Example sentences of "be [prep] the [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's forty mile an hour zone anyway , so he 's in the right and you 're in the wrong anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ There — you 're on the defensive again . ’ |
| 3 | She turned away , leaving Peggy standing stiff and cold , although the sun was shining and it had been in the seventies all day . |
| 4 | Pillar roses are in the main simply less vigorous ramblers — climbers and climbing sports are sometimes included — that normally do not reach more than about 9–10ft ( 2.7–3m ) in height or cane length . |
| 5 | When kept as individuals in a mixed community they can bully other smaller species but they are in the main more peaceable than the average marine fish . |
| 6 | What other reason may there be for the watertable sometimes rising rapidly ? |
| 7 | The quality of illustrations and especially photographs in advertisements can be of the highest today and such work can cost thousands of pounds for just one picture . |
| 8 | For example , it is predicted that certain kinds of ‘ life strategies ’ will be found most commonly in people in whom particular corresponding moods or emotions predominate , and that the more general the strategies are , the stronger their association will be with the emotional rather than the intellectual characteristics of the person . |
| 9 | Manchester was unlucky to be in the strongest ever field of candidates for an Olympic Games , Jim Knight I R N Tokyo . |
| 10 | So he 'll be on the loose soon . |
| 11 | Well that dreary tale may be over the worst now . |
| 12 | Where it is ( as in Ferejohn , 1974 ; see also Johnston , 1980 ) , the southern States usually come out as major beneficiaries — because their Senators and Representatives tend to be among the longest-lived politically ; the Midwest States , on the other hand , tend to benefit much less , which is a source of much local concern ( Murphy , 1971 ) . |
| 13 | The 80-km tunnel , for example , will be among the longest anywhere . |
| 14 | This RS1000 , he informs me , has already been to the Arctic about six times . |
| 15 | Did n't Tumbleweed say he 'd been to the fair before ? |
| 16 | The numbers of spawning cod in the area are among the lowest ever recorded . |
| 17 | The two essays on Stead are among the best here , since they fulfil the reviewer 's prime duty — they make you want to read the books as soon as possible , in the light of the genuine enthusiasm they convey . |
| 18 | The two branches studied , however , were in the same moderately safe Conservative constituency . |
| 19 | The fastest growth rates during this time were in the three least urban regions of southern England : East Anglia , South-West , and East Midlands ( table 3.6 ) . |
| 20 | Up to 1917 , Lenin 's views on national liberation were in the main uniquely related to the situation in Russia and the need to create an alliance for the overthrow of Tsarism . |
| 21 | The controls were on the left instead of in the middle . |
| 22 | Recorded MacLachlan in his diary : ‘ As ‘ A ’ Flight were on the 9 o'clock watch John decided to have all the blood-thirsty pilots on , in the hopes of getting a 109 . |
| 23 | The other thing I was wondering is about the grave-diggers. nowadays they 're at the side of the grave ready are n't they . |
| 24 | It is through the only recently developed concept of homophobia that this reversal proceeds . |
| 25 | Yeah , it 's about the same really . |
| 26 | Alternatively a pair can be maintained and bred in an 18″ or 24″ tank of their own , or make excellent additions to a Discus aquarium as long as this is of the planted rather than the bare type . |
| 27 | Success in Britain — The Renault Clio is amongst the ten best selling cars in the British market , with a total of 34,701 sales in 1992 . |
| 28 | It is unlike the three previously named fish with regards to its overall physical shape and colours . |
| 29 | You know that if the score 's above the mean do n't worry , I 've got an overhead for this , that 's if the score 's above the mean then i you know relatively speaking to the mean it 's high right ? |
| 30 | " Jesus , Mary and Joseph , pity her simplicity , she 'll only turn them jewels green — tell her I said so , tell her that 's what I said — and say Mr Twomey and myself have a fancy for the Aga Khan 's in the 3 o'clock . " |