Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After having amassed around 200 hours on the Corsair since purchasing it in 1982 , the novelty of flying this beast has not diminished : ‘ Today I feel that every flight in the Corsair is as exciting as the first , mainly because with the Corsair you can not afford to be complacent , as the aircraft will sometimes bite back , so I have to be alert all the time while I am flying ’ . |
| 2 | The question must be this : Why does the devil not allow his ‘ prophets ’ to be right all the time ? |
| 3 | Many people suffer from the same disease of thinking they must be right all the time , and they must push their rightness onto other people . |
| 4 | Because even the most inspired forecasts of how prices are going to move ca n't be right all the time , some forward purchasing is arranged on a ‘ hedging ’ basis . |
| 5 | The womenfolk will all have to be pregnant all the time , of course , if the community is to survive . |
| 6 | People want me to be funny all the time . |
| 7 | but Jesus Christ calls his people to be faithful all the time , throughout life . |
| 8 | But you ca n't expect it to be perfect all the time . |
| 9 | Yeah well you ca n't expect me to be perfect all the time . |
| 10 | This definition would make central to pragmatics a notion of appropriateness or felicity : ( 14 ) Pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the contexts in which they would be appropriate Such a definition should have a nice ring to it , from the point of view of those who wish to place pragmatics on a par with other aspects of linguistic inquiry . |
| 11 | They need to be visible all the way round , so leave a space for the flowers in the middle of the design . |
| 12 | Which means it 's got ta be exact all the way round , you know what I mean . |
| 13 | No one can be tired all the time . |
| 14 | Perhaps it was their very greatness that made her so — one could n't be noble all the time . |
| 15 | ‘ A successful club has to be busy all the time . |
| 16 | Housewives tend to be busy all the time but they 're not really doing anything constructive , are they ? |
| 17 | We how would your would your mother be busy all the time ? |
| 18 | The specialized frugivore is typically a larger bird than the unspecialized one and may have a very wide gape , but also the capacity to strip the seed and regurgitate the ballast rather rapidly , while the fruit itself must be available all the year round . |
| 19 | During the duty period the solicitor has to be available all the time to provide advice over the telephone or at the police station , and receives a standby payment , up to half of which is deducted if advice is provided up to that level of work . |
| 20 | Most clients will readily understand why you can not be available all the time , so long as you tell them when you will be available . |
| 21 | Not many problems have been encountered , but if the whiteout point is too high it is possible , though unusual , for the maximum gradient of the radius vector to occur in the flood region and the value delivered for the LB-level can then be higher that the UB-level . |
| 22 | If there is no other system of air-conditioning , and the window can not be open all the time because of draughts or security , it should at least be opened once or twice a day for a spell . |
| 23 | Offices , shops , factories , would be open all the time . |
| 24 | I was learning , trying to be impartial all the time . |
| 25 | So how do you manage to be cheerful all the time , even when the weather 's like this ? |
| 26 | Silly of women to try and be young all the while . |
| 27 | Even if you hold some position of great authority , you do n't have to be solemn all the time . |
| 28 | lifting off suddenly in mid-bend is n't such a good idea either — in short you just have to be aware all the time of how much power you have in so little car . |
| 29 | ‘ My advice is simply be aware ALL the time , not just when you think you ought to be . ’ |
| 30 | Exactly , they know , exactly , so why the hell should you be quiet all the time ? |