Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone believing that the personal computer price wars have abated are in for a rude shock this week when Compaq Computer Corp brings out a plethora of new machines , including its first stab at a multimedia model , and cuts prices significantly on its existing products . |
| 2 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 3 | A teacher who has been away on a short course including elements of both these skills , and can therefore give useful general advice . |
| 4 | The city has changed so much that anyone who has been away for a couple of years could be forgiven for thinking that he arrived in a time machine , not an airliner . |
| 5 | The trend , in recent years , has been away from a system of strict , item by item controls to broad limitations upon total borrowing . |
| 6 | This technique has been around as a possibility for these machines for years , dating right back to the very early 1970s and the S42 , or ‘ peg-board ’ machines . |
| 7 | Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form . |
| 8 | Europe has been around for a few thousand years and to be the first European under ten seconds … well ! |
| 9 | The Ox has been around for a couple of months , but the new host of the Tips Clinic is Dr Butcher . |
| 10 | Hypnosis has been around for a long , long time . |
| 11 | Just such a product has been introduced into the UK , although it has been around for a while in the US , under the generic name InteSoft . |
| 12 | the idea of making a boat like this has been around for a lkong time . |
| 13 | litre turbocharged engine , a revamped version of the Ford diesel unit which has been around for a few years . |
| 14 | So the Stenness Hotel has been up for a while then . |
| 15 | The British people have not been allowed to express their views through a referendum , although the trend in opinion as measured by opinion polls has been firmly against a Federalist structure . |
| 16 | Sharpe has been down with a calf strain this week but he trained yesterday and does not look in danger . |
| 17 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 18 | Operating as Shadowfax Restaurants , the partnership has been together for a number of years , and currently has two Pizza Express outlets in Barnet and Finchley , and part ownership of a pizza restaurant in the West End of London . |
| 19 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 20 | He thought and then said easily , " She was wondering whether there was a chance he might ask for a transfer now that Howarth has been in post a year . |
| 21 | Clearly , Petasites has been there for a very long time . |
| 22 | And when the hole has been there for a couple of days , they can dig another if necessary . |
| 23 | The social dimension of the Community has been there for a long time . |
| 24 | AS part of the Midland Railway Centre 's development the Narrow Gauge Railway Project has been underway for a number of years with volunteers working to re-create a length of line to both carry passengers into the Country Park and demonstrate the uses of this track gauge . |
| 25 | The important work of slum clearance has been virtually at a standstill since 1939 , only individual houses having been demolished , apart from an area in London intended as a showpiece for the Festival of Britain . |
| 26 | It has been nigh on a full month since we first made a landfall on to the north shore : since we rode in the longboat on the crest of the shining surf and I set my foot withal on this fair land in the name of the King . |
| 27 | They claim that employers are unlikely to consider anyone who has been out of a job for so long . |
| 28 | The record has been out for a couple of years , and it 's called ‘ Electric Counterpoint ’ . |
| 29 | The Great Britain half-back has been out for a month with strained stomach muscles . |
| 30 | FX has been out for a while first on Sun Sparc 's and Hewett-Packard Co 9000/400s last December , then on DECstation 5000s and HP 700s in January and finally on IBM 6000s in July . |