Example sentences of "[adv] be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better be without the Paracetamol for the last ten , eleven months or more . |
| 2 | ‘ Going somewhere ? ’ he asked politely ; the quiet voice held hidden traps , warning her that the answer had better be in the negative . |
| 3 | European reaction to the sale has been muted ; one London auction house expert pointed to the poor quality of a number of the items illustrated in the publicity material ( items which will apparently be in the sale ) , several of which date to the early years of this century . |
| 4 | Mitterrand also said that French aid to the least developed countries , those with a national average annual income of less than US$500 per head , would henceforth be in the form of outright grants . |
| 5 | It will only be at the end of time that God 's glory will be fully visible in the church . |
| 6 | QA activities may not necessarily only be at the end of the implementation phase . |
| 7 | If you prefer that the algorithm should not invent new weights , but only select existing weights from the parent strings , then the crossover points marked ’ x ’ may only be at the ends of 8-bit sequences . |
| 8 | The evidence from the case studies suggests that while change will occur it will only be at the margins , but this may be enough to achieve significant behavioural change in service providers . |
| 9 | Such a positive-sum game must be contrasted with a zero-sum game in which the game to some can only be at the expense of others . |
| 10 | This lack of interest may only be on the part of one partner . |
| 11 | His confidence that God 's existence could be demonstrated from the natural world made him a favourite target for those who felt it could only be on the basis of God 's special revelation of Himself that faith could be justified . |
| 12 | If he is liable to the plaintiffs at all it can only be on the basis of professional negligence . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps we can cheer him up with the news that he 'll only be on the ward for a couple of days . |
| 14 | Otherwise , rejection may only be on the ground of infringement of ‘ sovereignty or security ’ ; neither a claim to exclusive jurisdiction by the state of destination over the subject-matter with which the document deals , nor the fact that no cause of action would exist under the law of that state is a proper ground for rejection . |
| 15 | Section 1A(2) provides that a claim for damages for bereavement shall only be for the benefit of the wife or husband of the deceased and , where the deceased was a minor who was never married , for the benefit of his parents , if he was legitimate and of his mother if he was illegitimate . |
| 16 | That teachers — young , middle-aged , and those near retirement — can be asked to express how they really feel about curriculum developments can only be for the good . |
| 17 | These conditions may not only be for the vendor 's own benefit , but for his ’ successors in title ’ . |
| 18 | Ultimately we are campaigning to be allowed to be ourselves , with all out differences and similarities , and such an aim can only be to the advantage of us all . |
| 19 | the application has to be made to a quarterly meeting of the board ( s.5(6) ) , and the transfer effected can only be to the person who during the currency of the licence has become the Owner or occupier or the new tenant of the premises to which the certificate relates . |
| 20 | A positive interaction with these characteristics can only be to the benefit of artists and their followers alike . |
| 21 | ‘ I was told : ‘ Poppy , it will only be to the bottom of your back . |
| 22 | Membership of an organisation necessitates voluntary restrictions upon the sovereign powers of States which can only be to the extent accepted by the members through the express or implied terms of the treaty . |
| 23 | Salt has received much bad publicity in recent years as a major contributory factor to heart disease , but the initial hysteria has now given way to the theory that salt in quantity will only be to the detriment of those people prone to heart disease from other causes . |
| 24 | The Bill disregards the statutory role of local authorities with regard to impounded water and that can only be to the detriment of local people . |
| 25 | Since the alteration of the law on homosexual acts between consenting adults , there has been a startling increase in the number of male patients who are prepared to talk freely about their homosexuality , and this can only be to the good , as they do appear to have a considerably higher chance of acquiring certain of the sexually transmitted conditions . |
| 26 | ‘ Throughout the summer , I understand , you are hosting a number of national and international sailing competitions this can only be to the good of Dwyfor and , indeed , Wales . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ At least the French are doing their best to kill the whole stupid thing off for good , ’ the heroine remarks ; and when her lover solemnly tells her that modern fiction can only be about the difficulty of writing fiction , she asks why writers bother to put their names on title-pages . |
| 28 | So clueless and misguided are these sorry types — so lacking in insight , intent and , bloody hell , a sense of humour — that if a great comedy show ever makes it to TV List magazine it can only be DESPITE the pony-tails whose job it is to shepherd these things to a laff-hungry public . |
| 29 | I should like to commend to Members the text of the Inaugural meeting of the BIE in London in 1927 much of which is as relevant today as it was then and it will only be by the commitment of you the members that the Institute will improve and ultimately progress . |
| 30 | A hovering PRO will only be in the way . |