Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was pressed into the ranks of the northern army , ‘ whereby he might somewhat be instructed of the difference between the sitting quietly in his house , and the travail and danger which others daily do sustain' . |
| 2 | You 'd better be prepared for the hauntings , because hauntings is what you 'll bloody well get . |
| 3 | Although the numbers will not apparently be limited at the briefings , a notional limit may be set on the number of climbers admitted to the range on any one occasion . |
| 4 | Parler 's influence can especially be seen in the vaulting , most particularly in the stellar designs of the Sacristy and Wenceslaus Chapel . |
| 5 | There needs to be a link between the thesaurus and the data input screens for the database so that new terms can optionally be included in the thesaurus during indexing , and also reviewed later for completion of relationship indication . |
| 6 | I add my congratulations to my right hon. Friend and his team on what will rightly be seen in the country as an excellent result for Britain and Europe , especially on enlargement . |
| 7 | Any gas flowing inward across the OLR will naturally be driven by the bar into the region within a few hundred parsecs of the nucleus , the region of the molecular disk . |
| 8 | The downward arpeggio in the last two bars will obviously be given to the clarinet , for besides the fact that it fits that instrument like a glove , it does not lie within the range of any other wind instrument . |
| 9 | Although input will now obviously be curtailed by the absence of the crews in London and the students on vacation , any good ideas arising will be incorporated into the plan for presentation to the Annual General Meeting in November . |
| 10 | The principle just formulated can quite obviously be applied to the infinitive of purpose : ( 33 ) He struggled to get free . |
| 11 | In deciding " public policy " , he will obviously be influenced by the outlook of the political party of which he is a member , and by the values of the profession which he leads . |
| 12 | In this context , I would argue that while the unleashing of widespread revolutionary activity in Latin America in the 1960s must obviously be attributed to the impact of the 1959 Cuban revolution , this event was essentially a catalyst , which supplied a model and a source of inspiration to a radicalised generation who were already looking for an alternative to the Soviet theory of ‘ revolution in stages ’ . |
| 13 | Clause 3.2 and the first part of cl 3.3 of Precedent 2 cover the same principles , but , as would obviously be preferred by the buyer , in cl 3.3 the procedures are more flexible , and the buyer 's rights are somewhat greater . |
| 14 | Although cost is said not to be an issue , corporate sales and marketing strategy for Teradata products , as for the rest of NCR 's offerings , will henceforth be decided in the US . |
| 15 | OUP is pleased to announce that Volumes 1 and 2 of The Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English are having their sub-titles promoted and will henceforth be known as The Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms and The Oxford Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs . |
| 16 | English was , as it were , placed fully in the hands of the critic rather than the author , and the author would henceforth be admitted to the pantheon only on condition of a complete and " first-hand " revaluation . |
| 17 | September is the month when most of the new courses begin so be prepared for the enrolment days at your local college as they will be coming up soon . |
| 18 | The question of fundamental importance which arises is whether the court should entertain the proposition that an Act of Parliament can so be assailed in the courts that matters should proceed as though the Act or some part of it had never been passed . |
| 19 | Alison 's favours break down the boundaries of class ; any man who can lay her in his bed is like a lord , as Absolon says as he anticipates her kiss : Kolve 's interpretation of potentially religious images within the tale is fine as far as it goes , and can justly be quoted against the allegorizers , but there is at least one aspect of the tale that refers irreducibly to a moral frame within which the tale is set : recurrent swearing of oaths by " " Seint Thomas of Kent " " , which reminds us of the framing narrative with its realistic and morally symbolic journey towards Becket 's shrine in Canterbury and the judgement of the tale-telling game just as much as John 's calling upon St Frideswide locates the tale effectively within Oxford . |
| 20 | ‘ Chris ’ Nelson can justly be described as the Henry Ford of ice cream novelty production . |
| 21 | A credit for interest owed would not normally have been set up so the interest would be debited to the nominal account shown , which will then merely be transferred into the revenue account : |
| 22 | Legislation has put the matter beyond doubt in eight jurisdictions in the United States and elsewhere — for example , in France.15 In the United Kingdom , although some advocate legislation , it is likely that the new description will merely be incorporated into the law without more.16 The acceptance of brain-stem death may resolve a number of problems , but there is still the problem of how it is to be established in a particular case . |
| 23 | He will merely be remembered as the man who told us , as the Minister of Energy during the four-day week in the last days of the Heath government , to clean our teeth in the dark , for heaven 's sake . |
| 24 | It was not , of course , the first time that she had exercised the powers of Regent , but on this particular occasion she knew that she would have to deal with a new constitutional structure in which it was envisaged that she would merely be informed by the Ministers and would take no decisions on her own . |
| 25 | The Army and RUC had previously decided that , while the demonstration was too big to be prevented , it should none the less be confined to the ghetto . |
| 26 | By the end of 1926 , the General Council was advancing the argument , with some justification , that the General Strike had only been an attempt to warn employers that the problems of industry could not constantly be tackled at the expense of the standard of living of the workers . |
| 27 | These compensatory orders can only be obtained against the contravener who , for section 6 purposes , has been carrying on the unauthorised investment business , or who , for section 61 purposes , has contravened one or other of the statutory provisions referred to in section 61(1) ( a ) . |
| 28 | Bookings can only be accepted on the payment of a non refundable non transferrable deposit of £5 per person . |
| 29 | The competition is open to readers of 'Small Gardens ' and entries will only be accepted on the entry coupon provided . |
| 30 | The same reasoning does not apply where the money is sent by a stranger , in which case it can only be accepted on the terms upon which it is sent . |