Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , this might better be termed the de Gaulle — Adenauer relationship , since it was a peculiarly personal form of diplomacy . |
| 2 | Within that two years , any time within that two years you can basically be given the sack for not coming up to the grade or not coming up to scratch or sometimes they prolong your pr probation for another six months so instead of being a probationer constable for two years you 're a probationer constable for two and a half years . |
| 3 | The NACAB information system , whether paper or microfilm , can justly be considered the showpiece of the service and many wish to protect it . |
| 4 | I think to impose any other penalty upon him would merely be to exacerbate the situation . |
| 5 | And their effect will be considerable , for they will merely be modelling the kind of attitude and commitment that most teachers have buried but not lost . |
| 6 | Kevin Keegan , Glenn Hoddle or Ron Atkinson , all loved by the media , would merely be walking the plank towards a couple of defeats . |
| 7 | It seemed that I should merely be making the balance even . |
| 8 | But if I were Ben Hogan , and a Bob Hamilton or Willie Goggin chipped in to beat me in The Masters , a Walter Burkemo holed a sand shot to swipe the PGA , a raw rookie — pick one — holed a 7-iron to beat me somewhere in Florida and then the like of a Bud Holscher or a Shelley Mayfield holed yet another sand shot to steal yet another victory , then I 'd not only be scouring the Fort Worth Yellow Pages looking for the nearest shrink , I might even think of tossing myself under a freight train in the nearest marshalling yard . |
| 9 | we 'll only be briefing the interview staff |
| 10 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |
| 11 | Elderly patients should not necessarily be denied the operation if they are fit and have normal anal function . |
| 12 | But every piece of research carried out is a contribution to some area of knowledge and the contribution made need not necessarily be challenging the views of the founding fathers of a discipline . |
| 13 | An alternative way of looking at it would perhaps be to say the Greater York Area is that area within ten miles of the city centre as is indicated by the third of the criteria set out in policy H two . |
| 14 | Margaret will shortly be leaving the company for one year 's travelling experience in Australia . |
| 15 | A questionnaire on smoking in the Library is under preparation by a working group of the Health and Safety Committee — and they will shortly be seeking the views of staff on what could turn out to be a contentious issue . |
| 16 | Sand plovers , terns and redshanks were also threatened , together with other migratory birds who would shortly be using the area 's mudflats and islands as a resting place in their seasonal flight from Africa to Siberia . |
| 17 | It , it is a serious problem , I mean the area at the moment between east of Saltdean , erm Telscombe Cliffs , erm through to the east end of Peacehaven , is in the process of being protected by a seawall and an undercliff walk , rather like the area from erm Black Rock in Brighton through to Saltdean , because the rate of retreat of the cliffs there was so great erm that it would very shortly be threatening the houses on the clifftop at Peacehaven , so that erm a lot of money 's having to be spent to stop the erosion of the cliffs along that stretch . |
| 18 | Because , on the day of Gorchakov 's despatch , the British government fell and the jingoistic Palmerston became Prime Minister , the western allies would shortly be prosecuting the war with much greater vigour . |
| 19 | She had n't been as long in this job as her last one , yet she knew there was a positive danger that she might soon be scouring the situations vacant columns again . |
| 20 | TOLLY beer from Suffolk is going down a storm among the wine drinkers of Italy.And ale from Tolly 's Cliff Brewery in Ipswich could soon be wetting the whistles of beer-lovers in Canada , Germany , Holland and France.Tolly bosses are celebrating after exporting 1,200 cases of their special Year Beer , Cantab , to Italy — and they have received inquiries from four other countries.Brian Cowie , Tolly 's joint managing director , said interest from abroad had initially come since the brewery 's name had been publicised on BBC television 's recent Troubleshooter programme . |
| 21 | Football , and speculation is mounting that Oxford United 's new manager could soon be leaving the club just six weeks after he was appointed . |
| 22 | BRITAIN 'S first legal red light district could soon be given the go-ahead . |
| 23 | Airbus will anyway soon be passing the hat around again for an enormous 700-seat aeroplane , much bigger than the Boeing 747 . |
| 24 | YOUNG Abbey National savers Benny and Laura Grant will soon be losing the Abbey habit after missing out on the flotation cash distribution to young investors — due to the advice of the society 's staff . |
| 25 | The firm which carried out the survey says all Gloucestershire motorists could soon be paying the price for crime in higher insurance premiums |
| 26 | The Training Sub-Committee will soon be planning the programme for the 1988/89 Training Days . |
| 27 | It was quite a drive and quite a list for when she got there , so she was unlikely to be back before the early evening ; but this was no great problem , because they 'd soon be closing the doors so that they could make a start on the next day 's preparations . |
| 28 | Swop to a size 16 , or even a size 14 if necessary , and you will soon be hitting the bites and slipping some nice dace into your nets too . |
| 29 | Her mother had even remarked that her father would soon be painting the portraits of twentieth-century people . |
| 30 | And if she decided not to renew her contract she would soon be joining the ranks of the unemployed . |