Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DSD levies , which up to now have been based on the size of the package , are due to rise sharply in the autumn , and will be higher on the materials which have proved hardest to recycle , especially plastic . |
| 2 | Though civilization crumbles , let those who are civilized remain so to the end ! |
| 3 | Scientists at the Met Office are prepared to go along with the US plan . |
| 4 | Bricks , old tiles , new tiles , quarry tiles , Mexican , French or Spanish tiles , ceramic tiles , slate and even marble facing all look spectacular — provided , of course , that you are prepared to put up with the clattering noise from chairs being pulled up to the table and pushed back . |
| 5 | The question that Englishmen yes , and Englishwomen must decide is whether or not they are prepared to knuckle under to the unspeakable creep Mathews , the demented McLachlan and the absurd Bottomley . |
| 6 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |
| 7 | It would have been easier to set off in the daylight but it was n't possible . |
| 8 | Costs do rise , as you are careful to point out at the start of the feature , but there can be no excuse for the blatant abuse of the costings given . |
| 9 | It is here that psychoanalysis has had its most popular appeal , seeming to explain why some obsessionals continually need to wash their hands , or why some children are desperately afraid of horses or dogs , or why some people are afraid to go out of the house . |
| 10 | ‘ People on the estate are afraid to go out in the dark and even too afraid to open their doors . ’ |
| 11 | I have been interested to learn more about the valuable work AEA Technology is doing on supplying technology world-wide through technical consultancy , technical products and services and engineering project management . |
| 12 | It would also seem that some proteins are free to move laterally within the membrane . |
| 13 | And it 's definitely a hands-on session — toddlers are free to leap about during the hour-long class . |
| 14 | That , as pressure groups , they are free to campaign openly for the changes , Mrs Whitehouse accepted . |
| 15 | Revealing details of Iraq 's latest assurances delivered on March 20 , Rolf Ekeus , head of the joint UN and International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) special commission on Iraq , told a press conference in New York the same day that his commission was " satisfied there are undertakings that the Iraqis are willing to go along with the destruction [ of ] capabilities " which they had not previously agreed to destroy . |
| 16 | There are very few people in whom a light trance can not be induced should they wish it and provided they are willing to co-operate fully with the therapist . |
| 17 | Even long-drained regions , such as Longdon Marsh in Worcestershire , are easy to pick out on the Ordnance Survey as ‘ holes ’ on the map . |
| 18 | Peace and quiet are easy to find even in the height of the season , for the hotel is splendidly isolated , away from traffic and the merest hint of a crowd . |
| 19 | Like a flan with potatoes and cheese in , mind you you 're supposed to cut down on the cheese |
| 20 | Oh , they 're all getting in on the act , are they ? thought Dalziel . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , you 're all dressed up to the nines ! ’ |
| 22 | We 're all running down to the river like you said , they may not find us down there . |
| 23 | ‘ OK , the shooting 's stopped and we 're all parked up outside the Butcher Building . |
| 24 | And we 're all going out on the field going come on , very good , we 're gon na beat your team , and we got our man and we scored about seven tries in the first three minutes . |
| 25 | I asked him , I said before we go any further , can you get these with the complete package and he said no , they 're all going back to the N H S typed thing because that 's the look , the look people want |
| 26 | All of them were chasing the duck but they 've all they 've all decided to stop for the moment , they 're all sitting down on the grass . |
| 27 | Then I turn over and put my face under the water , and I can see that they 're all floating just under the surface of the water . |
| 28 | So there are a whole range of different origins to these particles but they 're all floating around in the sea water . |
| 29 | Sure , they 're all coming up on the bus from Mullingar/Limerick/Cork on Friday for the whole weekend . ’ |
| 30 | . They 're all coming down off the bloody erm . |