Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Angus replied : ‘ We are for advising the Prime Minister , who is very interested in efficiency and effectiveness in the Civil Service . |
| 2 | Strategic direction and decision making are about choosing the right road , and they need a high degree of external information . |
| 3 | The council are considering asking the Southern Water Authority to impose restrictions on use of water now rather than wait until matters become really serious . |
| 4 | Now , while you 're off checking the Yellow Pages for Hypnotherapists , we 'll take a very short break , but be back in one and half minutes because still to come … |
| 5 | Looking for a win has been like chasing the holy grail … for Swindon … they 've travelled far and wide … some cynics thought they 'd never find it … |
| 6 | Your direct communication with the patient is a vital part of your care , so you should try to keep a time spare for simple conversation , no matter how busy you are with organizing the practical aspects of home life and the patient 's needs . |
| 7 | How effective has occupational pension provision been in removing the present generation of ‘ young elderly ’ women , currently aged 60–75 , from poverty ? |
| 8 | My interest has always been in locating the various holes on the surface from descriptions I have read . |
| 9 | The more exacting you are in putting the finishing touches to the picture , the better the result will be . |
| 10 | However , in assessing whether the limits are in principle too low , it may be worth considering the gross income of people entitled to representation . |
| 11 | The doctor was so ugly yeah , no , no that when the doctor s when the doctor saw her , no when the doctor saw her , she was so ugly he just had to run , could n't be worth cutting the prinny hole . |
| 12 | The key to growth and stable employment will be through improving the international competitiveness and increasing the market share of our companies . |
| 13 | If the information has been divulged to sufficient people so that it can be said to be no longer confidential , an injunction will not be of any help ; it would be like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted . |
| 14 | Just think what it will be like doing the high jump with 50,000 people watching you ! ’ |
| 15 | And removing it would be like asking the local council to continue its work with one hand tied behind its back . |
| 16 | The main difficulty will be in installing the solar collector itself . |
| 17 | Indeed , the penalty would be in sacrificing the potential benefits by selecting something that almost did the job but happened to run on a PC . |
| 18 | Annoyed as we may be at having the cardinal terms left thus undefined ( for Pound proceeds no further towards defining them ) , we are compelled to see that this criticism is not of the chalk-or-cheese , sheep-and-goats variety ; the discrimination proposed is more subtle — between a quality in poetry that is ‘ nearly always ’ a virtue ( ’ I can think of no case where it is not' ) , and an opposite quality that is ‘ not always ’ a fault . |
| 19 | At other times it may be by anointing the sick person with oil . |
| 20 | Homelessness has been on the increase for a long time and Government initiatives , based as they are on encouraging the private sector to fill the gap left by local authorities , have been essentially piecemeal and fragmentary . |
| 21 | The greatest differences between the groups were in understanding the different ideas ( propositions ) in a sentence , in dealing with problems of grammatical unpredictability , and most simply of all , in recognising words . |
| 22 | It 's all down to confusion rather than deliberate ignorance , so it 's worth covering the whole idea of shareware , how it differs from other types of software such as public domain , and what the user 's obligations are both legally and morally . |
| 23 | It 's worth doing the Blind Date to see this . |
| 24 | She adds : ‘ Even if you feel at times that you ca n't face the extra work in the kitchen that Christmas seems to involve , it 's worth making the extra effort once a year . |
| 25 | With the mines now being put up for private operation , a great deal will depend on how sincere British Coal is about helping the new licensees to make a go of it . |
| 26 | Eating is about making choices ; healthy eating is about making the right choices . |
| 27 | Dropping boards and sails through not carrying them correctly can be very expensive , so it is worth learning the correct method ( Figs 8 and 9 ) . |
| 28 | Since some historians see the anti-standing army platform as essentially a Whig position before the Glorious Revolution , it is worth stressing the Tory dimension to the opposition in 1685 . |
| 29 | But before we do so , it is worth mentioning the shrewd suggestion of Professor Raymond Brown that foremost in the complex imagery behind this word is the idea of what he calls a ‘ tandem relationship ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ If you succeed ’ , he went on , ‘ you will have hundreds of miles of country and thousands of men under your orders , and for this it is worth bartering the outward show . ’ |