Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They 're like the emperors of old : they do n't like bad news , so their servants make sure the truth never gets through to them . |
| 32 | Erm I think what we have to do in particular as , as , as full time officers is , is probably try and er and erm chase things up although they they 're within the realms of the respo the respective LEC 's but to try and make sure that they do get some clearer , if not confirmed , insight into re in relation to the contribution aspect . |
| 33 | Now you 're from the Troops Out movement . |
| 34 | Most training jumps are done from a height of 12,000 feet ; any higher and you need oxygen and you 're in the realms of military freefall , which is just what we 'll be looking at in part 3 of Free fall USA . |
| 35 | By the time she 's cleared the jam , they 're in the outskirts of Bournemouth . |
| 36 | I think that 's one of the purposes Mr chairman also of the , of the educational seminar that we 're in the throes of organizing , to actually to do that . |
| 37 | I did in fact attempt to return your telephone call , but when I rang you were out , and our current panic ( we 're in the throes of mounting our summer exhibition ) prevented me from getting back to you before your letter reached me . |
| 38 | Unperturbed , he said , ‘ When you 're in the throes of passion I might be able to make you admit to it yet . |
| 39 | Erm this whole problem does give ministers erm a great deal of tension and heart searching erm and er we 're in the throws of , of , of looking for a leaflet that 's gon na help ministers faced with er parents who come and have to be turned away because we feel embarrassed , we feel erm the weight of our , our turning away people and our inability to minister the grace of God to them , although I 'd of thought gravity of but er anyway erm er but we have this problem and erm it seems to me that one way out of it is to pick up on what our brother from the Church of England said and look at new rites , and new ways in which we can open our arms to a public out there which is desperately in need of rites of passage . |
| 40 | This could well be true , for most sightings of a ‘ galley ’ have been near the sites of ancient monasteries or graveyards , where coins or gold plate could be buried . |
| 41 | In one family the daughters " attended dances " regularly , but these can hardly have been like the dance-halls of the inter-war period . |
| 42 | The warehouses are organised in a hierarchical manner with a central one buying from satellite warehouses , which are situated in the poorer residential areas of Cali , so that they are near the homes of the garbage pickers . |
| 43 | Forgetting to renew tax or insurance , and forgetting that lights are on full beam , and to some degree taking the more usual route by mistake , are unlike the others in that they appear to represent failures of prospective memory e.g. forgetting to do something . |
| 44 | We 've been behind the scenes of the Society , which is funded entirely from public donations . |
| 45 | ALTERN 8 , MOBY , THE SHAMEN , SHADES OF RHYTHM , SL2 and SUNSCREEM are amongst the performers at this year 's DMC Technics Mixmag Awards taking place at The Royal Albert Hall on November 9 . |
| 46 | Whereas fast compound curves suggest smoke , silks and delicate , tenuous traceries drawn by a breeze , slow compound curves are like the muscles of a weight lifter — powerful , even ponderous and writhing when taken to extremes . |
| 47 | The arms say the light of day in a short sleeved dress and they are like the arms of a prize fighter . |
| 48 | Each image is like a candle and it is for us to embroider our minds so that they are like the constellations of the heavens — Rumi 's harvest of stars . |
| 49 | Gays in the church , for example , are like the canaries in the Welsh mines , leading the way for others . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ Single malt whiskies are like the Chateaux of Bordeaux , ’ says Allan Schiach , Chairman of The Macallan , one of Scotland 's best known malts . |
| 51 | I am just able to discern the formalities which are like the horns of ships circling in the fog to dock . |
| 52 | Even the tatty Dolphinarium suggests a forgotten fair-ground in the dark , and the pier timbers are like the legs of an artificial dinosaur , sturdy and reassuring in the gloom . |
| 53 | These bonds are more subtle than gossamer strands of spiders in the grass and are like the fields of force of electricity or gravity . |
| 54 | In many ways the fibres of Parameta are like the hairs of animal fur — tightly packed at source and more open towards the outside . |
| 55 | I see all objects as mirrors and I am behind the mirrors in another world but the beauty eludes me and is gone and will never return . |
| 56 | Mr. Browne says that he is standing as constituency candidate , free to speak and act for the area and with the strength to resist party orders that are against the interests of grass roots people . |
| 57 | Bachrach and Baratz ( 1970 ) argued that power is also exercised when some groups are prevented from raising issues that are against the interests of the powerful . |
| 58 | The Director General is responsible for reviewing commercial activities in the UK and identifying trading practices which are against the interests of consumers . |
| 59 | Some such services are illegal , and many are against the rules in the toughened regulation . |
| 60 | If most of your ticks are against the statements in section A , then you are predominantly left-brained ; whereas If you have placed more ticks against the section B statements , you are predominantly right-brained . |