Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lady is looking for a husband and she has been about the world sufficiently to know that I am not one of those . |
| 2 | You 're in no condition yet to tackle the stairs . ’ |
| 3 | When asked why she thought the doctor had not come more often , she replied , ‘ The doctors feel the residents are in a rest home to save them working . ’ |
| 4 | We are in a position again to make sure Winchester 's voice is heard in the corridors of power . |
| 5 | It has been estimated , for example , that a compound eye would need to be about a metre across to match the resolution of our eyes . |
| 6 | She might , however , be unable to halt the investigative process even if she wanted to because the police would be under a duty thoroughly to investigate the complaint . |
| 7 | ‘ After all , I 'm in no position financially to buy a place of my own ; even to think about getting married for several years yet . |
| 8 | I 'm in no case now to make war on any marcher lord . |
| 9 | ‘ It would be extra-ordinary and , in our opinion , unthinkable if the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) were to be in a position thereafter to pronounce upon other grounds of appeal and thereby destroy the order of the House of Lords by again quashing the conviction . ’ |
| 10 | I think we may be in a position now to take more risks . |
| 11 | but the brochure would still be on the desk so to speak of the sales office |
| 12 | But the villagers regarded the new name as no more than a foreigner 's eccentric fancy which they were under no obligation either to use or recognise . |
| 13 | But in any event I have to say that I find the judge 's reasons unconvincing and would not be minded to follow them unless we were under an obligation so to do . |
| 14 | I expect it comes naturally to you , being in the business so to speak . |
| 15 | It is for the judge alone to determine facts upon which the admissibility of evidence depends and , similarly , it must be for him to satisfy himself as to matters involved in an application to stay because of abuse or , as the judge preferred , ‘ misuse ’ — of process . |
| 16 | To be sure that a patient is truly regaining their health , it is of no value just to know that the symptoms of his complaint have been relieved , rather the focus of his disease has to be seen to be shifting into less important areas , that is , moving down the hierarchy . |
| 17 | The obvious area for development was for the group actively to seek Manpower Services Commission monies to set up employment creation projects and to use those funds to establish self-sustaining ventures as certain other projects in the area had done . |
| 18 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 19 | But I got myself straightened out and I was in the mood then to write some words , get into being into the music , get the tunes making me groove . ’ |
| 20 | At least he was on the ball enough to realize that . |
| 21 | Mr Harrison was at the shipyard yesterday to receive a petition containing 9,500 names from the Cammell Laird Community Group . |