Example sentences of "[am/are] perhaps [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These substantial , and obviously expensive works are perhaps a little surprising , as cloth making in the Chalford area had been declining . |
| 2 | We are perhaps a somewhat blunt family . |
| 3 | The sound quality varies throughout the recital , so that the somewhat dry acoustic in Schulz-Evler 's ‘ Blue Danube Paraphrase ’ , ( sensationally performed by Chiu ) sounds somewhat mis-matched against the bloom of the Busoni pieces , and the Liszt lieder transcriptions are perhaps a notch too dry . |
| 4 | But the results of the best ‘ neutrino-catching ’ experiment so far carried out are perhaps a little worse than the expectations of the most depressed pessimist : in 1965 a team of scientists recorded a grand total of seven neutrinos in nine months ! |
| 5 | There are perhaps a dozen incredible places that you must see in the Orient . |
| 6 | In all this , there are perhaps a couple of things which look plausible when we compare the philosopher 's child with our mental picture ; Aristotle 's observation that children are immature and Mill 's suggestion that they might need protection . |
| 7 | His portrayal of the choleric and sanguine temperaments is very good indeed and although the two middle movements are perhaps a shade fast , there are still splendidly in character . |
| 8 | There is more to these pieces than just a virtuosic exterior , though I should add that they are perhaps a great deal more amusing to perform than to listen to ‘ en bloc ’ . |
| 9 | I think today that if someone was designing a house one would incorporate all the modern additions which have suddenly become fashionable such as double porches , doubleglazing and er patio windows , I think that these things are perhaps a development from , in the same way as this house is a development from the rooms and the flats we lived in in London so that the modern conceptions of the things I 've mentioned could be incorporated as normal in the house certainly would be cheaper to incorporate them when building the house than adding them on . |
| 10 | Such combinations are perhaps a sub-type of the ‘ academic ’ degree course . |
| 11 | Others which are perhaps a little bit of er a change from what we 've been used to doing , |
| 12 | Agfa has just launched a network of nine bureau round the country and there are perhaps a further dozen individual set-ups currently operating , many as part of an existing desktop publishing bureau and so capable of providing assistance with the overall design of the presentation . |
| 13 | Even the best examples of restoration , and there are perhaps a few , fall far short of compensating for the lost of ‘ real countryside ’ . |
| 14 | For the Roman period , settlement patterns are perhaps a little more precise . |
| 15 | ‘ We are perhaps a little unusual in this region in that we produce only red wine , ’ the Baronne went on . |
| 16 | Shorter maturities are perhaps a little too volatile and respond to day-to-day liquidity conditions too readily to be used as such a guideline . |
| 17 | These skills are perhaps no better illustrated than by the finds from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo . |
| 18 | Er , various changes in planning proposals erm , and indeed erm encouraging travellers who are perhaps no long travellers , those who are resident on the sites to move progressively into government housing . |
| 19 | The current serious cut-backs in adult education and the social services due to economic difficulties are perhaps an indication that the Church should step in to make available its local resources in building plant and volunteer personnel . |
| 20 | Concentrated liquid pesticides applied as diluted sprays are perhaps the most versatile against pests of top growth , whereas soil pests are often treated with granules or dusts , the latter also used as seed dressings . |
| 21 | The abdominals are perhaps the most striking and impressive of all the muscle groups . |
| 22 | The lower back muscles , the spinal erectors , are neglected by the majority of people , and yet these muscles are perhaps the most important in the back . |
| 23 | The best stories , though , are perhaps the first , about a middle-aged bachelor farming alone after his mother dies , and the last , about a member of the village brass band picking up a woman on a bus trip to Venice . |
| 24 | In these days of decline in public provision , these little posters are perhaps the best we can hope for . |
| 25 | Early 2.8-litre cars are perhaps the best value around , particularly those with high mileage . |
| 26 | Butthole Surfers are perhaps the ultimate expression of hardcore 's predilections . |
| 27 | Dating baked clay and burnt stone are perhaps the most interesting archaeological applications of TL , because these — in particular burnt flint — allow the dating of sites older than about ten thousand years , when the first pottery began to appear . |
| 28 | Anyone inclined to mock this suggestion should note that the armed services are perhaps the most respected institution in Britain today . |
| 29 | Z Z Top are perhaps the only boogie band with a sense of irony , and their Greatest Hits package shows how brilliantly they combine John Lee Hooker with T-Rex . |
| 30 | In comparison to the image barriers , the physical barriers are perhaps the more obvious . |