Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Our plans are entirely within the council 's planning brief . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | We 're very near the land 's edge . |
| 5 | But there may have been more to the Chancellor 's remarks than meet the eye . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The cathedral cities of York and Lincoln are both within an hour 's drive . |
| 11 | These very important projects are both within the Garden 's draft Strategic Plan for Information Services , which is currently under discussion . |
| 12 | There are many reasons why this may be so , some of which are clearly beyond the adviser 's immediate control . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Electric cars are now on the government 's list of 400 environmentally friendly products , meaning tax breaks for companies that use them . |
| 15 | 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 : |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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. : |
| 18 | Well , I 'll tell you one thing , Monday 's not gon na be wonderful for me , I 've got to go into hospital for a little operation er b but seriously , I 'll be out on Tuesday , but I 'll , I 'll be away for the week er , because the Doc said do n't come back to , to work till a week on Monday , so I 'll , I 'll try and listen if I can , but what have you got for us ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The two separate Minutes may not necessarily be related but it does suggest there may be more in the Cup 's name that has hitherto been appreciated . |
| 21 | For safe cross country riding , the rider 's balance should be slightly behind the horse 's . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm here in the King 's name , and I want the blacksmith . ’ |
| 23 | Now , I 'll have to talk to your mums but it may well be that I sha n't be here in a fortnight 's time so we may |
| 24 | Face crushed face , but even the humiliated ones , the ones pushed away , the third-raters and the defeated ones , even those — from a certain distance imposed by the law of hierarchy , it 's true — still moved toward the front , showing here and there from behind the first-rate , titled ones , if only as fragments : an ear , a piece of temple , a cheek or a jaw … just to be closer to the Emperor 's eye ! |
| 25 | ‘ But , remember , we are here on the King 's own business and the legends of this place sent Buckingham to his death . ’ |
| 26 | We are here on the regent 's orders ! ’ |
| 27 | Manson 's hand-picked ‘ death squad ’ for this murderous mission was made up of Susan Atkins , Patricia Krenwinkiel , Linda Kasabian ( who would later turn witness for the prosecution at the controversial trial that followed ) and Tex Watson who , when asked by a terrified Frykowski who he was , calmly replied , ‘ I am the devil , and I am here on the devil 's business . ’ |
| 28 | An effort of this kind would have been quite beyond the office 's powers at any time until well into the nineteenth century . |
| 29 | ( 4 ) Are there to the seller 's knowledge any adverse rights or informal arrangements or licences affecting the property not disclosed in the draft contract ? ( 5 ) If the property has central heating : ( a ) approximately when was it installed ? ( b ) when was it last serviced ? ( c ) is it working satisfactorily ? ( 6 ) Please confirm that all fixtures and fittings referred to in the selling agents ' particulars , if any , are included in the purchase price . |
| 30 | Equally , the solutions to the problems were rarely of the government 's devising . |