Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While bank deposits have stagnated over the past three years , mutual funds , which are mostly outside the banks ' domain , have grown by two-thirds . |
| 2 | English fans feel that the emphasis on fast bowling in the last fifteen years has been greatly to the game 's detriment , leading to the continuing decline of the spinner , a lack of variety , slow over rates , broken bones and a situation where batting is more about courage than skill . |
| 3 | In the middle ages Margaret had had a wonderful time ; women had understood then that it was not to other mothers that you turn in childbirth , it is to those women who have lived it , who have been down between the dragon 's teeth , have travelled the dragons ' pathways and have lurked in the dark and boiling belly of pain , have been chewed and digested and emerged . |
| 4 | ‘ Our plans are entirely within the council 's planning brief . ’ |
| 5 | That 's right , I 've , I 've been through over the year 's I 've been doing this and they say , whether it 's because they know if the background at the er vets , the private vets there , you know I do n't know , but the information I get from them , that there 'd a , there not prepared to over . |
| 6 | The trustees of the seller 's pension scheme are not under the seller 's control and so the seller may not be able to procure payment of a transfer value equal to that agreed . |
| 7 | I know how to make it do all kinds of things — including a few that are not in the manufacturer 's manual — but I have not the first idea as to how it actually works . |
| 8 | ’ Erskine May ’ states clearly that amendments may be made in Committee even if they are not within the Bill 's scope according to the long title . |
| 9 | Mergers and takeovers are not within the company 's experience , and are not likely to succeed in such a consistent , pervasive corporate culture . |
| 10 | The cam lever goes to C. The side levers position themselves — they 're not under the knitter 's control . |
| 11 | ‘ They go together , ’ said Garvin , ‘ because the only legal basis we have for being in Egypt is that we 're here by the Khedive 's invitation . |
| 12 | We 're very near the land 's edge . |
| 13 | But there may have been more to the Chancellor 's remarks than meet the eye . |
| 14 | Yarrow , cranesbill , goldenrod , globe thistle , rose campion and Michaelmas daisies are usually in the birds ' top ten of herbaceous plants . |
| 15 | Before then Courtaulds had worked through agents , supplying fibre to customers such as Luserna , of Turin , who first bought viscose rayon in 1947 and are still on the company 's books . |
| 16 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 17 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 18 | Where forecasts are not legally binding on the buyer , another commonly used alternative is for the buyer to agree to compensate the seller ( up to some agreed limits ) for excess inventory of the products covered by the agreement which are still in the seller 's hands on termination of the agreement , but which he can not reasonably dispose of elsewhere . |
| 19 | The cathedral cities of York and Lincoln are both within an hour 's drive . |
| 20 | These very important projects are both within the Garden 's draft Strategic Plan for Information Services , which is currently under discussion . |
| 21 | There are many reasons why this may be so , some of which are clearly beyond the adviser 's immediate control . |
| 22 | Another good predator is the arrow crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which are also to the crab 's taste . |
| 23 | Of course , saying that , I am assuming these instruments are up to the company 's usual standard and not just the poor man 's alternative . |
| 24 | Electric cars are now on the government 's list of 400 environmentally friendly products , meaning tax breaks for companies that use them . |
| 25 | The system should allow for some unexpected failures , which are out of the drivers ' control , to occur . ’ |
| 26 | Recognising that the point will vary from one member of the profession to another , there are perhaps four questions which should be constantly in the worker 's mind : |
| 27 | On 17 July 1559 , the answer was a scolding letter from her husband the king of France to lord James , marvelling that he , who ‘ has the honour to be so near the Queen 's Grace , my wife … should be so forgetful as to make yourself the head … of the tumults and seditions ’ ; only six days later did the queen get round to sending a similarly plaintive message herself . |
| 28 | Sometimes , as in this example , the contrast is obvious in the language itself ( play well v. lose ) ; on other occasions , the contrast may be only in the speaker 's mind , e.g. : |
| 29 | The Marshal and I will be down in the porter 's lodge . ’ |
| 30 | Then in the Southern my next prayer was to be home for the boy 's Christmas holidays from school and I got home : it was even more special . |