Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orange or red nut feeders are especially attractive to siskins , but if there are squirrels around it may be worth the extra expense of a tough model such as the Gilbert squirrel-proof feeder , which has a nut basket surrounded by a mesh which will only allow the birds through . |
| 2 | In some instances , the long-term benefit to the victim may be worth the short-term price , but it is a question which must be faced . |
| 3 | He evidently considered that gain to be worth the negative propaganda value of a militarily minor defeat , especially as it was portrayed as a defeat for the Italians , not for the Nationalists . |
| 4 | ‘ Then you must be about the only person in London that has n't heard , ’ Bragg said drily . |
| 5 | ‘ I have n't even seen the original series — I must be about the only guy in the western hemisphere who has n't , ’ he said as the cast walked up the plank in Irvine , Ayrshire , to inspect the Vital Spark for the first time . |
| 6 | It was to be about the –wicked stepmother ’ in Snow White , something from her point of view , redress some of the balance . |
| 7 | Most ‘ American ’ restaurants offer barbecued chicken — this will be about the lowest-calorie possibility you will see among the hot choices . |
| 8 | The aims of higher education ( whether , for example , it should be about the disinterested pursuit of knowledge , or about training students for the graduate job market ) are confused . |
| 9 | ‘ My houses have to be about the right thing , ’ he told Endill . |
| 10 | It could n't be about the fire-damaged gin . |
| 11 | The development officers felt that 50 would be about the maximum number of new cases they could take on over a 12 month period . |
| 12 | And people do live in other parts of the area , and they need telephones — from what I 've seen of the place they 'll be about the main link with the outside world . |
| 13 | I hope that my painting stands beyond the moment ; I want it to be about the human situation rather than a fleeting moment in time or a specific view ’ . |
| 14 | I hope that this debate will be about the valuable contribution that Britain can make to the European community , rather than a sterile argument about whether the king 's prerogatives will be taken over by the Government and given away in the face of the people . |
| 15 | With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday . |
| 16 | Steve 's coach Mike Holmes , who confesses he was ‘ astonished ’ by the 20-years-old 's 2.33 metres effort for Liverpool Harriers in last weekend 's British League match , said : ‘ Because Steve had not jumped in competition , or even in training before last Thursday , we decided that his first two competitions would be off the shortened run-up . |
| 17 | Heiden is one of those places which , though famous and well developed , can still claim to be off the beaten track . |
| 18 | As part of the park plan access to the playing facilities will be off the main north-south pedestrian way with the pavilion located between a proposed amphitheatre and existing bowling greens . |
| 19 | The map showed Reggane to be off the main piste . |
| 20 | ‘ The worst possible scenario would be for the civilian government to remain in a weak and powerless state , forcing us to maintain a military occupation in the city , ’ said Mr Roberts , who is dean of the law school at DePaul University in Chicago . |
| 21 | Tempting as it may be for the harassed mother to jump at the chance of sending her three year old to playschool every morning , imagine the devastating effect this can have when it coincides with the arrival in the home of a brand new baby . |
| 22 | would you accept that , that should be for the financial year ? |
| 23 | The idea may then be for the surviving spouse to give the property ( which she took under the deed of variation ) to the children and make a potentially exempt transfer under IHTA 1984 , s3A : provided she survives seven years no inheritance tax will have been payable on the death or on the gift or indeed on her death by reference to the property which she gave to the children . |
| 24 | Would not the worst thing that could possibly happen for any of our constituents or patients be for the Labour party to come to power and abolish competitive tendering ? |
| 25 | However true this may be for the economic development of the United States — and even there such contentious hypotheticals are highly dubious — it certainly can not hold good for European expansion and supremacy in the later nineteenth century . |
| 26 | If the creditor holds any security , he must specify the nature and value of the security and the demand must be for the unsecured portion of the creditor 's claim only . |
| 27 | This is because the mutual structure of the with-profits fund will remain and the investment returns on this fund will be for the sole benefit of the policyholders with a stake in this fund . |
| 28 | 6 Any taxes which the Publisher may have to withhold on payments to be made to the Proprietor hereunder , shall be for the sole account of the Proprietor . |
| 29 | 1791 The Gentlemen of the Parish of Kildaltan represent that the Church is much Injured by the Schools being kept therein and that it would be for the General benifit of the Parish to have a School House Built seperate from the Church … appoint a Committee for fixing the Stance of the School House and getting the same Built . |
| 30 | But these would be for the general benefit , not for the worse . |