Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | My department 's equivalent of Inspector Morse has been on to the change-of-address problem . |
2 | I suspect , though , there can be no doubt about which side she would have been on in the public debate about fox-hunting prompted by last week 's Private Member 's Bill . |
3 | I said three flights that I 've been on in the last fortnight . |
4 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |
5 | Could they have been in with the real Communist underground ? ’ |
6 | Because they 've been split between school , between young classes , my daughter 's been in with the eight year olds . |
7 | A third are down to the thermal imaging capability . |
8 | All that has long since changed and , while talent can still win the day , both fields are down to the hard graft of making money . |
9 | At the time of this Report , knitters ' order intake volumes for Autumn 1993 are down on the previous year , in part as retailers delay ordering and in part reflecting recessionary conditions in key export markets in Europe and Japan . |
10 | Sexual offences are down on the same period last year by 31pc . |
11 | Instead of presenting a strong , clear answer to this misconception , many Christians show that their defences are down at the very place where modern unbelief is most devastating . |
12 | Although members are down in the senior section a greatly improved atmosphere now exists . |
13 | Although members are down in the senior section a greatly improved atmosphere now exists . |
14 | And with Robert Jones — another triumphant Lion of '89 — the ace in the Welsh scheme , Australia are in for the biggest examination of their status since they acquired it at Twickenham last year . |
15 | I mean I think you and say that you know I mean I think test matches are simply because you know over time , you know people are in to the one day cricket match , be the excitement and everything else and it 's getting increasingly more difficult for television companies to get sponsorship , commercial sponsorship for |
16 | The Portuguese , Greek and Italians are in on the same thing too . |
17 | That is correct , and the privatised noses are in among the privatised silver , getting the benefit . |
18 | I am over at the big house within a couple of minutes , kilt on , best sporran and carrying the bagpipes , and prepared for anything . |
19 | But mostly it was directed towards herself , and whatever it was in her that seemed to respond to some call given out by the least suitable of men ; despite what she 'd been through in the past couple of years she appeared to have learned precisely nothing . |
20 | Football , and Oxford United are through to the second round of the Coca-Cola cup . |
21 | Four of our sides are through to the second round … and Hereford have a chance to make a name for themselves here … first division teams do n't play until the third round … |
22 | In the Famous Crouse Coronation Foursomes Medal , Mrs. S. Meredith and Mrs. B. Halsey are through to the next round . |
23 | Swindon Town are through to the third round of the Coca Cola Cup after a nine-two aggregate win over Torquay … and tonight Oxford United will be trying to join them but they 've got to win at Aston Villa … |
24 | We 're on to the next area now are n't we ? |
25 | Erm investment banking and fine china in the market circumstances er performed well , erm although they 're down on the previous year . |
26 | And most of us do that , and that is the situation that we 're in at the present time . |
27 | Erm the U V A machine , the problem we 've got on there which Ray 's explained or Peter raised this morning , there is in between the the drive belts that take the film down the former and which They 've put a new set on which is a hundred and forty pound a pi They 're in between the two drive wheels , there is a plastic adjuster . |
28 | Well , that 's good if it 's working well , it 's working well , but here , if you 're here , say for a late afternoon meeting or something , and you 're wondering what these screaming bells are , they 're the night bells , and you can pick them up by picking up your handset and pressing 8 and that is it , and you 're through to the outside world . |
29 | She treats us to her speciality sad gaze to camera , so we can see that rather society 's collapsing or her piles are hurting , and then we 're off to the next item . |
30 | Today we 're off to the charming isle of St Lucia where our winner and a friend will enjoy seven nights at the Le Sport Hotel , full board in a private air-conditioned room . |