Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , an inadequate indicator may be preferable to no indicator ; failure to include death rates in the formula would mean that funds were even less related to need than at present . |
| 2 | However , if an activity is deemed unacceptable , it would seem that even partial enforcement would be preferable to no enforcement at all . |
| 3 | ‘ Though we 're wearing too many clothes , and a bed would be preferable to a car . ’ |
| 4 | On the one hand , it may be preferable to a partnership because the benefits associated with separate legal personality are still available . |
| 5 | The various experiments taking place at the present time in the use of graded tests ( for example in the Borough of Croydon ) tend to show that this form of examination would , in all kinds of ways , be preferable to the system we have . |
| 6 | ‘ Anything would be preferable to the ordeal of the last five minutes , ’ she managed to croak . |
| 7 | I would have thought that overreaction would at least be preferable to the apathy currently being shown by both the government and general public alike . |
| 8 | Lydia had said that one night 's fast would be preferable to the plight in which they did indeed now find themselves , but Betty regarded the idea of missing a meal as unnatural and Lydia was overruled . |
| 9 | However , a Midland Bank spokesman said the group expected the dividend flow from the investments acquired to be preferable to the dividend flow from its Argentinian loan portfolio . |
| 10 | It would , however , be preferable for the standard to be linked to the role being performed , irrespective of the actual talents of the individual performing it , since there is no reason why an under-qualified director should enjoy a partial immunity . |
| 11 | 7.2 Landlord to insure The Landlord covenants with the Tenant to insure the Premises and the Retained Parts [ subject to the Tenant paying the Insurance Rent ] unless such insurance shall be vitiated by any act of the Tenant or by anyone at the Premises expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority [ and under the Tenant 's control ] While it would be preferable for the insurance to be in the joint names of the landlord and the tenant in order to give the tenant more control over the insurance and to avoid the problem of subrogation referred to below , landlords tend to resist this , presumably on the basis that they wish to retain absolute control and not rely on the tenant in any way as regards the insurance cover . |
| 12 | It may be preferable from the warrantor 's point of view to use the subjective phrase ‘ so far as he is aware ’ to reduce the risk of constructive knowledge . |
| 13 | There is a great deal of suspicion that these may simply b.e the products of biological contamination after the meteorites have landed ; but , if this is not the case , it would seem that life is likely to be rife throughout the Universe . |
| 14 | There are some being found , but not stable ones erm we know all the elements which are going to be stable on the planet earth as we know it . |
| 15 | With this in mind , when you are shooting camera-originals which are to be assemble edited later , shoot them with at least five seconds of spare length at the beginning of each shot ; this not only facilitates the offsetting of the backspace but also helps to ensure that the edits will be stable on the copy . |
| 16 | In general , children under 5 years were more likely to be upset at the birth , but neither sex of the child nor separation at the birth determined the reaction . |
| 17 | Their Korean hosts were said to be upset at the way they barely acknowledged each other in public except for a few surly and petulant exchanges . |
| 18 | This sensitive balance is believed to be upset by the release of CFC 's through the atmosphere , into the stratosphere . |
| 19 | Opponents of Sunday trading will be upset by the scheme , which comes on top of the Government 's refusal yesterday to enforce the Sunday shopping law in general . |
| 20 | It did seem a little hard that , just when things were beginning to go really well , the even tenor of their lives should be upset by the arrival of someone else — someone who , although a friend , was none the less a stranger . |
| 21 | So And o , also when it 's the day before I , I 'm working I 'm very conscience that I do n't want her to be upset in the morning , same with Christopher I do n't want any upsets in the morning . |
| 22 | If I wished to be cruel about the discussion this far , I would suggest that it has the evasive character of much comparative writing . |
| 23 | ‘ To encourage Joan 's hopes now would be cruel in the extreme . |
| 24 | According to the 1929 Encyclopaedia Britannica , one theory of consciousness holds it to be inherent in every atom of the body . |
| 25 | The offences do not require any endangerment at all : that is taken to be inherent in the carrying of firearms , since their potentialities are grave and the risk of accidents as well as deliberate use is well known . |
| 26 | The other cause may , however , be inherent in the stock market system . |
| 27 | Says another curator , ‘ Rusty may not have the vision to say , ‘ We need a Guido Reni at the National Gallery ’ he 's not the sort of person who could walk through the baroque galleries and realise they even need one , though if a curator went to him wanting to buy one , I think Rusty would certainly be supportive of the move , whereas Carter would basically have turned up his nose and said ‘ no ’ ’ . |
| 28 | Referring in particular to by-passes , MacGregor said that they could result in " huge improvements " to the environment of villages and towns , and added : " There are some who argue that the expansion of the road network will be devastating for the environment . |
| 29 | So the ruling by the Supreme Court in Washington could be devastating for the industry . |
| 30 | They did not want outside intervention in the collective bargaining process from representatives of more broadly-based trade unions since such interference could be inimical to the preservation of paternalistic employee relations within the undertaking ( Okochi et al . , |