Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paula had been dry for almost a year before the taxi fracas . |
| 2 | They had been free for nearly a month . |
| 3 | The lucky ones have found jobs , of course , but many others have now been unemployed for over a year — or even two years in a significant number of cases . |
| 4 | The bungalow , in a pretty Worcestershire village , has been empty for nearly a year . |
| 5 | It is not an adequate defence of the inductivist position to point out that parents and teachers select a set of red objects when teaching children to understand the concept ‘ red ’ , for we are interested in how the concept first acquired its meaning . |
| 6 | In these circumstances we are interested in how the press reports these crimes and how this has been changing . |
| 7 | There are very many villages with regular rectilinear plans , and we should perhaps now regard these as planned villages , even if we are ignorant of when the planning took place . |
| 8 | It is a fundamental belief of developmental biologists that the regulatory processes , just discussed , are central to how the pattern is established in normal development , and are not just a bizarre result of experimental interference . |
| 9 | HaL Computer Systems Inc , Campbell , California , remains one of the most difficult companies to ferret information out of so we 're grateful for even a glimmer of intelligence . |
| 10 | If you 're interested in either the design or purchase of jewellery then a unique opportunity has come to Glasgow this week . |
| 11 | Well er erm once they 're opened they 're alright for about an hour . |
| 12 | ( Roza , in her more affluent days , had been accustomed to quite a bit of sophisticated luxury . ) |
| 13 | Even a cursory look at gay history and culture suggests that the sweep and conclusions of his argument are questionable at virtually every turn , as indeed is the very notion of a homosexual sensibility . |
| 14 | Mr George Ryde , TGWU national secretary for civil aviation , said : ‘ Our members are involved in almost every aspect of airport work , and they tell a different story to the public relations myth that nothing is spared in providing passengers with maximum security . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been awake for over an hour , ’ she said , sitting on the edge of the bed , when he came back into the bedroom . |
| 16 | Wait until the baby has been well for about a week , and then reintroduce each food in turn , beginning with those least likely to cause trouble , and testing cow 's milk last . |
| 17 | Yes I suppose it 's true that for somebody like me I 've been involved in quite a lot of different groups over over the years and the quarry men 's support group is it 's difficult to put in words really er exactly how it 's erm you know I think it 's very easy f for groups to become sort of s set really and er well I 've always wanted it to involve everybody and I think it does that in a way it sort of er it 's quite special to all of us in in a funny sort of way it 's er you know we feel quite committed . |
| 18 | I therefore have a fair amount experience of this region and also erm I have been involved in quite a lot of erm estimates of housing provision over the years . |
| 19 | The Examination Council came into being some erm nine months ago and has already been involved in quite a lot of activity , I mean particularly the erm problem of sixteen-plus examining , whether we should move from a system of erm O-levels and C S E , or to a combined system , Sixteen-plus Examination it would probably be called . |
| 20 | On the contrary , they would seem to have been involved in precisely the kind of political and military activity from which Jesus , according to later tradition , is dissociated . |
| 21 | During the practice , Prost had been impressed by both the McLaren and the Williams and his worst fears were confirmed as Senna pulled inexorably away and the multi-coloured Williams of Nigel Mansell began to move about in Prost 's mirrors . |
| 22 | They had been married for about a year . |
| 23 | He protested that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had been present at only the start of the debate . |
| 24 | The dynamic duo are responsible for almost every bit used in the demo except for some loading routines and music players ) : Equal doing coding and graphics ; Snap doing music and graphics . |
| 25 | However , I am concerned about where the money will come from and what the rates of interest will be . |
| 26 | Quiss had been lonely with only the castle 's shy and dwarfish attendants for company , and Ajayi was pleased to find somebody who already knew their way round the cold , forbidding stump of rock , iron , glass , slate and paper which was the castle . |
| 27 | ‘ I do not know why I even trust you , but I have no men trained to use their hearts in the way you are able to as a gift of Ptah . |
| 28 | It may be comforting if you can acknowledge that in any moment you make the best choices you are able to in the situations in which you find yourself . |
| 29 | It has also been employed , in conjunction with other research techniques such as the follow up interview , in the identification of survey questions which are problematic for either the interviewer or the respondent . |
| 30 | In the affective domain , objectives are concerned with how the user feels about using the system and if he/she continues to use this method of information retrieval after training . |