Example sentences of "[prep] be [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to admit , however , that the main reason that she had phoned the Symses and answered their appeal so promptly was that it took her out of the house , and away from the strain of being with Mark in public while the incident of the night before still divided them . |
| 2 | To this end they have collectively built up an enormous fund of local knowledge and experience , not just of the water and its peculiar hydrodynamics but also the sides of the gorge as well , things like the best portage routes , where to escape out of the gorge in an emergency , where and how close you can get with transport , nearest telephone , helicopter landing sites , etc , a sad spinoff of being on call for river search duties in the event of tragic emergency . |
| 3 | Colchester GP Nick Dixon said a continuing increase in daytime work was making the responsibility of being on duty at night more of a strain . |
| 4 | Clare was prepared to do without the ups of being in love in return for never experiencing the downs . |
| 5 | Legitimacy : ( a ) of a government or the title of a sovereign : the condition of being in accordance with law or principle … ( b ) conformity to a rule or principle ; lawfulness . |
| 6 | This idea of being in harmony with nature on the wave — is n't that the biggest crock of shit you ever heard ? ’ |
| 7 | Not like being at home of course , not so cosy , but I expect it 's quite interesting . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's like being under fire in war . |
| 9 | Because of the integral parts played by Mind and consciousness , it seems that any purely mechanistic description of the origins of life and the physical universe , is doomed to failure , for it ignores the manner by which the physical creation and physical bodies come into being as expressions of Mind and consciousness . |
| 10 | I had come home late from being with friends on Christmas Eve . |
| 11 | There may be occasions when we feel ourselves in favour of particular activities that are defined as crimes ; but that is entirely different from being in favour of crime . |
| 12 | Finally , he comes to the conclusion that psychopathology plays no causative role in creativity , except in the choice of subject matter , and that where it does exist it stems from social causes ; for example the stress that the person of original mind experiences in being at odds with society . |
| 13 | The whole life cycle may be completed endogenously and transmission , at least in the cat , is thought to be via ingestion of vomit containing the L3 . |
| 14 | Children whose teachers rated their ability as average tended to spend less time on work and routine activities and more time distracted or awaiting attention than either those who were thought to be above average in ability or those who were rated as below average . |
| 15 | A close associate of hers was reported to be under investigation for espionage . |
| 16 | The deal is reputed to be worth £1m to Distillery which includes lease of the stadium and a share of the profits . |
| 17 | No matter how realistic and cautious I tried to be about changes at home , in my heart I only wanted reassurance that things would be as before . |
| 18 | It appears to be about matters of accommodation and staffing . |
| 19 | ‘ The place of nutritional intervention in the management of human cancer remains controversial , but it is an exciting prospect to consider that substances so innocuous and commonplace as essential fatty acids may prove to be of benefit in cancer therapy . ’ |
| 20 | The exact truth as to material fact ceases to be of importance in art — it is a student 's style — the style of a period when the mind is serene and unawakened to the tragical mysteries of life . ’ |
| 21 | Emphasis was to be placed on retaining commuter and rural services and routes deemed to be of value in spite of costs . |
| 22 | To be of value in war it required Egyptian co-operation . |
| 23 | Then in 1773–4 he made two designs for a bridge to cross the Severn in Stourport , Worcestershire , the first to be of timber with stone abutments and the second a single arch of brick but resting on a cast-iron centre . |
| 24 | The Commission approved on Dec. 17 , 1989 , for the third framework programme , its key technology research and development initiative , a budget of 5,700 million ECU over a five-year period of which one-third was to be for research into information technology . |
| 25 | Schools ' concerns in examining their attendance rates tend to be with levels of non-attendance and in particular with truancy . |
| 26 | Such approaches have always seen the complexity of design activity with its range of apparently contradictory impulses and antitheses ; is the emphasis to be on questions of form or of function or on solving technical or aesthetic desires and needs ? |
| 27 | As for Hughes ' own career , everything seems to be on course for world domination . |
| 28 | Ideally the British wanted the Americans to be on call in reserve , not edging themselves into the premier position . |
| 29 | The optimistic , structuring of an art form until it appears to be on tiptoe in defiance and compliance with gravity … or whatever the dominant forcefield may be . |
| 30 | Do you remember that George and Mildred used to be on telly in comedy ? |