Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am all for planning from the bottom up but I am also convinced of the virtues of the presentation of draft proposals as a means for making discussion possible . |
| 2 | They certainly will not go out of their way to be critical — and if they do they are not worth knowing in the first place ! |
| 3 | Thus I am dangerously near looking for the ready made composition that has been done to death by generations of landscape painters . |
| 4 | Apart from this , children are out by going to the wrong side when a number is called out , if they unfreeze without being told or if they are the last one to do one of the organizer 's commands . |
| 5 | He also felt it to be out of keeping with the scale of neighbouring dwellings , particularly the Old School House . |
| 6 | Such people are n't worth knowing in the first place . |
| 7 | Erm Angela 's on about nipping from the army across into West Berk . |
| 8 | It is only by preparing for the future that Lothian Highways staff can ensure that there will be a successful future . |
| 9 | It is only by concentrating on the differential element that literary studies can maintain its specific object of study . |
| 10 | Going into the light is not like going into the street . |
| 11 | But any engineer can recognize an object that has been designed , even poorly designed , for a purpose , and he can usually work out what that purpose is just by looking at the structure of the object . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not about diving into the murky depths in search of treasure — that is just the impression we want to get away from ’ , insists Noel Fojut , Historic Scotland 's Principal Inspector responsible for underwater archaeology . |
| 13 | It 's not worth looking on the box for the news because it 's , they 'll be nothing new . |
| 14 | Unless the price soars to beat £4.57 in the next week , it 's not worth bothering with the warrants . |
| 15 | well it 's not worth going down the road to come back up to that pub |
| 16 | The truth seems to be that this question itself can not be answered in a way which is neutral between different positions in meta-ethics and ethics and is hardly worth discussing in the abstract . |
| 17 | Either that or they 're finding out if someone 's home before going round the back and breaking in . |
| 18 | And it 's always worth remembering about the Crimean erm episode that Austria in essence intervenes on the side er er intervenes not so much on the side of Britain and France but against Russia . |
| 19 | Remember , thermal soaring is more about staying in the strongest area of lift than flying at an ‘ efficient ’ angle of bank ; it usually pays to turn steeply , as the small turning circle enables you to keep in the narrow cores of strong lift . |
| 20 | She 's still in mourning after the death of her husband , but brave Princess Caroline is determined to make a success of his ailing businesses . |
| 21 | This is why it 's hardly worth going into the ins-and-outs of his previous ( albeit ground-breaking and influential ) outfit here . |
| 22 | But the disc is probably worth purchasing for the Weill alone , a work which Klemperer commissioned from the composer after attending and enjoying performances of the Dreigroschenoper in Berlin in 1929 . |
| 23 | It is also worth thinking about the possibility that rearrangements of the continents and oceans would themselves have considerable climatic effects . |
| 24 | It is also worth looking at the smaller , regional building societies . |
| 25 | It is also worth looking at the smaller , regional building societies . |
| 26 | It is also worth looking at the smaller , regional building societies . |
| 27 | It is also worth speculating on the fate of what must have been a nonplussed Christopher Chryselius , Sir John Pennington must have been thoroughly annoyed at the outcome , too . |
| 28 | It 's also worth writing to the branches of chain stores in the area for support . |
| 29 | Erm , I too endorse the er views expressed by other members , but I think it 's also worth commenting on the work that , and contribution that 's made of voluntary , by by volunteers to the work of the archivist , which is referred to in the report . |
| 30 | When conduct on the part of a government or some other public body is dubbed ‘ unconstitutional ’ , what is often meant is not necessarily that the law has been broken , but rather that the action is out of keeping with the style or , more broadly , the ‘ way of life ’ of a country … |