Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother hovers on the brink of life , not knowing whether her heroic struggle will be worth even a fraction of the effort she expends . |
| 2 | They must be worth quite a bit — in America . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're famous all over the Far East , so a story about how you kept a secret concubine in Taipei should be worth quite a bit . ’ |
| 4 | So you 'll be worth quite a bit dead ? |
| 5 | But the long-term trend in those areas in which the public interest in regulation ( or possibly politicians ' exposure to public criticism ) is perceived to be greatest , seems to be for both the volume of regulation and the role of government in it to increase . |
| 6 | It was supposed to be for just a day , or maybe two , but it has already been a week … ’ |
| 7 | And now that I 'm home for good , at least my bookings abroad will be for just a week or so at a time , that 's all , well … we 're coming together . |
| 8 | It wo n't be for about a year and a half though . |
| 9 | They know that it would be almost impossible for them , even though it would be for only a week , after which they could return to their comfortable lives . |
| 10 | Yet this apparently admirable material proved to be of almost no use to the party . |
| 11 | ‘ Have you thought what the atmosphere will be like once the building starts ? ’ |
| 12 | Isabel wondered if he knew how intimidating he could be with just a look , and decided fitzAlan was fully aware of his effect on her . |
| 13 | And I go in there and I have lov , I can be in there an hour ! |
| 14 | Outwardly he could be in almost every way a Scotland Yard senior officer . |
| 15 | The only way Masefield can make this credible is to present her as a kind of child-bride , a happy innocent ; necessary as this may be to both the theme and the plot of the book , it does not allow her to develop beyond the limits of a type-character . |
| 16 | This , to repeat a point made earlier , does not mean that their sole role must be to further the interest of each or of all their subjects . |
| 17 | The effect of such storage may be on either the package or the product or both and these effects may be classified as follows . |
| 18 | As the distance is too far by road , it is impossible to be at both the start and the finish of the race unless you are actually taking part . |
| 19 | Elsewhere , Duncan and I have made an attempt to overcome these problems by putting forward a conceptual view of local politics which stresses the social relations involved , which highlights the importance of the locality , and which is based on the notion that local state institutions can be at once an agent of , and an obstacle to , central demands ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 ) . |
| 20 | However , it is important to stress that the conditions for a sustained easing of monetary policy are not yet present and the prevailing view is likely to be that , barring a breakthrough on the solidarity pact and a resolution of the east German wages situation , the next cut in rates may be at least a couple of months off . |
| 21 | His mature attitude seems to be at least a decade ahead of his slight , youthful physique . |
| 22 | For really reliable stability a design should have a rate of closure in the Bode plot of less than 6 dB per octave and all break points of the linear approximation should be at least a decade in frequency away from the intersection corresponding to . |
| 23 | In the Firthview cafe , apparently the location of some awful and localised ground subsidence since it was named , because it would have to be at least a storey taller to catch a view of the water , I had a cup of coffee and a game of Space Invaders . |
| 24 | Mm I could n't tell how many people would agree with you about that one that London could be at least a bit preferable to Paris . |
| 25 | It is not unusual for the sea to be at least a mile 's walk from the coastline sand-dunes . |
| 26 | The top must be at least a mile high ; just how well would a four-wheel drive hold on it ? |
| 27 | For the simple reason that , if they were to be considered as arbitrators , there would be at least a danger that one party or the other might be able to require a case to be stated before a court of law , by which means it could be suggested that the award was not binding because of some error in it . |
| 28 | Where an instrumental ensemble is employed , with or without singers , it is necessary that there be at least a leader , if not a conductor . |
| 29 | To my mind the answer is that there must always be at least a minimum of skill for us to speak of an artistic achievement . |
| 30 | John Sluggett , who farms near Probus , mid-Cornwall , says he will be at least a week before starting on winter barley . |