Example sentences of "be [prep] the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the resolution might still have won a majority had it not been for the stolen goods in the outhouse . |
| 2 | I am no molecular biologist , and would n't have dreamed of learning the techniques required to detect the immediate early genes , if it had n't been for the serendipitous arrival in the lab of a young molecular biologist from Moscow , Kostya Anokhin ( grandson of the psychologist and physiologist pupil of Pavlov , Peter Anokhin , whose ‘ functional systems theory ’ I referred to in passing in Chapter 9 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ If it had n't been for the native Africans in the community who rallied round , looked after my wife and kept leaving food parcels outside the door we would have been sunk . |
| 4 | If it had n't been for the triumphant glitter in his eyes she would have been lost ; as it was , he had pulled her zip down and was easing her dress from her shoulders by the time she 'd steeled herself to thrust hard against his shoulders with both hands and roll off the bed . |
| 5 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 6 | Now , however , having regard to what was learnt by C.N.L. 's counsel whilst sitting in court during the successful appeal , they are for the first time in a position to raise a plea of justification . |
| 7 | The care of these specimens together with that of the various under-storey plantings , and the adding of seasonal colour , have been of the highest standard in order to gain this Award . |
| 8 | Do you not think that up to now Middle Eastern countries and some other nations and people as well have been of the super powers in their giant struggle against each other , but now the United States may be able to take er , if you like a more mature and more relaxed attitude . |
| 9 | These points are of the greatest importance in developing a social model for the study of linguistic change , and there is much more to say about relative degrees of network strength as they affect patterns of change : I shall , therefore , refer back frequently to these findings . |
| 10 | Root crops — mangolds , swedes , common turnips , rape , and kale — are of the greatest value in the winter feeding of cattle and sheep . |
| 11 | Structural and geochemical studies are of the greatest value in the Northern Highlands . |
| 12 | Furthermore , we should recall that in modern individuals ( and almost certainly also in the past ) internalized verbal commands and prohibitions are of the first significance in the acquisition of the superego and manifest this aspect of themselves in the auditory hallucinations of accusing and scorning voices so often found in paranoia . |
| 13 | Health , cleanliness and comfort are of the highest concern in the selection of the beds and pillows for the hotel sector . |
| 14 | Movements of base level are of the utmost importance in understanding landforms in most parts of the world , for the earth 's surface is in an unstable period of its history . |
| 15 | We 're about the only people in , in Harlow that do sell the Anglepoise lamps |
| 16 | They 're about the biggest thing in this squadron . ’ |
| 17 | You 're like the drunken smoker in the gunpowder works . ’ |
| 18 | Although they 're among the poorest people in the community , many feel better off than they 've ever been — they 've got money , time and friends of their own for the first time . |
| 19 | In 613 the kingdom was reunited , as it had been under the previous Chlothar in 558 . |
| 20 | I am sure I speak for all of us here when I say that our thoughts are with the Miletti family in this ordeal . ’ |
| 21 | Dr John Hill , who had been with the International Brigade in Spain , Dr Neil Leitch from Queensland , Australia , Dr Fytiaras from Greece . |
| 22 | The rush was over by then , so I had time to listen to him telling me how bored he had been with the monotonous life in Parma . |
| 23 | I had the advantage of having been in the Civil Service in the war and [ was ] even offered establishment in the Treasury as a permanent thing . |
| 24 | COURTAULDS has been in the front line in war-ravaged Bosnia — after playing a similar role in the Gulf conflict . |
| 25 | President Nyerere of Tanzania ( as we shall see in greater detail later ) has taken the view that , in a country faced with problems of poverty , ignorance , disease and underdevelopment on a gigantic scale , press freedom should be limited just as it has been in the liberal democracies in wartime . |
| 26 | This victory is a fillip for Mrs Bandaranaike , who became the world 's first woman prime minister in 1960 , but has been in the political wilderness in recent years . |
| 27 | Er we 've been in the longest recession in the housing market I think in memory . |
| 28 | It has been in the initial stage in which wishing prevails over thinking , generalisation over observation , and in which little attempt is made at a critical analysis of existing facts or available means . |
| 29 | St Andrews , Strathclyde , Aberdeen , Durham and Dundee are in the highest group in this category , reflecting a research orientation towards the sciences concerned , which include astronomy , materials science , climatology and meteorology . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've read all the ones that are in the public library in the High Street , Miss Honey . ’ |