Example sentences of "be [adv] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also felt it to be out of keeping with the scale of neighbouring dwellings , particularly the Old School House . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | The majority of the Parish Council object to this development because it is out of keeping with the surrounding properties in size , design and proposed building materials . |
| 4 | The proposed dwelling is out of keeping with the nearby existing dwellings and will detract from the character of the stone archway and The Lodge . |
| 5 | Now that 's instead of spinning round the moon is stationary in the sky , just for the sake of this Now , the moon on this side obviously will be attracting the water on the surface of the earth so you get a bulge in the sea here . |
| 6 | The bending of the light is sharper than the curvature of Venus , and the impression is therefore of standing at the bottom of a shallow bowl . |
| 7 | Any idea of codification was out of keeping with the English tradition of relatively unfettered judicial discretion and the elasticity of the common law . |