Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] [noun pl] [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 | ( In 1971 , Arsenal won the Double after being six points behind leaders Leeds United at the time of the semi-final . ) |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We fall into the trap of being efficient technicians of life , starved of the personal dimension of being ‘ mercy-full ’ . |
| 8 | I supposed mainly that , instead of being passive victims of our own reality , we could , through utilising this technique , become masters of it . |
| 9 | Some polymers , instead of being uniform chains of one small molecule like ethylene , are chains of two or more different kinds of small molecule . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It almost relegates meat , cheese and fish to the position of being mere garnishes on the plate . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But the banks do not cherish the thought of being distressed sellers in a declining stockmarket . |
| 16 | Despite being four months behind schedule , Butterfly Child 's ‘ Juice ’ / ‘ Man And Woman ’ 45 ( originally planned for release in May ) will be followed by . |
| 17 | The last two pages of 's sterling efforts on Scottish list are enclosed herewith , and I shall research any other missing names . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | 's managing director ( left ) receiving a ‘ Certificate of Appreciation ’ from , , one of 's major customers from Holland . |
| 20 | , centre , with workmate , right , and ( retired ) who worked together for most of 's 20 years at . |
| 21 | My own opinion is that all cold-blooded animals are endowed with responsive behaviour that can be mistaken for higher intelligence , when what we are really dealing with are reflex actions to given stimuli — as in Pavlov 's dogs , which salivated when a bell they associated with food was rung . |
| 22 | And what they see the Conservatives coming forward with are harebrained schemes for vouchers , a handful of city technology colleges , and pushing opting out . |
| 23 | Among the many distinctive books that Terry was involved with was National Anthems of the World , constantly updated and now in its eighth edition . |
| 24 | ‘ You see , dear boy , what you have stumbled upon are classic cases of what has happened to me . |
| 25 | Now , however , a comparison … has made clear that what the older version mainly suffers from are considerable deficiencies in ‘ discourse structure ’ , i.e. , in the way the sentences are combined into well-integrated paragraphs , and these in turn into a well-constructed whole . |
| 26 | And , from being part-time entertainers on the toilet circuit , Suede have been disturbingly promoted to potential saviours of the entire music industry . |
| 27 | A few years ago , I wrote expressing my concern that the village of West Linton , Peeblesshire , had ‘ moved ’ from being 18 miles outside the GPO in Edinburgh to 16 and then to 14 miles . |
| 28 | The need is to move unions on from being state-controlled agencies for controlling industrial production to collective bargaining organisations . |
| 29 | Local authorities are changing from being direct providers of services to enablers . |
| 30 | The plans referred to are short-term plans for periods of from one week to one month . |