Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [be] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An obvious subject for preparation is to remind oneself of one 's assets . |
| 2 | The need for internment is staring us all in the face . |
| 3 | In Stuart 's view , one way of perhaps increasing value for money is encouraging our customers to pay for certain areas of research . |
| 4 | Value for money is justified whatever level of expenditure is aimed at . |
| 5 | It 's a good enough excuse that you need to check for gaffs , but the real reason for dry-assembly is to see what this hitherto fictitious table looks like . |
| 6 | His remedy for uncertainty was to stroke his moustache , with hard , strong fingers , as if trying to push it back into his upper lip . |
| 7 | The important thing about exercise is to know what kind is safe and how much is enough . |
| 8 | They want to assert that homosexual relationships are just as valid as heterosexual ones and that it is perfectly ‘ natural ’ for some people to be homosexual if their inclination is in that direction and that those who profess distaste for homosexuality are denying them human rights . |
| 9 | If Mr. Docherty 's claim for benefit is allowed he will receive the benefit to which he is entitled . |
| 10 | One thing America has done for Lemmy is to afford him the chance to fulfil an ambition … |
| 11 | Many of us have been hurt in relationships , and a frequent form of defence is to bury your feelings . |
| 12 | A senior man in the Ministry of Defence was telling us of the ‘ battle for hearts and minds ’ which his department is conducting among the people of the border villages . |
| 13 | This may be a good moment to indicate to her very gently that she has grieved well and long , and that if she is beginning to feel that her period of mourning is nearing its end ( even though you appreciate that she will always carry the scars of her sorrow ) , you are ready to give her any help she needs to adjust to her new and different life . |
| 14 | The difficulty here of course is to determine what is excessive and what is not . |
| 15 | That of course is to express what can be a complicated legal matter in a simple way , but in highly charged and volatile situations the maintenance of such a balance by the police and trades union officials is not always easy . |
| 16 | But the first thing that 's the first thing to bear in mind , the first thing to bear in mind of course is had our previous proposals in other years been accepted Mr Mayor we would need it as it were to make these cuts from this year . |
| 17 | The grants , the of the grants of course increased over the years and the main thing about erm awards of course was to assess them and this is something which erm , I always felt a bit self conscious about because , we had this erm very comprehensive form where parents and erm , oh individuals when they were the students themselves had to complete and give very precise details of income |
| 18 | Tell me when , when we when we s started our discussion of the planning the future document I did say that er there was one or two things you could do for me and er one of those of course was to ask you if you could , during the course of our discussion , if any names came to , to mind , anybody who you would find that you could er you could recommend me to or can refer to me to if in fact you found our discussions were of benefit |
| 19 | " Between two beings , he and I , he like a Vulcan and I boiling too , a kind of struggle was preparing itself … |
| 20 | ‘ The need for the introduction of internment is staring us in the face , ’ Mr Maginnis insisted . |
| 21 | The acid test of this type of guitar is to put it through a mixing desk with a totally flat EQ and let the instrument literally speak for itself . |
| 22 | If you actually you actually look at the front of the building there 's a great deal of money been spent there 's been new flower er boxes put out there . |
| 23 | Lack of money is holding them back — new sounds have to come from fresh effects pedals rather than a sampling machine — but the ambitions are burning : ‘ I do n't think we actually achieve the crossover , ’ admits Sam , with a who-gives-a-flying- f— -shrug , ‘ but that 's certainly what we want to do . ’ |
| 24 | tufts of weed were using their green levers |
| 25 | Liver biopsy showed a predominantly T cell mononuclear cell infiltrate and although the possibility of lymphoma was raised it was considered that this may also have been caused by an inflammatory process . |
| 26 | But maybe your best course of action is to hold her , while explaining clearly why she can not , for example , have the toy . |
| 27 | The only sensible course of action is to decide which is the more likely and try the treatment for that problem first . |
| 28 | She has since died , and the Society , which emphasises that there is no question of the painting being sold , has decided that the most correct course of action is to put it on permanent loan with the National Gallery , where it will go on display , newly restored , in an exhibition of comparative material this October . |
| 29 | And the key therefore to writing scenes of action is to limit yourself as strictly as you can to describing happenings . |
| 30 | I decided that the best course of action was to do my turning first , followed by the seat , then the shaped components and finally jointing and assembly . |