Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This team have only been together for less than a year and it is getting better all the time . |
| 2 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 3 | How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ? |
| 4 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 5 | Those papers have been there for more than a century . |
| 6 | No war correspondent , however , could have described the gloom that pervaded the air , or the look of hopelessness ingrained on the faces of anyone who had been there for more than a few days . |
| 7 | A couple of years ago these lanes were far from peaceful when a flash flood swept through the area . |
| 8 | A relatively high proportion of those in other types of home were there for less than a month . |
| 9 | ( Died of Parkinson 's disease and pneumonia aged 73 within 24 hours of being readmitted to hospital after being in an old people 's home for less than a month . ) |
| 10 | There 's more to this than a missing husband , is n't there ? ’ |
| 11 | It just shows that there 's more to demo-making than a bunch of programmers having fun . |
| 12 | The sculpture of Medardo Rosso is also worth more than a passing glance . |
| 13 | Why this should make a critical difference is far from clear since a company can create a fixed charge of accounts receivable or a mortgage of future property . |