Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 2 | IF charities are concerned because sales of their Christmas cards are down on previous years , they have only themselves to blame . |
| 3 | He suggested that in the days before his election Yeltsin had had to clarify and adjust his policy on a number of key issues , but commented : " If he is playing political games , then perhaps we are in for difficult times . " |
| 4 | Things like , it was us who set up the Benefits Unit in the Town Centre , you know , we , it was considered that you know we as a neutral policy team are in without departmental buyers rather than political buyers , that 's a joke , erm , would be the best people to erm , er set up this unit , we do n't have any less interest , the benefit 's , the benefit 's felt within the housing department with with the introduction of Poll Tax and the Poll Tax benefit , it was n't clear where that could go , so we were the people who had to sort that out . |
| 5 | ‘ The radio says we 're in for heavy showers , ’ Aunt Becky glooms . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're out of ginger-nut biscuits , ’ she said severely . |
| 7 | And for the disabled , for a short while , you 're back on equal terms with life . |
| 8 | This year , two further developments are up for environmental honours — Northumberland Village in Whitley Bay and The Paddocks near Hull . |
| 9 | As always , the Liberals try to have it both ways , but they are up against canny farmers . |
| 10 | Those who are out for good times race but we lesser mortals chat and laugh , banter and encourage . |
| 11 | Knives are out for top bosses |
| 12 | Both Jim McFadden and Philip McNamara are out with long-term injuries , while Pat McAllister , Joe Kerr , Sean McKenna and Marty Magee were not fit enough to take part in Friday 's match . |
| 13 | I 'd been out with other boys other than Keith but they never touched me . |
| 14 | It dawns on us that we are back at temporal beginnings and slipping down the evolutionary tree . |
| 15 | We are back into grey acres about Civil Service decentralization , for which the Commission seems to have been responsible . |
| 16 | I 'm not on about houses I 'm on about main buildings like St Paul 's an' all that |
| 17 | erm I 'm on about big tins . |
| 18 | In two years it could well be down to single figures . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's when questions of loyalty will be up to individual captains of ships that confusion and misunderstandings could happen , ’ said one . |
| 20 | If my right hon. Friend succeeds in gaining enough support for his efforts , the European Community will set up a framework of support and it will be up to individual countries to decide , within that framework , how they wish to use the funds . |
| 21 | ‘ If Mr Smith makes a similar motion to our council , it will be up to individual members to decide how to vote . ’ |
| 22 | For second home owners , it will be up to local authorities to use their discretion in setting a lower rate of charge for certain properties . |
| 23 | They should be encouraged to be out for short walks from the second week after they arrive home . |
| 24 | He 'll be back and he might be back at working men 's prices . |
| 25 | He said it was a delight to be back among old friends on the North-East circuit . |
| 26 | It discounts the few 41s that might be around as non-production units . |
| 27 | It is difficult to persuade those who exercise authority in conventional terms that there are other forms of power than theirs : more diffuse but more pervasive ; less aggressive but more enduring , to be round in small towns and rural villages . |
| 28 | They have been around since Egyptian times , which makes them one of our oldest decorating materials . |
| 29 | But he added : ‘ I 've been around for 30-odd years so I 'd like to it was down to all my TV work . |
| 30 | Initial reports suggest that visitor numbers were down on previous years , but that the quality of enquiry was high , helped by the positive reaction of visitors responding to specific areas of business on display . |