Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term , the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination . |
| 2 | Huge unemployment resulted and East Europeans began to wonder if they had not been better off in economic isolation — though there was no going back on political reform . |
| 3 | If you really want to make light of powder you are better off with specialised hardware . |
| 4 | Though generally they are only out by one grade , that can be make or break for some . |
| 5 | 4 months after the first tenants moved in , the builders are already back in this council house on the infamous Innsworth Grove estate . |
| 6 | IF YOU 'RE A BRIGHTON , BLACKPOOL OR BOGNOR BABY , YOU 'RE BETTER OFF WITH BRITISH GAS WATER HEATING . |
| 7 | I think we 're better off with orange squash , just |
| 8 | I know you 're now up for another anchor job . |
| 9 | Finances , I think they 're well up on that sort of thing |
| 10 | You 're well out of that den . ’ |
| 11 | The HDML 's had nice lines and for this reason many of them were converted into yachts , some of them are still around to this day . |
| 12 | But companies are reporting that orders are still down on last year , with no sign from the catering industry that it is in a position to re-equip the dining room . |
| 13 | ‘ Linfield have a stronger squad than last season with all their new signings but they are also up against tougher opposition . |
| 14 | The arm spines are finely rugose with occasional larger points , the second or third dorsal most ones which are often up to 2 arm segments long . |
| 15 | They are now back in this country in the process of establishing new Vineyard churches . |
| 16 | Jeremy , I , I said it was a , a particularly bad problem , er we , we are worse off in this area for homelessness that a lot of other places are n't we ? |
| 17 | So you 'd probably be better off with that stuff . |
| 18 | ‘ If all the blokes I knew were like you then I 'd be better off with another girl , would n't I ? ’ she said scornfully . |
| 19 | The compromise involves some danger of overlooking factors relevant to a choice , so that in principle one would be better off without this weakness of the flesh . |
| 20 | Finally the young woman stated , ‘ I 'd be better off on Social Welfare ’ . |
| 21 | It could be just down to good digestion and calm dreams , of course ; but I take it as a sign of happiness . |
| 22 | Oh , I know I 'm always on about some alternative or other . |
| 23 | The amounts which are claimed are frequently out of all proportion to the loss suffered but , since damages are awarded in some courts by the jury responding to the eloquent pleas of plaintiff 's counsel , the nearest million dollars seems to be not an unusual amount . |
| 24 | The charitable world as a whole , as I 'm sure many of you know , has been severely hit by the recession er our donations received this year are dramatically down on last year 's and we operate on a shoestring but the provision of teams to go round the world , the provision of training , even with all the help we get from the R Y A still costs a lot of money . |
| 25 | But the Junior also felt a little odd , the playing area being rather off to one side , so Hamer would say it 's this that they 've looked to address — but I still think they could have done it better . |
| 26 | If you were right out in empty space — I mean a long , long way from anything else — you 'd expect to go straight ahead . |
| 27 | We felt we were halfway back to civilian life , being off the camp and in the middle of an interesting town . |
| 28 | A minute earlier he had been feeling sorry for the men who were still out on house-to-house questioning . |
| 29 | We were still out in empty space miles from anywhere . |
| 30 | Prices were slightly down on last year , despite the best crop of berries seen for some time . |