Example sentences of "be [conj] [prep] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unusual thing is that at 50 she is still stunning , wrinkles or no . |
| 2 | A further quirk in the Notts approach to gathering statistics is that until 1982 they counted as TIC those offences offered to the court but denied by the offenders ! |
| 3 | The only fact upon which dieticians seem agreed is that in general we eat too much meat and too few vegetables , which distorts the balance of fat in our bodies . |
| 4 | The limited ‘ defence ’ of mistake about the girl 's age , available to young men under 24 , was explained above , and the reason for creating such a limited ‘ defence ’ is that in general it has been held that the crime does not require any fault element as regards the girl 's age . |
| 5 | The third rule is that in general it is better to tax than to borrow . |
| 6 | The result , which we obtain there , is that in general it will be rational for agents to infer from an own price higher than initially expected that there have been both positive aggregate and positive relative demand shocks . |
| 7 | The only certainty is that by 1201 he was attached to the household of Hubert Walter at Canterbury , being credited at least once with the title of archbishop 's steward . |
| 8 | I therefore My Lords conclude that the Bill on this point should stand as it is and in general I strongly support my Honourable Friend the Home Secretary on the plans that he now puts before the organisation of police authorities in tackling the serious problems of law and order which we all face in this country today . |
| 9 | This is because at first they lack the strength to hurt , and when they do acquire it they quickly learn that a too-powerful play-attack ends the enjoyable encounter . |
| 10 | When a friend suggested that I take up racing , my initial reaction was that at 42 I was too old . |
| 11 | A third Free Presbyterian minister said : ‘ Perhaps the main reason [ for leaving the Orange Order ] was that in 1969 I was saved by the grace of God and therefore felt that I could not sit and be associated with members of the Orange and Black while they consumed alcohol in their meetings on the 12th and 13th mornings each July . ’ |
| 12 | In Cézanne 's case this was because at first he struggled to compose in the Renaissance manner , and did it badly . |