Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just because we 're in the nineties does n't mean we can assume they 'll be friendly . |
| 2 | Leftwich seems to have been amongst the first to realize that the widespread use of ice for preserving food would be both highly beneficial and immensely profitable . |
| 3 | The graves contained the bodies of up to 200 policemen , many of whom had been blindfolded and shot in the back of the head , who were presumed to have been amongst the 600 captured by the LTTE on June 11 [ see above ; pp. 37529-30 ] . |
| 4 | All three — economist Zhou Duo , who had been amongst the 211 released on May 10 , Taiwanese-born folk singer Hou Dejin , and newspaper editor Gao Xin — were released in mid-June . |
| 5 | It occurred to someone in the library that whoever had stolen the four volumes would certainly be after the fifth to complete his collection , so instead of watching people they watched the surviving book . |
| 6 | If several powerheads are being used , they should all be of the same make and power rating to provide maximum efficiency . |
| 7 | If possible both drives on your system should be of the same make and type . |
| 8 | They should be amongst the easiest to convert to more enlightened views . |
| 9 | Marriages might of necessity be in the first place a business agreement — an exchange of goods and services — but this did not mean that deep feelings did not enter it . |
| 10 | In this greater society " there must be in the first place a certain order of ranks between the chiefs of these particular ones . |
| 11 | It suggests these should be in the 3,000-4000 megawatts range — three to four times the current government goal , and in line with figures proposed by environmental groups . |
| 12 | Erm so two pounds of that went with sale with the sale of the journal and so we can say we had twelve pounds unsolicited donations , erm as Peggy would back me up if she was here , saying that any time you ask someone to sign the flood gates open with what they thought about the position of pensioners , in fact we 've probably got a lot more signatures if they had n't , but erm , we did pick up , we , I picked up the news about Welwyn Garden City 's cost of and things like that not going through and erm , erm , now , our month our monthly , our monthly stall will not be on the third third Thursday this year , it will be on the fourth to co-inside with the week were celebrating pensioner 's week , which is a week behind National . |
| 13 | Our Unix bigots initially thought these long-term investments might be among the first to go . |
| 14 | Will my hon. Friend repeat the commitment given by the Secretary of State for the Environment when he said that the new councils of Avon , Cleveland and Humberside would be among the first to receive the benefit of that new commission ? |
| 15 | Furthermore , those species that accidentally forged some connecting suspension for the front legs independent of the skull would be among the first to walk , otherwise the head would have to turn constantly from side to side as it did so . |
| 16 | Consequently , those British cities and towns which have large numbers of people using injectable drugs may be among the first to experience full-blown AIDS/HIV epidemics , not just because needle-sharing can spread the virus between drug users , but because infected drug users-particularly the young and single-are likely to spread the virus to the wider population through sexual contacts . |
| 17 | You will be among the first to know how a new release can really help you , already evaluated and tested by our experts . |
| 18 | We will keep you informed of developments , but if you wish to be among the first to know you should sign on to our mailing list if you have not done so already . |
| 19 | ‘ May I be among the first to offer my congratulations ? ’ |
| 20 | If war and destruction were to break loose , the small landlords with property easily burnt would be among the first to suffer . |
| 21 | North Yorkshire chief executive Ron Leyland said they were glad to be among the first considered but felt the present system worked well . |
| 22 | The company plans to concentrate on Britain , Germany and Belgium — the areas expected to be among the first to benefit from a turnaround in the property sector , especially in industrial and office buildings . |
| 23 | We 're going live to Gloucester , where Kim Barnes is with a group of women who hope to be among the first to benefit from today 's vote . |
| 24 | The experience has already been invaluable , as proved in the recent World Cup when the backbone of our team had been to the 1990 CANZ series where we lost all four matches ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's been on the Common looking for little green men has it ? |
| 26 | Leapor 's poems on rural landscape are among the earliest to register the conflicts associated with the enclosure movement . |
| 27 | It is still the definitive cinematic story of the attack and , for all the commercial flaws of the film , it stands alone in technical accuracy and the actual attack scenes are among the finest put together for an aviation film . |
| 28 | They are among the first to acknowledge their relative inexperience in the shortened version of the game , pointing out that sevens has not captured the imagination of Southern Africa and that Hong Kong was Namibia 's first international sevens appearance . |
| 29 | Eleven middle managers in the Health Service in the Oxford region are among the first to take part in a new management training programme . |
| 30 | The evidence indicates that the polar regions are among the first to detect changes arising from greenhouse warming . |