Example sentences of "be [prep] [det] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 2 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 3 | And make sure your insurance company knows about any specific items , like valuable antiques , that are worth more than the insurance limit they may have set . |
| 4 | The idea is that the bidder must think that the shares in the company are worth more than the bid price , for example , because under the bidder 's control the company will be operated more efficiently , otherwise the bid would not be made . |
| 5 | Since Gladstone 's day , governments have accepted that literacy , learning and literature are worth more than the revenue from a tax on the product . |
| 6 | This is less important than in a share sale where the difficulty of the purchaser , without an express damage statement , is to show that the shares are worth less than the purchaser paid for them , as a reduction in the assets or increase in the liabilities does not necessarily reduce the price of the shares . |
| 7 | But the party conflict had always been about more than the succession . |
| 8 | Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted . |
| 9 | At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business . |
| 10 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 11 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 12 | A radio would probably be worth more than the car itself . |
| 13 | We can expect more statements in the coming weeks and months and I am certain they will be about more than the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales , which is not a grave legal or constitutional matter . |
| 14 | Delays need to be of more than an hour before compensation is paid out , and even then you need to have bought your ticket before knowing about the hold-up . |
| 15 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 16 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 17 | Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’ |
| 19 | Thus , the value of the firm is equal to the total value of its expected future stream of cash flows , discounted to take account of the ‘ time value of money ’ ( ’ a pound tomorrow is worth less than a pound today ’ ) and risk . |
| 20 | If you genuinely think that the property is worth less than the asking price , then make a lower offer . |
| 21 | Since these two tend to go hand in hand , anyone whose home is worth less than the mortgage on it , would welcome a little inflation . |
| 22 | The Kaduna-based Hausa language newspaper Gaskiya ta fi Kwabo ( ‘ The Truth is Worth More than a Penny ’ ) , took this allegation further by quoting from a leading Kaduna State politician : |
| 23 | Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested . |
| 24 | For patients , continued trust in the basis for their doctor 's decisions is worth more than the possibility of quicker access to elective surgery . |
| 25 | They will not complain if they believe that their property is worth more than the band in which it has been allocated . |
| 26 | Assuming your trip is for more than an hour , the following items are considered pretty indispensable by most mothers . |
| 27 | The issue was about more than the Chairman 's statue , however . |
| 28 | Lewis 's popularity was part of this , and it was with more than a scent of victory in the air , victory over the agnostics and freethinkers , that he consented to be involved with the foundation of the Socratic Club in Oxford in 1941 . |
| 29 | And they used to let us come out of the pit at three quarter time , there were six of us , all of a size , strong as young bulls and er we used to have to i if the body was within less than a mile from the church , you see ? |