Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Such people are effectively under house arrest . |
| 2 | German secular songs of this period , like the religious ones , are preponderantly on tenor cantus firmi , the tenors usually being ‘ courtly songs ’ ( Hofweisen ) . |
| 3 | Landscape , of course , is his forte and a show of recent works in this department ( oil paintings and graphics ) are on at Marlborough starting 6 January and continuing until the end of the month . |
| 4 | A warrant for Zhivkov 's arrest had been issued on Jan. 18 , but he was believed to have been effectively under house arrest at one of his 30 former official residences since shortly after his resignation in November 1989 . |
| 5 | Hume gives photograph after photograph of steepsided valleys in limestone and sandstone country in Egypt , which are obviously of watercut form , many of them containing caves , from which springs probably issued at an earlier period . |
| 6 | Recently , however , they have been down to Lord Mayor Treloar College where they are helping to buy TNS 's , a battery powered device which produces small low powered electric shock — something like pins and needles — designed to ease muscle pain for people with disabilities such as spina bifida and muscular dystrophy . |
| 7 | Senior Engineer for Midlands area I 'm er presently on seventeen million pound office development the job 's completion erm my presentations are basically from site labour to erm professional engineers and architects |
| 8 | It 's really confusing , cos kids are they 'll all of been in at play time today wo n't they ? |
| 9 | So on that basis maybe Havstock Park would be a better venue cos there would be rooms adjacent I , I should imagine , I have n't been in to Havstock Park . |
| 10 | I was allowed up to chatter with the older men about the good old days on Le Manche , when my grandfather had not only held serious philosophical and religious conversation with les pecheures over his loud hailer , but had also been in to Boulogne harbour as thanksgiving for a market or two in Hastings at needy times . |
| 11 | The oldest known rocks from the ocean floor come from the western Pacific , but these are only of Jurassic age . |
| 12 | I must point out that these proposals are only at draft stage and Trade Unions are being consulted regarding them . |
| 13 | Her most seeming abstract pictures are only by elimination abstract . |
| 14 | In terms of closeness to hearing children 's reading , deaf children are only within striking distance between the ages of 7 and 8 years and thereafter suffer significant decline in relative performance which produces very poor performance by the time they leave school . |
| 15 | The proposals are only in consultation form as yet , but they have been welcomed in principle by many bodies , including the Royal Town Planning Institute , to which I belong . |
| 16 | Holes 4 to 12 are down at sea level , the rest on the cliff tops and exposed to swirling sea breezes which punish injudicious ambition . |
| 17 | He and a dozen others are down at Lewisham nick , ‘ helping with enquiries ’ . |
| 18 | BOLTON are in for Southampton winger David Lee and Pompey forward Warren Aspinall … |
| 19 | On-form Formby travel to Castleton , while Bootle are away to Ashton Town . |
| 20 | It could be called ‘ spinning a yarn ’ but the blarney for once is true because seven Mums-to-be are away on maternity leave and more Mums are confirmed but not yet on leave . |
| 21 | The reason for this is that ramparts are normally of dump construction , consisting of spoil from the ditches cast inwards to form the bank . |
| 22 | He noticed that when local church leaders had been away for Bible School training , they ceased to tell stories in their preaching . |
| 23 | If you have been away from nurse education for some time you will be very pleasantly surprised by the much more interactive and civilised approach to learning apparent in most schools and colleges of nursing . |
| 24 | It has always been thus in Ulster tennis which has had an amazing ability over the years to lose its talent to other activities . |
| 25 | We are already beyond documentary description of such features in the early Saxon period . |
| 26 | But despite the difficulties of reaching the camps , relief workers and supplies are getting through , A doctor and a nurse from the British charity Oxfam are already at Ebenat camp , and Danish health workers are setting up health services for the 5000 people there . |
| 27 | ‘ By December each year , ’ said our expert , ‘ most male mallards are already in breeding plumage . |
| 28 | But sometimes politicians have to be seen to respond to public concerns , if they are not to hand ammunition to their opponents . |
| 29 | My little excesses are not for public Access |
| 30 | The end doors , with sliding glass-panel window for ventilation , are not for passenger use . |