Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere in between are good plants for small gardens , only reaching about 2ft with a far daintier habit . |
| 2 | Tony Greener was appointed chairman of Guinness PLC in January 1993 , after being chief executive from January 1992 . |
| 3 | ( In 1971 , Arsenal won the Double after being six points behind leaders Leeds United at the time of the semi-final . ) |
| 4 | I was n't Marti Caine at that stage , I was Zoe Bond , but only after being Sunny Smith for three weeks . |
| 5 | she 's not going to this year , she 's erm , in Ruxley there , there was a little pot of seed that had been sowed and they were ready for pricking out , and er one little pot I think was ninety eight P , but there must of been fifty plants in there easily |
| 6 | But I mean there was er , they were so kind to them in the hospital if there would of been any sign of distress they would of , you know , usually anyway you do n't usually have distress at the end you 're usually at peace are n't you ? |
| 7 | would there of been any problem at all in your providing it ? |
| 8 | It must of enlightened them on what the scriptures meant , by the sacred secret , cos before it must of been some kind of weird mystery to them |
| 9 | And the fact that your wife is erm there was something that could 've possibly been done for your wife and that is something that maybe I would 've mentioned at the end , do you think this would of be any benefit to the wife only as maybe an ending statement or something |
| 10 | The Midland Bank , as the major sponsor , is paying £20,000 for the privilege of being two corners in the game , and having its name and logo on all the notes used in the game . |
| 11 | We can not accuse teachers of being sole agents of reproduction : they may themselves be considered deviant by the pupils or parents if they try to encourage domestic skills in boys or engineering orientations in girls . |
| 12 | In the late 1980s we now see town planning and architecture — shapers of the housing environment — charged with professional disrepute : once the great hope of being effective providers of an environment of social purpose , the two professions have been derided for giving the public the wrong thing , and in the wrong manner . |
| 13 | We fall into the trap of being efficient technicians of life , starved of the personal dimension of being ‘ mercy-full ’ . |
| 14 | I supposed mainly that , instead of being passive victims of our own reality , we could , through utilising this technique , become masters of it . |
| 15 | Both have been designed to meet fully the requirements a set out by the County Council and we 're quite happy , we can actually meet that requirement of being one kilometre from Flaxton , in fact we greatly exceed that distance , despite and that is a on the design of a larger new settlement than fourteen hundred dwellings . |
| 16 | Some polymers , instead of being uniform chains of one small molecule like ethylene , are chains of two or more different kinds of small molecule . |
| 17 | In effect , we will complete each theory by articulating both their criterion of responsibility and their test for the limits of obligations , so that they may face each other as fully prepared contestants for the honour of being liberal theories of contract law . |
| 18 | During this time , our camp was visited by the secretary of the local Communist party , who seemed to suspect us of being illegal collectors of mumiya , semi-fossilised pika droppings thought to have medicinal properties . |
| 19 | Some countries like Malaysia have , however , managed to hang on to the advantages of being early recipients of such investments by virtue of their installed base of experienced workers who could help attract later entrants . |
| 20 | It almost relegates meat , cheese and fish to the position of being mere garnishes on the plate . |
| 21 | This is n't the way that the current system reasons , and I would certainly like to take the current system and push it in this direction of being more expert in a human sense . |
| 22 | Had it been accepted , Israel 's population would be one-third Palestinian Arab today , with the prospect of being one-half Arab by the year 2020 , and the Israeli government would already be facing a demographic crisis within the State of Israel which is currently still some thirty years away . |
| 23 | The original reasons for seeking a Royal Charter remain : it would give greater status to the Association , its members and indeed the whole industry ; we would enjoy the endorsement by the Privy Council to our qualifications for membership ; recognition by the Privy Council would add weight to the Association 's opinion on issues when lobbying Government or debating with others ; our members would have the Privy Council 's endorsement of being true professionals with the opportunityfor a Corporate member to be called a Chartered Hotelier or a Chartered Caterer . |
| 24 | Start off properly and you have a much better chance of being welcome year after year . |
| 25 | But the banks do not cherish the thought of being distressed sellers in a declining stockmarket . |
| 26 | Despite being four months behind schedule , Butterfly Child 's ‘ Juice ’ / ‘ Man And Woman ’ 45 ( originally planned for release in May ) will be followed by . |
| 27 | The last two pages of 's sterling efforts on Scottish list are enclosed herewith , and I shall research any other missing names . |
| 28 | One of my longest standing friends commented to me on Thursday evening how I had started to laugh again and was much more relaxed rather than — and I quote — ‘ the grey ghastly sight you have looked for weeks ’ — ( shades , if you recall of 's amazing remarks after my April visit when forced to detour to document sign — and , incidentally on that score , we have hit yet another legal obstacle , so heaven knows when that will all get sorted out ) . |
| 29 | 's managing director ( left ) receiving a ‘ Certificate of Appreciation ’ from , , one of 's major customers from Holland . |
| 30 | MALT for distilling whisky will be about 20 per cent of 's total sales in 1993 . |