Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Festival Court has a different activity taking place each day , while the Centre and surrounding ‘ competition ’ courts will see the best women players from 56 nations competing for what is the premier team prize in women 's tennis . |
| 2 | The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others . |
| 3 | 8.3 To make payments following disclaimer If this Lease shall be disclaimed and for any reason the Landlord does not require the Guarantor to accept a new Lease of the Premises in accordance with clause 8.2 the Guarantor shall pay to the Landlord on demand an amount equal to [ the difference between any money received by the Landlord for the use or occupation of the Premises and ] the rents [ in both cases ] for the period commencing with the date of such Disclaimer and ending on whichever is the earlier of the following dates : |
| 4 | However , this will be done with a very broad sweep to permit the focus in later chapters to concentrate on what is the essential and most interesting feature of routine policing in Northern Ireland : namely , how societal divisions affect and constrain it . |
| 5 | Added to which was the emotional harassment of fellow priest Laverty whose idea of support was to visit and then accuse her of trying to wreck the life of a good priest . |
| 6 | Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand . |
| 7 | During the first two years of desktop publishing much argument has raged about which is the better system . |
| 8 | She knew what Alain had said about her being the lost child , but even he did not know how lost she had been . |
| 9 | Francis was not totally disconsolate and added : ‘ The way our fans came behind us is the best I 've ever heard it here , and I hope it continues . |
| 10 | ‘ It seemed like it was the hardest decision I ever had to make in my life . |
| 11 | Of course there was a very large element of luck involved , but unless or until something better came along it was the only option she had . |
| 12 | That 's , my one , I do n't know how you 'd ever get over it , but that 's my one criticism of the thing is that sometimes when you walk in it 's the first thing that hits you and unless people are dancing it creates a cold atmosphere . |
| 13 | Dogs were used to put down a land reform demonstration outside the National Congress in Asunción on June 23 , 1989 ; 10 people were injured in what was the first major use of force since Rodríguez had seized power . |
| 14 | But readers were also given a piece of gummed paper to stick after the figure ten , written on which was the missing word ‘ million ’ . ) |
| 15 | The nearest it came to one was the abortive National Plan . |
| 16 | In both areas the answer depends on what is the best form of agriculture , and especially of large-scale agriculture , under capitalist conditions . |
| 17 | To listen to someone is the greatest compliment you can pay . |
| 18 | All you could send to them were the printable characters , plus a few simple commands like ‘ carriage return ’ and ‘ line feed ’ . |
| 19 | The only thing I did not like about her was the flat ballerina-style slippers she always wore , to reduce her height I think , because she was taller than you . |
| 20 | Waiting for him was the illuminated Lifeboat tram , on which he made a tour of the Promenade , waving to the crowds and commenting favourably on Blackpool 's modern streamlined trams . |
| 21 | Waiting for him were the Bosnian Serb leader , Radovan Karadzic , Bosnian Croat leader , Mate Boban , and mediators Lord Owen and Cyrus Vance . |
| 22 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 23 | The only problems I 've ever had with it was the fucking n erm that thingie I had were n't it ? |
| 24 | Since then I have heard of hundreds of books being nicked from what was the British Museum Library and of surreptitious razor blades removing priceless illustrations from ancient works . |
| 25 | What happened to them was the not-so-mystery ailment that cuts down more pop stars than drugs or fast cars ever do : overwork . |
| 26 | Reasonably enough , princes required to be taught how to make war , and since many of the authors of these works were clerics , they turned to what were the standard handbooks on war to find the information they needed . |
| 27 | These changes have all been implemented , and have resulted in a reduction of housing costs on what was the projected level by £450 million in 1988 — 9 . |
| 28 | I think there are many purposes that the County Farms should have , and we need to look at what is the best value financially , that we can obtain for the people of Wiltshire , so when everybody talks about they 'd like their country schools maintained , they 'd like this that or the other bought , they 'd like Corsham station purchased , we could buy it easily if we sold a County Farm could n't we ? |
| 29 | Folly clutched the towel closer around her , painfully aware that the bikini he had packed for her was the briefest she owned . |
| 30 | What to do about it was the other half , and there McGeechan and his fellow coaches excelled . |