Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A marriage between foreign nationals from different countries and of different religions would have been difficult enough in settled times , but it was rendered much more complicated now by the fact that whatever my family 's record might have been with regard to the Fascist party , my mother , my father and I were enemy aliens who had just lost a war . |
| 2 | It should be worth waiting for the last in which Mick Ryan 's Les Amis ( 3.40 ) is well drawn and must be fancied on her two lengths defeat of Quinta Royale at Folkestone . |
| 3 | He hemmed and hawed and rambled through a number of subjects before making a sideways approach to what he really seemed to need , which was any useful or memorable detail that would be worth noting about the previous night 's client . |
| 4 | Rory Finegan was reported to be considering going to the European Court . |
| 5 | In particular , Germany was thought to be considering withdrawing from the European jet fighter project , in which it was engaged with France and Italy , while the UK was seeking confirmation that development of a military helicopter by the UK manufacturer Westland and an Italian manufacturer would proceed as planned . |
| 6 | The past few months have proved how effective we are at fighting for the British people . |
| 7 | For a somewhat less biased view of the global scene it 's worth sending for the latest Report on the State of World Population from the UN 's Fund for Population Activities ( 485 , Lexington Ave . |
| 8 | And they know everybody who 's worth knowing in the househunting jungle — which makes them the ideal people to recruit the rest of your team . |
| 9 | Er now I I would expect , I do n't know whether it 's worth talking about the general principle that we 're talking about different routes here and as i understand , the purpose today was to talk about the need for relief roads and I would expect at some future date , at a public enquiry when er I 'm defending er the outer blue er the outer northern route , to defend why that was chosen as opposed to an inner northern route and not rely upon the key diagram in the structure plan and the stars that are shown on there . |
| 10 | Equally , however , it should be recognised that some writing is about communicating with the outside world and having a say in that world . |
| 11 | Friendship is about caring for the other person , respecting the other person , sharing your interests with the other person , enjoying just being with the other person — but not about suffocating the other person with big slobbering kisses ! |
| 12 | When Neill and Buchanan challenge what is many boxing fans ' most cherished theory , it is worth delving into the social backgrounds of all the world champions and many leading contenders . |
| 13 | To give an idea of the syllabus for an LLB student it is worth looking at the typical curriculum in individual years . |
| 14 | It is worth knowing about the following aspects of your teenager 's life : |
| 15 | Whatever hardware you choose , it is essential that it is securely fixed , and it is worth thinking about the actual fixing point at your initial planning stage . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the topic is undeniably an important one and it is worth sketching in the legal rules . |
| 17 | For the moment it is worth concentrating on the shared concern for speech which is typical of both the written arts and , increasingly , of sociology . |
| 18 | It is worth working through the logical notation , however , for ease of reference later . |
| 19 | WHAT a spoilsport the Queen is for objecting to the Spitting Image royal puppets being displayed in the window of Liberty in London . |
| 20 | It 's about because the company after all is you it 's a group of people and so er it 's about putting over the right image so quality presentation to a client the image . |
| 21 | PETERBOROUGH manager Chris Turner is considering quitting over the coin-throwing incident that may lead to the club being charged by the Football Association . |
| 22 | Erm , only thing is of working with the standard yes , 'cos that is n't what sub-contracting means . |
| 23 | Which is why Londoners north of the Thames think going south of the river is like stumbling into the left-over servants ' quarters , down in the basement where decent folks do n't go . |
| 24 | It was to be known whether the mines " are like to continue as they have been , & whether the Oare is like to continue at the same rate it hath been at , and whether it be of the same goodness as it hath been . " |
| 25 | ‘ It 's like looking through the wrong end of a telescope . ’ |
| 26 | It 's like living in the Arabian Nights . |
| 27 | The row of intense structures increasing diagonally at higher α values is from scattering from the second and third atomic layers which are not symmetrical about the azimuth , as are all of the recoil structures . |
| 28 | Rather , it is to say that Gusfield 's theory may continue to have explanatory power , particularly with regard to the initial motivation of participants in such a movement , and that where Wallis ' work is important is in pointing to the cultural concerns that may also underpin the rise of specific moral entrepreneurial groups . |
| 29 | In the States , the emphasis is on sticking to the tried and true . |
| 30 | Members can buy their tickets from tomorrow … while other fans can get their 's by going to the next home game against Sunderland |