustration to the point of obsession . |
| 7 | All of that had changed in the course of five minutes in the ancillary staff 's locker room , and the sense of betrayal had been exactly the same . |
| 8 | Surely , if Handel 's harpsichord truly was given to George III , this would have been exactly the place to find it . |
| 9 | Jessamy found herself remembering how it had been the very first time between them , it had been exactly the same , this sudden wanting . |
| 10 | ‘ Because it 's been exactly the same for me , ’ Julius said simply . |
| 11 | Ianthe Broome , Daisy Pettigrew , Sister Dew and one or two others whose names she could never remember , now sat down round the table and began to discuss the final arrangements for the bazaar , which had always been exactly the same and always would be , except that from one year to another a pint more or less milk might be ordered for the teas . |
| 12 | I certainly do not doubt the sincerity of the right hon. Gentleman 's remarks , but throughout modern economic history , when any Government have sought to misdirect national resources in a manner that goes completely against the grain of the marketplace , has not the result of such a regional policy been exactly the opposite to what the right hon. Gentleman has sought to achieve ? |
| 13 | The faculty argued that her treatment had been exactly the same as that of any other applicant , regardless of his or her race or colour , who sought to join the bar . |
| 14 | But it would have been exactly the same problem simple harmonic motion |
| 15 | Er , as you know , I have n't been exactly an enthusiastic supporter of neighbourhood erm areas , but I have to confess |
| 16 | It seems to me that I am exactly the sort of person that you need , that you should cultivate me , prime me , pay me , even . |
| 17 | For example , if you have the situation where you want to put two occasionally-used machines quite close to one another , it may be to your advantage that their heights are exactly the same so the job can run across both tables . |
| 18 | In fact what he has been using are exactly the same as the cheap mass-produced lasers used in CD machines . |
| 19 | These are exactly the sort of voters Labour needs in the South , where the Conservatives retain a 14-point mid-term lead . |
| 20 | The tools of the programme are exactly the ones that Mr Li intends to use in the future : central-bank control of credit and state-set levels for production and prices . |
| 21 | Facts about the properties of a given species are exactly the facts that a ‘ science ’ , with its initial definitions , is meant to give causal knowledge of . |
| 22 | The elements of the offence are exactly the same as for reckless driving , with the extra element of causing death . |
| 23 | The use of a petrol block on a diesel engine is not a problem as the parts are exactly the same The problem is with the crankshaft The diesel unit is of forged steel and carries a ‘ D ’ stamped on the web of the crank The petrol version , whilst sharing exactly the same dimensions is marked P and it is made from cast iron and will not run for long in a diesel unit — as you have discovered Some military petrol engines however are fitted with the forged steel crank and these will fit and run in diesel units |
| 24 | It is essential that before you attempt to duck gybe you can carve gybe well , as the feet and body positions are exactly the same . |
| 25 | In fact , as I have developed this chapter , I realise that within the definition I am using they are exactly the same thing . |
| 26 | I 've spoken with the daughter on the telephone within the last couple of months , and each time our telephone conversations are exactly the same — the daughter 's at the end of her tether , she does n't know what to do . |
| 27 | After all , no two people are exactly the same , at least none that I have heard of or met ! |
| 28 | The conceptual hotch-potch of the traditional curriculum , based on subjects which are a random assortment of content-based , concept-based , skill-based and moral-based collections of ideas ( whose confusing absurdity is in part exemplified by the NCC 's cross-curricular skills which are exactly the same as the curricular subjects ) has never been designed from first principles to do the basic job of a curriculum , which is to help achieve aims in the most effective and efficient way . |
| 29 | The ingredients are exactly the same — the game is essentially a crooked manoeuvre to get or give strokes and/or discounts . |
| 30 | In a formal display the left and right hand side are exactly the same . |