Example sentences of "be [be] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | It may be possible to gues the outcome in the northeast , but the Southwest is anybody 's and all three main parties have their eyes on it and local issues are being played to the maximum . |
2 | In a room across the courtyard , a noiseless television shed stabs of light , as if a vast torchbeam were being played around the walls . |
3 | Wellingborough against Brackley in the Hillier Cup , that 's being played at the Dog and Duck ground , I would imagine it 's blow football in a pub , and finally , in the Overton Papers combination , pretty boring this one — Watford Reserves against Oxford Reserves . |
4 | County roles take members into schools in their day-to-day work , and for some of the team 's functions ( especially the selection of schools for recommendation for inclusion in the project ) the project role is being played at the same time . |
5 | The lament is being played for the old military musical structure after the study found many could not even meet the required level of 20 men each and their music was suffering . |
6 | DESPITE England manager Graham Taylor 's protests that too much football is being played in the country , clubs often undertake gruelling journeys abroad in mid-season to play in lucrative exhibition friendlies . |
7 | Should this scenario happen , crucial to its success would be changing the image of the area , and a key part in this is being played by the city 's successful bid for the World Student Games in 1990 . |
8 | A key-role in the tree planting is being played by the farm Systems Development Corporation . |
9 | Moving on to the question of defenders stopping the try by not standing on the goal-line , Law 27(e) is clear about what the offending team must do : ‘ The opposing team must run without delay ( and continue to do so while the kick is being taken and while the ball is being played by the kicker 's team ) to or behind the line parallel to the goal-lines and 10 metres from the mark , or to their own goal-line if nearer to the mark . |
10 | The only race card being played is being played by the right hon. Gentleman . |
11 | For example , if music was being played in the background at the time the shots were being taken , the breaks at each shot change will be very noticeable and the remedy may then be to replace the original sound with a continuous background . |
12 | A mouth-organ was being played in the corridor , all the popular melodies of the day slightly out of tune . |