Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Not for nothing are black holes called black . |
2 | Last one this is the these are reports incidentally by er European doctors working in China at the time Another desperate case that we treated for nothing was that of a young man who looked like a skeleton . |
3 | Not for nothing was one of his nicknames ‘ Oily ’ . |
4 | Not for nothing were such power stations described as ‘ brick cathedrals ’ ; Bankside is the finest manifestation of this tradition . |
5 | What to do about them is one of the biggest practical obstacles to the creation of truly wild reserves in Scotland . |
6 | Everything about them is traditional : bluesy licks , Whitfield Crane 's sneering vocals , lyrics about being the devil , a bum , or a mixed-up kid . |
7 | What you can do about them is another matter which we shall deal with . |
8 | Everything about them is significant . |
9 | LA 's L7 are natural performers ; nothing about them is fake , so when Donita rocks out and grapples with her ‘ axe ’ during ‘ Wargasm ’ it does n't look misplaced or ludicrous . |
10 | I did n't solve them but thinking about them was good exercise . |
11 | There were still a great many people about in the outer ward , but once they had passed through the archway to the inner ward the night world about them was quiet , troubled by only a few echoing footsteps . |
12 | Tock grumbled something about them being useful if you were lost , then fell silent . |
13 | About them being late and everything else . |
14 | ‘ You were right about them being dead , ’ Laura said after a while . |
15 | The good news for everyone is that aerobic walking has the greatest effect around the hips and thighs where fat tends to accumulate , particularly in women . |
16 | For whom is this a level of meaning ? |
17 | You see , a lot of the clichés about me are true and for real , it 's just in the end you can get tired talking about the same things . ’ |
18 | Had to do it see , dad 's been complaining about me being lazy . ’ |
19 | When I read things about me being slow , I just smile to myself and ignore it . |
20 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot said : ‘ Our best two displays of the season have been against Chelsea and Sheffield Wednesday this holiday weekend , and all we have to show for them is one point . ’ |
21 | Luckily in all three of the situations outlined above , the carers have eventually discovered that support for them is available and this has made a great deal of difference to their lives . |
22 | The City Technology Colleges divert valuable resources of staff and equipment away from other schools where the need for them is great and they also cream off some of the more able pupils . |
23 | Our love for them is boundless , our optimism inexhaustible . |
24 | There are a number of , sort of a dictionary of useful phrases , I mean you actually used one or two just now , and one of the things that we suggest is that people when they 're not under the pressure of being in the studio , which after all for them is alien territory , that they should actually have one or two of these useful phrases which do cover a , a multitude of embarrassing situations , if you want to put it that away . |
25 | Make sure that the story you have for them is interesting and if it is merely constituency information , explain that you are providing it for background briefing and that you are not expecting them to publish it . |
26 | In the terms discussed in Chapter 2 during our reinterpretation of the Chicago School , these groups convert certain districts in what for them are front regions . |
27 | Prison visits are too short and the facilities available for them are inadequate . |
28 | Of course , at the end of the day they pay the same for them whether directly or through taxation , but if they pay for them directly , in return for service or as private insurance , then their incentives to work for them are greater and the economy benefits . |
29 | As with everything else , being aware of the possibilities and preparing for them are essential . |
30 | Magnetic storms occurring close to solar maximum are often isolated events because the solar disturbances responsible for them are intense but shortlived . |