Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Hopefully hopefully the baby 'll be asleep in a few minutes . |
2 | He will be fifty in a few years ’ time . |
3 | So , when to her great surprise she is asked to the Spring Ball , by one of the most desirable men in this school , she feels that this is just to be another of the many jokes played on Carrie . |
4 | When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ? |
5 | The committee also said that solicitors who appear in court should not be subject to the same restrictions as barristers , such as the ‘ cab-rank rule ’ requiring barristers to accept cases on a ‘ first come first served ’ basis . |
6 | However , even if it is accepted that treaties do not perform a single function and should not all be subject to the same rules , there remains the threshold question of how treaties are best conceptualised and categorised . |
7 | Secondly , the presumption behind such an approach is that once the characterisation has been made the content of natural justice is fixed and certain : all administrative matters would be subject to the same rules , as would all judicial or quasi-judicial . |
8 | The expert clause is a clause in a contract and it will therefore be subject to the same rules of interpretation as a contract . |
9 | If you need to contact a local number , you will be subject to the same conditions as everyone else . |
10 | It is becoming increasingly frequent that liabilities under the indemnity should be subject to the same limitations as for the warranties , except that the period for claims will be six or seven years because those are the years in respect of which tax can generally be assessed . |
11 | They would be noticeable for a few days after passing into the camp , unfamiliar faces asking the way to the lavatories , or being excused washing-up by the people in whose rooms they had been placed . |
12 | I 'll be fine in a few minutes . ’ |
13 | ‘ He 'll be fine in a few days , my dear , with an infusion of clover and foxglove to steady his heart . |
14 | However , my parents are both happy , has grown up and is football mad , will be three in a few months , has just turned one and in seven months I will be leaving high school and have my whole future in front of me . |
15 | There is no problem here if the information is very specialised and only likely to be useful to a few outlets . |
16 | The rash may be barely visible , and may only be present for a few days , or it may be widespread and obvious and persist for many weeks . |
17 | As many parts of the brain contain cells of varying size , which may not all be involved in the same functions , biases of this sort may determine which functions are most strongly associated with unit activity . |
18 | Of course , these are not the abilities which we pride ourselves upon , and we are much more likely to be impressed by the few things which computers do well which we do badly . |
19 | If he decides to ring us we 'll be short of a few answers . ’ |
20 | Few have gone through aerobatic training , and the modern tendency is to be happy with a few hours of stall avoidance training and little , if any , spinning . |
21 | Once he had gone , Shiona sank down on to the bed and kicked off her shoes , glad to be alone for a few minutes . |
22 | It is not enough to say what a course is about ; physicists and engineers , biologists and doctors , economists and managers may each be concerned with the same phenomena but for different reasons and in different ways . |
23 | Abadia emphasized , however , that port calls and repairs by US warships would be conducted on a commercial basis and would be available on the same terms to vessels from other countries . |
24 | Just a willingness to be available for a few hours to suit you — within an agreed rota — to walk around the reserve helping people enjoy their visit and also avoiding problems of pressure on sensitive reserve areas . ’ |
25 | This was to be one of the many houses used by the Bishops of Rochester and a favourite residence of some during the next three centuries . |
26 | Letting go of our poverty consciousness will be one of the many delights of the New Age , and a crucial aspect of our spiritual growth . |
27 | ‘ You must be one of the few friends of Gamal that I do n't know . ’ |
28 | These Bible stories must be one of the few sources of information about dreaming made available during the course of our children 's education . |
29 | Jack was ready to bet all the crisp honeymoon pound notes he had in his pocket that Charlie would be one of the few quests not wearing a hired morning coat . |
30 | For them this meeting may be one of the few contacts they have with the Church . |