Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the problems that the college told me about is that school children are leaving school with more computer literacy than the university teachers , so university teachers are having to run hard simply to keep up with the people they are teaching . |
| 2 | In taking this action , the duke showed himself to be several jumps ahead of the rest of the political community . |
| 3 | In taking this action , the duke showed himself to be several jumps ahead of the rest of the political community . |
| 4 | would there of been any problem at all in your providing it ? |
| 5 | This topic is too recent for there to be many guidelines available but for a particular topic the designer can assume that he need not be inhibited in allowing his imagination to run to many kinds of novel solutions . |
| 6 | He used stochastic simulation to examine the no-arbitrage price of the S&P500 , and found there to be little effect . |
| 7 | In the British Social Attitudes Survey of 1988 , 90 per cent of people thought there to be less respect for teachers amongst parents and pupils than 10 years ago . |
| 8 | It is argued that in view of the impotence of the House of Commons and the flexibility of the British Constitution , it is necessary for there to be some check on the activities of Government . |
| 9 | In order that is for there to be some change , whether er change er like having a page torn out or a change like moving from one location to another , there also has to be something that stays the same , mainly the subject of change . |
| 10 | If these world markets are themselves genuinely competitive , and if the domestic market is open to imports , then there may be little direct harm resulting from the pursuit of large scale ( though ideally one would wish there to be some scrutiny of the dominant firm in the context of the world market by a supra-national competition authority ) . |
| 11 | Therefore there is a real tradeoff involved , between the need for any bonus to he relatively generous when compared with a flat salary , and the need for there to be some bonus element . |
| 12 | 6.4 Non-competition It may not be in the best interests of the landlord or the tenant for there to be several units within a shopping centre being entitled to sell the same goods or services . |
| 13 | Domestic oil interests , mindful of Mr Bush 's background as an oilman , would prefer there to be more emphasis on encouraging domestic production . |
| 14 | ‘ We have too much competition within the side for there to be any complacency , ’ Shelford said . |
| 15 | In any one place , the two species gain by resembling each other , because predators will treat them both as the same kind of prey ; but few predators move far enough for there to be any advantage to the Heliconius in looking the same in distant places . |
| 16 | I do n't want there to be any question of you being late . |
| 17 | I was too excited at being in such a strange city on the other side of the world for there to be any question of going back to sleep again . |
| 18 | That 's routine , and I do n't for a minute expect there to be any complications . |
| 19 | BEATRIX : Well , I would n't want there to be any misunderstanding . |
| 20 | This situation arises in science whenever we deal with the macroscopic system , because the number of particles is always too large for there to be any chance of solving the fundamental equations . |
| 21 | Staring at him , then round at the circle of concerned faces , she whispered , ‘ I do n't want there to be any trouble . ’ |
| 22 | Why — assuming there to be any accuracy at all in the biblical account — should the very populace which revered Jesus suddenly do a complete turnabout and demand , at the cost of his life , that a figure such as Barabbas ( whoever Barabbas was ) should be spared ? |
| 23 | We did n't want there to be any confusion so that people would automatically put us all into public services , because the majority of our members should n't be in that section . |
| 24 | Although the KDP were also in revolt at the same time , there were too many differences between them for there to be any prospect of co-ordinated action . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't want there to be any half-measures , did n't want to make love to someone just for the sake of it . |
| 26 | In a separate study which Jenkins and Sherman quote , from the Institute of Manpower Studies at the University of Sussex , the estimate was that for there to be enough jobs created to keep unemployment down to the levels of the mid-1970s there would need to be growth in the gross domestic product ( GDP ) averaging 3.5 per cent per annum in the UK . |
| 27 | Well , there 's not much , there does n't seem to me to be much point in in having pink forms to go into pink files if there are pink forms that do n't go into pink files . |
| 28 | The true explanation of title by [ adverse possession ] … seems to me to be that man , like a tree in a cleft rock , gradually shapes his roots to his surroundings , and when the roots have grown to a certain size , ca n't be displaced without cutting at his life . |
| 29 | The importance of these statutory provisions appears to me to be that Parliament has considered at various times and in various contexts the need for recovery of imposts paid but not due and has legislated in a manner which suggests that no such general principle as the Woolwich contends for was thought to be in existence . |
| 30 | Obviously I am not saying that all policemen are racist but there seems to me to be enough evidence for a nationwide enquiry into such harassment to be held . |