Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intense darkness that wrapped itself about them was like a black cloak that seemed to press upon them from all sides . |
| 2 | The Altmark was on her way to Germany when she was boxed in a Norwegian Fjord and Cossack 's crew boarded her and released the prisoners many of whom were in a poor condition and requiring medical attention . |
| 3 | What is important is that ( a ) large numbers of people are involved ; ( b ) some of them are at a greater risk than the general population due to pre-existing cardiac or respiratory conditions and/or prolonged exposure in homes or at the workplace ; and ( c ) there is no ‘ safe ’ level of exposure to carcinogens . |
| 4 | Many of them are of a Victorian standard and need considerable investment . |
| 5 | Some of them are on a bigger level . |
| 6 | Many of them are in a dangerous condition and at least one contains asbestos . |
| 7 | Most of them are in a ruinous state with their upper storeys missing shattered by earthquake , war , neglect . |
| 8 | The only way that we will get rid of them is by a general election . |
| 9 | He had not expected that they would be worshipped like gods , but on a world where technological ability excited only minimal interest , all of them were at a considerable disadvantage until they were able to prove themselves against local standards of performance . |
| 10 | This was made easier by the fact that all the Imperial residences , with the exception of the small Villa Eugénie at Biarritz , were within easy reach of Paris and all of them were on a direct railway line to the capital . |
| 11 | Both of them were for a free market , the introduction of Lithuania 's own currency and withdrawal of Russian troops . |
| 12 | None of them were in a good state of decoration . |
| 13 | Some of them were in a terrible state because they 'd had an electric shock from the lightning . |
| 14 | But the main thrust of them was towards a religious revival . |
| 15 | In interpreting statutes , various presumptions may be applied , all of which are of a negative or restrictive character . |
| 16 | There were also significant correlations with the actual accident statistics , r(1064)=0.142 , average weekday traffic flow , r(1064)=0.236 , accident estimate , r(1064)=0.278 , the time spent at the junction , r(1064)=0.246 , the number of vehicles visible in the film , r(1064)=0.201 , and the average speed at the junction , r(1064)=-0.118 , all of which are to a large degree measures of how much would actually have been happening at the junction . |
| 17 | A number of types of dictionaries exist , some of which are in a computer-readable form . |
| 18 | In some parts of Wales , south-west , and northern England small town populations increased because of a local retreat from rural areas where there was little employment apart from agriculture , much of which was in a depressed state . |
| 19 | He is still referred to as Thatcherite but as that term begins to lose its currency my own view of him is of a free marketeer with a strong sense of economic realism . |
| 20 | The earliest depiction of it is on a sixth century B. C. black-figure amphora ( above ) from Greece . |
| 21 | May I als also ask her to bear in mind that none of us are in a great hurry to go through again the expense and the dislocation of the relocation of the British Library , and if this land is not made available to the Library , that might happen rather sooner than we wish . |
| 22 | And I 'm just want to draw your attention very quickly and I will emphasize that a lot of the information you 're hearing from me are in a brief sense , will be more than adequately covered when |
| 23 | It was a very strange feeling , and the strangeness did n't come entirely from his being of a different , a " forbidden " race . |
| 24 | They offered in effect a free counselling service and many of the problems brought to them were of a spiritual nature , which in itself showed the high level of spiritual and religious interest in England during the fourteenth century . |
| 25 | If they have people they can talk to and relate to who are from a non-statutory body , it gives them a greater degree of self-confidence . ’ |
| 26 | Well what we did we stopped at this track and we turned round and we went to there was like a twenty foot straight yeah , and there 's like and everybody 's sort of like going , no , not that . |
| 27 | She had sensed from the beginning that his compliments to her were of a different kind from those he bestowed so liberally upon every female in sight , but she could n't tell him that , while in her heart she liked them , she might be annoyed by his assumption that they were always acceptable . |
| 28 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 29 | At it was on a nice day it was all right . |
| 30 | One morning , early in May , I was wakened by what was for a town-bred boy a startling commotion . |