Example sentences of "[be] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are sorry the bid was not successful but I am sure that , given the great community spirit here , the fund-raisers will not give up , ’ said Miss Gilroy . |
| 2 | We are sorry the photograph conflicted with the advice on our Solutions page . |
| 3 | Items are posted to the individual ledger accounts in the usual way but when the postings are complete the total is posted to the control account . |
| 4 | Once restoration and cleaning are complete the windows will go back inside new ventilated clear glass cases and non-corroding magnesium bronze frames . |
| 5 | he said he 'd been through recently , oh every time I 've been through Wolverhampton that ring road 's been awful the traffic like |
| 6 | When on 5 September the Lords Lieutenant of the four most northerly counties were ordered to make their respective militias ready for immediate service , it emerged that neither Northumberland nor Durham had been reimbursed by central government for the money they had previously spent in keeping the force mustered , while the authorities in Cumberland admitted candidly : ‘ T is so long since the militia was raised that we are apprehensive the arms are either lost or in bad order . ’ |
| 7 | Although the revs are low the blades are still turning so he has it tilted back on the iron roller . |
| 8 | If the systems are weak the sample size may need to be increased . |
| 9 | I can only conclude by saying that I am sorry the situation has developed the way it has . |
| 10 | It is difficult for us to see what Polybius added to his history after 146 , but where the additions are clear the anxiety and the warning are equally clear . |
| 11 | There will be a single budget which we 've always argued for in the management committee the head of centre will and this is very important and I hope members are clear the head of centre which is the head of the Moat Centre which is the proposed under the amendment will be appointed within this financial year , will be appointed out of the existing budget . |
| 12 | When the lessons from the pilot survey have been fully learned alterations can be made where necessary , but if the work done prior to the pilot has been adequate the alterations consequent upon it should not be great . |
| 13 | Still , he was young and she had been afraid the house would be full of only old people . |
| 14 | But the long term aim is to make it all dual carriageway … hopes are high the government will announce this in a couple of years . |
| 15 | Squeeze packs therefore have a great deal to commend them but where quantities of wash water requiring dosing are high the amount of detergent thus available is too low . |
| 16 | LISTREL will supply default responses to most or all of the prompts on the pages ; if the defaults are acceptable the user can just press RETURN after viewing the page , but if changes are required to the defaults the user must TAB to each prompt to edit the response . |
| 17 | As long as there is an abundant supply of water high temperatures tend to be associated with high rates of weathering , although this does not necessarily result in deep weathering profiles for , as we have already noted , where slope gradients are steep the products of weathering may be removed almost as soon as they are created . |
| 18 | I am afraid the cutting or the great Toxicodendron [ poison ivy ] is perished ; for it lay at the bottom of the box , where there had been wet . |
| 19 | ‘ You got in my way , ’ Kopyion stated in a cold , humourless manner , ‘ and I am afraid the consequences will be grave . ’ |
| 20 | I am afraid the blame lies with the saboteurs . |
| 21 | I readily acknowledge that this is a very difficult request but I am afraid the timescale has to he met . |
| 22 | I caught the rollerskating bit but am afraid the rest of it must have passed me by . |
| 23 | The pastoral work of the church can not be done without adequate financial support and I am afraid the support we are getting at the moment is simply not enough for all we are doing . ’ |
| 24 | I am afraid the lighting is not ideal . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I am afraid the view will not now be as good as I promised , ’ Lubor apologised . |
| 26 | If we could succeed in defining accurately and agreeing upon the meaning of the terms which we are employing , then I am afraid the House of Commons would be very largely deserted . |
| 27 | Because the trust is a foreign trust and the original sources of the income are foreign the payments give rise to a Case V , Schedule D source . |
| 28 | When the motives are wrong the venue is nearly always far less than the best . |
| 29 | ( If both ends are free the boundary condition is cosh ml = + 1 . ) |
| 30 | ‘ I am delighted the A.S.A. has launched a special enquiry into it , and I shall be very interested to see what conclusions they come up with . |