Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I told him it must 've been about the Royal Garden Party .
2 The advantage of this argument is that it allows one to define literature 's relation to reality in a much more positive and coherent way : both literature and the reality which it represents are of the same order and , according to Bakhtin , this order is ideological .
3 It was built in 876 , and those ancient parts of the church that remain are among the few fragments from that time that still exist , not only in Milan , but also in Lombardy .
4 The perceptual distinctions we make are of the very stuff of our existence , and in some way the foundation of all else .
5 If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world , we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions .
6 Secondly , as Knox argued after publication of the RAWP report , people who are dying are among the heaviest users of services .
7 In recent years , the major underlying conflict , stoked up by personality clashes between union leaders , has been between the industrial union ethos of the NUR and the continuing craft aspirations of ASLEF .
8 The struggle has been between the Czech people and the security apparatus behind the Communist party .
9 The struggle has been between the Czech people and the security apparatus behind the Communist party .
10 The latest trend has been towards the darker types , still usually sedimented , and today wheat beer has a good 25 per cent of the Bavarian market .
11 From January 1993 , the Land Assessment business has been under the operational control of Iain Ferrier , supported by Nigel Board and Peter Constantine in the South .
12 It seems that the whole force has been under the direct comd of General Loehr , until contact with him was lost many days ago . "
13 ‘ This case has been through the due process of law , has been carefully considered at every stage and reviewed at frequent intervals .
14 Unlike North America the involvement of government in economic life has been through the increased regulation of the private sector ; in the U K it has resulted in the public ownership of the industries or utilities concerned .
15 This programme has been through the first round of application approvals which saw the Regional Council gain around £17,000 to capital and around £600,000 to revenue .
16 Littlewoods has been through the classic problems of succession for a company built by a single man .
17 Pat in EastEnders and Bet in Coronation Street who were both , I think , wonderful before they got married have really become very boring now that they 've got husbands , and Rita , of course , has been through the terrible chastening and disempowering experience of a ‘ film noir ’ femme fatale .
18 Food which has been through the steaming mode has an appetizing colour , is cooked al dente ( still firm when bitten ) , and retains all the important nutrients , vitamins and minerals .
19 Sec. in his report remarked on the high level of activity there has been during the past year .
20 It is a short-stay winner , however ; the most interesting growth area in recent years has been outside the big cities and the theme parks : we are following the President 's advice to ‘ Discover America . ’
21 Quorum , which says some of the blame for Equal 's delay has been on the legal hassle it had last year with Apple Computer Inc , which held up financing and staffing , will position the product as a Mac application adaptor rather than an emulator .
22 Quorum , who says some of the blame for Equal 's delay has been on the legal hassle it had last year with Apple ( UX No 393 ) which held up financing and staffing , will position Equal as a Mac application adapter rather than an emulator .
23 Since the mid 1950s , the Office of Communication has been on the front line in the battle to give minorities and women a greater voice in the broadcast industry .
24 It is inevitable that much of the debate has been on the European Community and on what my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary said in his opening speech .
25 The 1980s have seen a public debate about the effects upon the economy of the growing proportion of old people in Britain ; and the stress has been on the increasing burden of costs that will result ( Department of Health and Social Security ( DHSS ) , 1985 ) .
26 In fact a more limited regime of this kind has been on the Soviet agenda for the Mediterranean for many years .
27 WHILE our attention has been on the General Election and its aftermath , the Serbs have been up to their old tricks .
28 So far in this discussion the emphasis has been on the voluntary nature of the ‘ obligations ’ of the active citizen , which is to be encouraged through the educational system and in other ways about which , it must be said , there is fairly broad agreement across the political spectrum .
29 He has been on the losing side in Cup semi-finals on five occasions , and if he finally makes it to Wembley this year he may look back on this bitter struggle as the crucial victory along the way .
30 For Denny has been on the local comedy circuit for nearly a decade and was a runner-up in the Scouseology Awards two years ago .
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