Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [det] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 2 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 3 | But when , as his friend and director Mike Nichols asserts , an actor has inscribed upon popular history a character who has influenced the modern male personality , as did Henry Fonda , James Cagney , Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart , his personal idiosyncrasies are worth more than a cursory glance . |
| 4 | Kelly said : ‘ It 's not right that the end of year events are worth more than the early season classics just because the interest has got to be maintained to the finish . ’ |
| 5 | You are worth more than the birds ! |
| 6 | The most casual obscenities , the most hackneyed endearments , coming to me from your rose-red lips , are worth more than the sagest advice of all the old men in the world . |
| 7 | Surely polymeric surfactants , which are becoming increasingly important as dispersing agents , are worth more than the three pages devoted to them here . |
| 8 | And make sure your insurance company knows about any specific items , like valuable antiques , that are worth more than the insurance limit they may have set . |
| 9 | The idea is that the bidder must think that the shares in the company are worth more than the bid price , for example , because under the bidder 's control the company will be operated more efficiently , otherwise the bid would not be made . |
| 10 | Add up the value of your home , car , shares and belongings and you may well find you are worth more than the current threshold . |
| 11 | But there is something of a tension in Mill 's view , because he thinks that erm it 's very important that if there is plural voting then the people who only have one vote should be prepared to accept the situation , so that the reasons why these people are given extra votes should be reasoned that the public , the uneducated accept past critics have pointed out if that 's going to be the case , why is it necessary to give these people extra votes , give the educated actual votes , because if the uneducated accept that the decisions of the educated are worth more than their own decisions , the opinions of the educated are worth more than the opinions of the uneducated , if they really do accept that , what 's to stop them just following the decisions of the educated in their own vote ? |
| 12 | On performances I personally think we are worth more than the 2 pts per game average . |
| 13 | Since Gladstone 's day , governments have accepted that literacy , learning and literature are worth more than the revenue from a tax on the product . |
| 14 | None of your navel-lint , tit-licking pen-fuckers so infatuated with the twitchings of the ego they remain sublimely indifferent to the obscene fact that their words are worth less than the flies tormenting the eyelids of an African child . |
| 15 | This is less important than in a share sale where the difficulty of the purchaser , without an express damage statement , is to show that the shares are worth less than the purchaser paid for them , as a reduction in the assets or increase in the liabilities does not necessarily reduce the price of the shares . |
| 16 | But the party conflict had always been about more than the succession . |
| 17 | But the new property must not be worth more than the old one . |
| 18 | At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business . |
| 19 | A radio would probably be worth more than the car itself . |
| 20 | Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted . |
| 21 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 22 | If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant . |
| 23 | We can expect more statements in the coming weeks and months and I am certain they will be about more than the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales , which is not a grave legal or constitutional matter . |
| 24 | One or two events which will be of more than a passing interest to Lothian Highways ' staff have occurred since the first edition of NETWORK was published . |
| 25 | Delays need to be of more than an hour before compensation is paid out , and even then you need to have bought your ticket before knowing about the hold-up . |
| 26 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 27 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 28 | Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value . |
| 29 | It had about 164,000 regulars , of whom only some 80,000 were on more than a three-year engagement . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’ |