Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't expect a man to walk around thinking he 's got to be grateful to them for the rest of his life — it 's ludicrous . |
| 2 | It should be possible for anybody in the organization at any level to make such a suggestion . |
| 3 | It was his own fault for having been conceited enough to be pleasant to her on the morning of the read-through . |
| 4 | The other girls disliked her for her outstanding looks and her haughty ways and made no attempt to be friendly on anything but the most superficial level and the pattern cutters and sewing hands hurried home to their families and boyfriends the moment they finished their long day 's work . |
| 5 | We have already seen that depressive or manic responses may be shown to be related to the problem of the son 's relation to the mother and his contradictory desire to be devoted to her as the ideal mother of hunter-gatherer prehistory and yet to be free of her as the phallic , dominant mother of primal agriculture . |
| 6 | He need not be interested in it at the time when the insurance is effected . |
| 7 | ‘ Why could not an entity that had no extension be visible to us under the appearance of … extension ? ’ |
| 8 | It must be accessible to everyone at the start . |
| 9 | It must be accessible to everyone at the start . |
| 10 | Many of the herbs Chris uses for treating his fish would be accessible to them in the wild . |
| 11 | The children will be delighted with it in the morning , and they 'll have us all up before breakfast , I 've no doubt . |
| 12 | " I Charles Gillingham Hamilton M.A. of Stockport in the Borough of Stockport and County of Chester , Clerk , a Clergyman of the Church of England , in priest 's orders and a Graduate of the University of Dublin declare that I will discharge always to the best of my ability the duties of Headmaster of the Stockport Grammar and Free School , and that in case I shall he removed from my Office I will thereupon relinquish all claim to the Office and its future emoluments and I will deliver up possession of the School and my residence to the Trustees and that it shall be lawful for them in the same case without ejectment or other legal process to take possession of my residence and remove myself and my effects therefrom . " |
| 13 | I also knew that experience in working with other birds would be useful to me in the long term . |
| 14 | All members should have received information about this , but if you have n't , or of you are not a member but would like to be involved with us in the challenge of these days , then please pick up an envelope from the Vestibule . |
| 15 | Linfield chairman , David Campbell said today : ‘ This is a fantastic capture for us — an experienced player who will be invaluable to us in the European Cup . ’ |
| 16 | It will be good for her in the mountains … ’ |
| 17 | Various aspects of the parties ' life , resources , and activities will be helpful to them in the conflict , but many of these are resources and activities that they will have possessed or engaged in or wished to posses or to engage in in any case , even if they did not take part in the contest . |
| 18 | But it was impossible to tell now who had been speaking or even to be sure at which of the small crowded tables the speaker sat . |
| 19 | There were no significant differences between the total , autonomic , and neuroglycopenic scores reported by subjects to be important to them at the beginning of a hypoglycaemic attack or later during its progression . |
| 20 | He and his brother Jonna got on better now that Jonna had grown up , but George knew that his brother would always be jealous of him as the elder . |
| 21 | The surveyor will be responsible to you for the stated purpose of the report . |
| 22 | Neither did she want to be alone with him in the dark . |
| 23 | In comprehension , children might already be aware that different speakers used different terms for instances of the same category , bird and oiseau say , but they might still be unsure for themselves of the specific conditions under which a speaker used one or other term . |
| 24 | the resources which he could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and |
| 25 | In relation to clauses which impose a monetary limit on damages recoverable in the event of breach of contract , the court is also to take into account : ( a ) the resources which [ the party seeking to rely on the clause ] could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and ( b ) how far it was open to him to cover himself by insurance . |
| 26 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 27 | The three other prints will then be available to you on the same basis and each may be paid for in the same way . |
| 28 | Lucy Jackson is also intending to run the Choreographic Workshops again this season — further details will be available from her in the Autumn . |
| 29 | I can be rational about everything except the point which most immediately concerns me , how to conduct my life . |
| 30 | This point should be familiar to you from the discussion of long-wave , world-system and regulationist theories in Chapters 1 and 2 . |