Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] be [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite apart from the development of new police tactics and the emergence of new common-law public order powers , the open-ended and vague nature of the traditional law has continued the erratic erosion of freedom for those whose views , attitudes , or behaviour is out of the mainstream . |
| 2 | The depth sounder and Decca Navigator in the wheelhouse were innovations and although Radar was out of the question at that time we managed very well with the Decca Navigator , often running up the Thames in quite dense fog buoy hopping through Sea Reach . |
| 3 | Diana then knew that divorce was out of the question . |
| 4 | Oils rallied several pence now that the anticipated lower-earnings from BP and Shell are out of the way . |
| 5 | Any impression of calm and harmony is down to the fact that everyone close to the band has obviously passed the Krypton Factor -sponsored How To Tolerate Courtney test . |
| 6 | The kids were in the house and Daddy was up in the roof throwing bikes down . |
| 7 | She did not speak again until she and Tug were down in the big kitchen . |
| 8 | Choice of sex and colour is down to the individual . |
| 9 | These digital and digitally remastered recordings date from the late ‘ 70s and '80s and information/presentation/quality are up to the usual Chandos high standards , although playing times tend to be short . |
| 10 | For pilgrims , the ritual prostrations and prayer-wheel-spinning were out of the question , because beggars blocked the shrine . |
| 11 | Poverty and unemployment are escalating ; education and health are back at the bottom of the agenda . |
| 12 | It 's kind of stupid but it 's kind of funny if you know what I mean cos the baby do n't talk and as soon as the Mum and Dad 's out of the room it 's let's go and find the chocolate . |
| 13 | Liston and company were out on the lawn behind the house , where an old-fashioned wrought-iron table and some matching chairs had been set for them in the evening sunlight . |
| 14 | But itr was up to the council to decide who was a gypsy and who was not . |
| 15 | While Liberty is out in the garden ardently investigating nature , Lex is on her back in front of the fire dreaming of motherhood . |
| 16 | Mum could n't read anyway but she always seemed to know when Auntie Nellie wrote and Dad made it my job to hide these letters and give them to him when Mum was out of the way . |
| 17 | This , he believes , is why the response occurs , not automatically but selectively when hope is around by the response-correlated and environmental stimuli . |
| 18 | As spraying is out of the question , the pool owner must resort to gathering all damaged floating foliage . |
| 19 | Do any of us children , she wondered , ever stop to ask ourselves where our teachers go when school is over for the day ? |