Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ grounds ’ that most interest me are about 6in beneath those once trod by the aristocrats , so I 'm sure the snobbish doctor 's ghost will tolerate my company for an afternoon . |
| 2 | Faldo , who took five at the next short hole , added : ‘ I was only 10ft from the flag and I was in a hole . |
| 3 | Similar in appearance are the cathedral corals , ( Sinularia species ) which are often purple in colour , and have fingerlike projections rather thank ridges on the polypary , thus being morphologically halfway between the encrusting leather corals and the bushy , tree-like soft corals , many of which are also species of Sinularia . |
| 4 | However , Kenneth Clark , who replied for the government , was not encouraging and seemed to accept the pessimistic view of Neville Trotter , Conservative MP for Tyne mouth , who blamed all the problems on Korean labour costs which were only 20% of those in the UK . |
| 5 | The rate at which its expectations have been rising strongly suggests that by the end of the year , the figure will be even higher than 40,000 , which is already 12% of the 344,000 with which it started the year . |
| 6 | Extrapolating these results to human diets , the lowest calcium concentration used in the present study ( 25 µmol/g ) reflects a daily intake of calcium of about 12.5 mmol ( 500 mg ) which is about 60% of the recommended dietary allowance for calcium . |
| 7 | Few carers in the study were in employment , reflecting the earnings limit which was only £12 at the time . |
| 8 | And you 're their children , you 're not people to them . |
| 9 | c ) At 5 pm. she is again 30km from home . |
| 10 | What advice would the Minister offer to a student who has a full student grant and a student loan but who is still £500 below the income support level , the minimum subsistence level for any individual in society ? |
| 11 | Hotel duty manager George Ashou , who was only 10ft from the blast , said : ‘ The bomb went off with a muffled crump . |
| 12 | Taylor 's ability to continue to command the respect of his England players when he insisted ‘ we are still 100% behind him . ’ |
| 13 | We 're both people of the world , equals on the road to folly . |
| 14 | One was only 10-12ft behind the other and both men were laughing . |
| 15 | There are even people in berets , but no one minds . |
| 16 | There are also trout in the lake and boats available for hire . |
| 17 | There are also people of a naturally equable temperament who intuitively understand the need for preparatory mourning and adjust their lives accordingly . |
| 18 | There are also data from the Durham Palatinate records held at the University of Durham on prices and wages , material considered of particular importance by Beveridge since the published work of 1939 did not contain this material , being concentrated mainly south of a line from the Bristol Channel to the Humber . |
| 19 | There are over 17km of marked piste . |
| 20 | Today there are about 1m in the country . |
| 21 | And , as we observed earlier , there are still people in Britain who can ascribe a fire caused by lightning in York to God 's wrath at the appointment of a somewhat outspoken bishop — as if , amid the violence , hatred , prejudice , insensitivity and menace of the modern world , God had nothing more pressing on His mind , nothing better to do with His resources . |
| 22 | It is worth remembering that there are still people in Britain today who have never been to London . |
| 23 | There are always people on this land : a boy sitting on a grazing buffalo , a girl cutting short , dusty grass with a sharp hand-held hoe , filling a basket to take home for the oxen . |
| 24 | ‘ There are undoubtedly people around who would like to bounce things in that direction ( towards fees ) . ’ |
| 25 | There are often people in the community or groups who like coming |
| 26 | There are often people behind street crime , like car theft . |
| 27 | Hill farms in Scotland employ more hired labour than other farm categories ; there being only 60% with working occupiers as compared with 81% in upland farms . |
| 28 | ‘ There were always people around the house , like my Dad 's band , and so that 's how I learned to play bass and drums as well , 'cos it was just there . |
| 29 | The proceedings eventually started , though there were still people outside trying to get inside . |
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