Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are worth exploring on a short but pleasant walk from the village . |
| 2 | Both these plants are hardy and although not in the front rank of ornamentals , are worth growing in a large border or even on the bank of a stream or lake provided they are kept away from the wet margin . |
| 3 | BASIC rate taxpayers who are considering investing in a Personal Equity Plan should carefully consider the implications that changes introduced in this week 's Budget may have on such an investment . |
| 4 | Before I left , I told Eliot that I was still toying with the idea of writing the book on politics , which had increasingly been absorbing me , and I described to him something of what it had been like to live under a benevolent dictatorship . |
| 5 | It would have been like stamping on a little bird you watch learning to fly . |
| 6 | I can only hazard a guess at what it must have been like to sail in a typical convoy , with bombers and submarines liable to strike at any moment , or to brave the Western Approaches with only a couple of inches of rusting metal between yourself and the enemy . |
| 7 | This was travelling in style — as one Imperial Airways passenger put it : ‘ I was sorry to get out ; it had been like sitting in a comfortable friendly club . ’ |
| 8 | A marriage between foreign nationals from different countries and of different religions would have been difficult enough in settled times , but it was rendered much more complicated now by the fact that whatever my family 's record might have been with regard to the Fascist party , my mother , my father and I were enemy aliens who had just lost a war . |
| 9 | It should be worth waiting for the last in which Mick Ryan 's Les Amis ( 3.40 ) is well drawn and must be fancied on her two lengths defeat of Quinta Royale at Folkestone . |
| 10 | Helynsar ran well in the later stages of her race at the last meeting when Treat Me Good scored and she may be worth following against a moderate lot in the Moira Novices Chase . |
| 11 | He hemmed and hawed and rambled through a number of subjects before making a sideways approach to what he really seemed to need , which was any useful or memorable detail that would be worth noting about the previous night 's client . |
| 12 | Rory Finegan was reported to be considering going to the European Court . |
| 13 | In particular , Germany was thought to be considering withdrawing from the European jet fighter project , in which it was engaged with France and Italy , while the UK was seeking confirmation that development of a military helicopter by the UK manufacturer Westland and an Italian manufacturer would proceed as planned . |
| 14 | There 's something spooky about them : you sense momentarily what it must be like to live in an ordered , God-run universe , with Himself looking over your shoulder and helpfully dropping coarse hints about a cosmic plan . |
| 15 | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an antique shop ? |
| 16 | We are excited about this part of our course , but a bit unsure of what it will be like to work in a foreign country . |
| 17 | As Rain passed Tavett 's desk he cupped his face in his hands and moaned for her benefit , saying : ‘ Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in an ordinary office instead of a newspaper where every kind of freak feels entitled to barge in and collar you ? ’ |
| 18 | My passion is for its numerous Romanesque churches , in most cases humbly proportioned but elevated into unique works of art by the richness of their exquisitely-sculpted decoration ; to go to Poitou/Saintonge and not look at any of its churches would be like going to an African game reserve and ignoring the animals . |
| 19 | Admittedly the main duty of this force — if we may call it that — was ceremonial , but at a time when many of their contemporaries were off fighting in a real war , they must have looked at times like extras from a pantomime . |
| 20 | Yet a certain Scottish poet was not far wrong when he described finishing one of that author 's novels as being like emerging from a thin shower of dandruff , unenlivened by even the slightest flash of mediocrity . |
| 21 | The past few months have proved how effective we are at fighting for the British people . |
| 22 | However you intend to use the sack , it 's worth trying on a few makes before buying . |
| 23 | If you have a lot of repetitive driving to do , it 's worth investing in a spiral ratchet screwdriver with a range of inter-changeable bits . |
| 24 | For a somewhat less biased view of the global scene it 's worth sending for the latest Report on the State of World Population from the UN 's Fund for Population Activities ( 485 , Lexington Ave . |
| 25 | And they know everybody who 's worth knowing in the househunting jungle — which makes them the ideal people to recruit the rest of your team . |
| 26 | Er now I I would expect , I do n't know whether it 's worth talking about the general principle that we 're talking about different routes here and as i understand , the purpose today was to talk about the need for relief roads and I would expect at some future date , at a public enquiry when er I 'm defending er the outer blue er the outer northern route , to defend why that was chosen as opposed to an inner northern route and not rely upon the key diagram in the structure plan and the stars that are shown on there . |
| 27 | Equally , however , it should be recognised that some writing is about communicating with the outside world and having a say in that world . |
| 28 | Friendship is about caring for the other person , respecting the other person , sharing your interests with the other person , enjoying just being with the other person — but not about suffocating the other person with big slobbering kisses ! |
| 29 | When Neill and Buchanan challenge what is many boxing fans ' most cherished theory , it is worth delving into the social backgrounds of all the world champions and many leading contenders . |
| 30 | In this context it is worth looking at a recent study carried out in California by Harbicht Research Inc for Southern California Edison , a local utility company who investigated how local residents felt about a proposed " wind-farm " project . |