Example sentences of "be [pron] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been nothing achieved by the expedition save the coachman 's cold which now threatened to lay low the rest of her staff . |
| 2 | She had been far too busy trying to cope with the sale of the large estate , and by the time all her father 's debts had been settled there had been nothing left except the old Elizabethan Manor House . |
| 3 | But they are nothing compared with the Caledonian and Alpine Ophiolite suites . |
| 4 | But such worries are nothing compared to the dilemma facing the Kremlin as the waves of perestroika lap at one of the last fortresses of communist orthodoxy . |
| 5 | But pricey as the drinks at Kamieniolomy are , they are nothing compared to the girls . |
| 6 | In one of her poems , she feels sad , weary and footsore , but then sees that her sufferings are nothing compared to the sufferings of Jesus . |
| 7 | The hardships we are suffering in the recession are nothing compared to the hell of the Bosnian detention camps , and if we can not find the cash to help what amounts to very few of them then we are morally as well as economically bankrupt . |
| 8 | But those are nothing compared to the effects of crime on the victims , particularly elderly ones . |
| 9 | But his selection problems are nothing compared to the turmoil at Lyngby , following the sale of five of their players , the shock resignation of coach Kent Karlsson and just one win from their opening six games of the season . |
| 10 | Nor am I troubled by the suggestion put forward by both Mr. Beloff and Mr. Philipson that a conclusion in favour of the Bank of England on this point will introduce an element of doubt into an area where certainty is important , since authorised institutions will be familiar with the Act , and will have no difficulty in recognising a section 39 notice as an exception . |
| 11 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |
| 12 | Nor am I impressed by the floodgates argument — it is said that the Divisional Court would be overwhelmed by applications to review visitors ' decisions . |
| 13 | then all of a sudden er you 're , you 're they went to a psychiatrist or a whatever , therapist |
| 14 | Buried within the plastic explosive had been a miniature detonator , or minidet , later extracted from within a fragment of vertebra that had been itself buried in the spleen . |
| 15 | Are you worried about the stunt ? ’ |
| 16 | Er , how are you fixed for the beginning of next month ? or the week after that ? |
| 17 | Are you represented by a solicitor ? |
| 18 | Are you represented by a solicitor today ? |
| 19 | Are you prepared in the light of God 's desire for your wholeness to let go of whatever negative emotions you have towards them ? |
| 20 | Are you employed on a contract basis ? |
| 21 | Undaunted ‘ Damnation ’ takes this response as encouragement to continue his ‘ Witnessing ’ and attempts to clarify the situation by asking , ‘ Are you covered by the blood of Jesus ? ’ |
| 22 | Director of Studies : ‘ Are you satisfied with the amount set in your department ? ’ |
| 23 | Are you influenced by the religious content ? |
| 24 | ‘ Are you related to the whisky ? ’ he wondered . |
| 25 | Are you excited at the prospect of its opening — angry , totally bored with the subject ? |
| 26 | Are you exhausted by the continuing , surprising sequence of events ? |
| 27 | Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb ? |
| 28 | Are you stuck on a plateau and frustrated ? |
| 29 | Are you addicted to the thrashing of electric guitars ? |
| 30 | Are you marked with the mark of the beast ? |