Example sentences of "[ex0] be [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Same age as Francesca , and had attended the same good North London all-girls ' grammar school , for entry to which aspiring parents would have been prepared to pay blood-money had there been anyone in the austere intellectual governing body and teaching staff who would have taken it .
2 Even at the most constantly watched setts , the badgers can sometimes become nervous if they catch the scent of a stranger , particularly if there are none of the usual human visitors present either .
3 I do believe they wore top hats , but there are none of the usual wedding photographs to confirm that .
4 ‘ We have good discussions , ’ he wrote , ‘ but there are none of the snide comments about ‘ my Russian mates carving up Poland ’ or ‘ my Commie friends getting more than they bargained for ’ when Russia invaded Finland , that I had on the building job . ’
5 Generally , there are none of the inane pizzaman delivery scenarios you find in commercial porn — something consumers cherish about the amateurs .
6 There were none of the battered paperbacks usually left abandoned after rainy afternoons in holiday houses , no near pornography and , she thought , no detective stories , until she remembered the Sherlock Holmes collection beside the bed .
7 Adrar was clean , and there were none of the African smells offensive to western noses — just the opposite .
8 Standards slipped but there were none of the old crowd now to witness the decay .
9 The permanent staff was gradually purged to other camps until there were none of the original ‘ old people ’ left .
10 Moreover , the papers were run as political ventures ; there were none of the commercial , management , planning and sales activities that were to be found at the Standard .
11 Here there were none of the accustomed party cant or heroics about the Revolution .
12 As for the old houses , there were none in the immediate area that I knew of , other than these which had been built as a nostalgic memento , as a reminder , as a gift both to himself and his family from a man who must have known innately that in discarding the past his people were in danger of losing their touchstone .
13 There were none in the general field of PVC calendering but only in the special field of PVC for adhesive tape .
14 ‘ You sure there 's nothing between the two of you ? ’
15 There 's nothing between the two teams …
16 And you come over this hill and suddenly there 's nothing on the other side except a huge hole in the ground , and the road goes along almost a cliff edge the side of this erm hole which is this worked out iron ore quarry .
17 So what is so there 's nothing to the other side , just apart from this big room ?
18 A glowing profile by a local journalist of the time said : ‘ There 's nothing of the ruthless businessman in him .
19 Then there 's nothing but the implacable , soul-less beat , and a subdued babble of shudders and metallic gasps .
20 Second team or not , however , there 's nothing like the first century .
21 Ach , there 's nothing like the primitive life , is there ? ’
22 There 's nothing like the soft texture and colour of old fabrics : learn to use and take care of them . ’
23 You know , if there 's nothing like the last week then Did you have your tea Danny ?
24 Never mind the sequels , there 's nothing like the original and the proudest treasure in the archives of the Oxford University Press remains this early edition of Samuel Johnson 's very first English dictionary .
25 Because now I know there 's nothing behind the fancy shirt that interests me in the slightest . ’
26 As far as the build quality is concerned , you 'd expect it to be up there with the best of the Japanese instruments , and you 'll be pleased to know that Jackson have not compromised their reputation here at all ; there 's nothing in the slightest ‘ second rate ’ about the Infinity .
27 Well , right , erm so a three bars of chocolate , there 's one in the hundred grams , will cost you twenty eight pence .
28 There 's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment .
29 There 's something about the sixteenth in your house .
30 There 's something of the same blankness of effect , too , in Ismail Saray 's white sheet hung against red , the white perforated with large burnt holes .
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