Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Central to an increase in through cargoes is the proposed Trans-Atlantic Agreement . |
2 | Farming is Britain 's major industry and along with forestry is the major user of the hill land . |
3 | When he arrived , getting down to work was the last thing on his mind . |
4 | One of the things that 's left over from school is an absolute terror of hearing my name pronounced in public . |
5 | Margaret Gantzer ( Professor Chatterjee ) over from Delhi is a visiting Fellow at Wolfson College , Oxford , fromJanuary toJuly 1991 and is looking forward to meeting old friends and making new ones . |
6 | Over on BBC2 was The Deadly Game , the full-length feature film prelude to the series Serpico . |
7 | Another tradition which grew up about Abyssinia was the European belief in the country 's legendary priest-king , Prester John . |
8 | Down with walls and up with relationships is the pioneering cry from the New York corridors of one of the world 's largest banks , Citicorp , to small software companies in France.When , at Imagination , a highly profitable London-based design group . |
9 | Sixty years after Hitler 's Enabling Act of 23 March , 1933 , finally consigned German parliamentary democracy to the dustbin and consolidated the Nazis in power , Sibylle Kaufmann believes that the most important thing she gained from growing up under dictatorship was a heightened sense of spiritual awareness : ‘ Materialistically , everything looked so fine , on the outer side . |
10 | She looked around the vestibule , suddenly aware that this room where she ate a brioche and drank milky coffee as if at a feast of the gods on those mornings when she managed to get up in time was a mere dingy parlour , the curtains grey with city smuts , the tables pocked and charred by cigarettes . |
11 | There 's a lot to be done if cases are to be taken to court , but the last thing Thames Water will want during the run up to privatisation is a long , drawn out damages claim where the point at issue is the safety of the water in the tap . |
12 | On from Gotein is the little town , or alternatively the large village , of Tardets-Sorholus . |
13 | The brunt of the assault was directed at the USA , but also singled out for criticism were the European Communities ( EC ) , Australia , Canada , Hong Kong , Indonesia , South Korea , Singapore and Thailand . |
14 | Most prominent among the effects singled out for blame is the hostile takeover , both in America and in Britain . |
15 | Blaming others or opting out of responsibility is a reliable sign that Ego is in control . |
16 | They predict a continuing rise in demand but argue that work out of hours is an essential part of a general practitioner 's role . |
17 | A lift which is out of order is a frequent and frustrating sight . |
18 | Tories producing rabbits out of hats is the big bad headline , was n't it . |
19 | Wickenden , as purchasing director , is naturally reticent about details , but he led me to believe that smuggling nuts out of Turkey was an important activity , and that everyone except presumably the government , was satisfied with this arrangement . |
20 | Sleep is commonly disturbed in one way or another : some people nod off as soon as they get home and sit down ; they wake up at midnight with the TV still on — and then ca n't get back to sleep again till 3am ; some people find it impossible to wake up in the morning and getting out of bed is a real struggle ; others are awake at half-past four in the morning with their brains buzzing and churning ; some people find themselves getting very sleepy when difficult or anxiety-making things happen . |
21 | Walking around Urbino 's quiet streets on a wet Sunday out of season was an evocative and fascinating experience , even though the churches and palace had closed early in the morning . |
22 | A baby born out of wedlock was a great sin , then , and a huge embarrassment to the family . |
23 | ‘ Out of doors is the best place for Brownies , really , but we 've only been able to be out of doors so much because of this hot summer . |
24 | Shallow tunnels running from setts out into fields are a frequent cause of concern , says the book , and are best dealt with by breaking in the roof of the tunnels and filling in the trench created . |
25 | The only object really worth seeking out with binoculars is the very red variable TX or 19 Piscium , which fluctuates irregularly between magnitudes 4.3 and 5.1 ; it has an N-type spectrum . |
26 | Three miles out from Scheffau is the beautiful Hintersteinersee lake , where you can swim , picnic or just enjoy the scenery . |
27 | Also in the works and due out in June are the LS-Series EOS SuperSparc workstations . |
28 | They 'll give lots of pleasure indoors for a week or two , and can then be left to their own devices outdoors for the rest of the year ; getting dried out in summer is a positive help . |
29 | This is because eating out in Hungary is a real pleasure , with an excellent and internationally recognised cuisine and , for holders of western currency , it is all remarkably inexpensive , particularly in the country areas . |
30 | I did n't realize how much I 've changed , until I was back in Benedict 's the other day . |