Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 While bank deposits have stagnated over the past three years , mutual funds , which are mostly outside the banks ' domain , have grown by two-thirds .
2 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 .
3 ‘ Our plans are entirely within the council 's planning brief . ’
4 ‘ 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 .
5 We 're very near the land 's edge .
6 But there may have been more to the Chancellor 's remarks than meet the eye .
7 Yarrow , cranesbill , goldenrod , globe thistle , rose campion and Michaelmas daisies are usually in the birds ' top ten of herbaceous plants .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 The cathedral cities of York and Lincoln are both within an hour 's drive .
13 These very important projects are both within the Garden 's draft Strategic Plan for Information Services , which is currently under discussion .
14 There are many reasons why this may be so , some of which are clearly beyond the adviser 's immediate control .
15 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 .
16 Electric cars are now on the government 's list of 400 environmentally friendly products , meaning tax breaks for companies that use them .
17 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 :
18 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 .
19 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. :
20 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 ?
21 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 .
22 At the Royal Infirmary my desperate prayer was to be home for the boys ' Easter holidays from school — and I was home .
23 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 .
24 For safe cross country riding , the rider 's balance should be slightly behind the horse 's .
25 ‘ I 'm here in the King 's name , and I want the blacksmith . ’
26 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
27 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 !
28 That the Socialists should be anywhere near the People 's Party is testimony to the adroitness of Mr Gonzalez , and to the discipline of his followers .
29 ‘ But , remember , we are here on the King 's own business and the legends of this place sent Buckingham to his death . ’
30 ‘ We are here on the Regent 's authority , ’ Athelstan interrupted .
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