Example sentences of "be [noun pl] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | However , there are reasons why the state may prefer to own rather than merely to regulate . |
2 | There are times when the Americans have a tendency to cut corners and push their aircraft too far . |
3 | I gather there are times when the mission aborts , but on the other hand he regularly sells stories to Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine . |
4 | There are times when the word unbelief is used to describe the doubts of those who are definitely believers but only when they are at a stage of doubting which is rationally inexcusable and well on the way to becoming fullgrown unbelief . |
5 | These are times when the suffering may be too deep for tears . |
6 | There are times when the way a woman uses her tears in a relationship is a barrier to her growth . |
7 | They are times when the behaviour of an animal is uncertain ; which is just the kind of time when other animals will want information about what it is going to do . |
8 | He says : ‘ There are times when the enormity of the challenge makes you want to pull a blanket over your head . |
9 | Managers will wish to know if the body clock means that there are times when the output of their work-force is below standard and the general public will be concerned about the possibility that safety in industrial processes , public services , transportation , etc. will be adversely affected at some times . |
10 | There are times when the motivations for growth seem clear and times when they are under challenge . |
11 | But there are times when the analogies get stretched so far that the brain starts to lose contact with the original image . |
12 | On the other hand there are times when the difficulties appear too great and we just throw in the towel . |
13 | However , there are times when the taxpayer will want to become domiciled in the United Kingdom . |
14 | There are times when the borderline between metaphor and underlexicalisation is difficult to establish . |
15 | There are times when the teacher might impose restrictions by asking , for example , for ‘ all the blue balls to be put into the basket ’ , or , ‘ all those wearing red to fetch their coats ’ , or she might ask the children to sort a collection into just two piles . |
16 | Patterns emerge of circles within circles as she moves around the stage but although one admires the almost casually loose-limbed nature of her dance there are times when the images begin to blur and attention is apt to wander . |
17 | For some reason bream will still take a redworm even when preoccupied with casters , but there are times when the preoccupation becomes so acute you simply have to use casters on the hook . |
18 | Vic is all in favour of backing Britain , but there are times when the Mail 's windy chauvinism gets on his tits . |
19 | There is no doubt that a fox could kill a ferret at will but for some reason there are times when the fox prefers to flee . |
20 | There h have been cases where the person 's back muscles have pulled up so tight that their they 've formed an arch . |
21 | There have been cases where the Attorney has refused to act even after judges have called for prosecution . |
22 | There may have been cases where the acquisition of the wrappers conferred no direct benefit on the Nestle Co. , but there must have been many cases where it did . |
23 | Given the lexical look-up of the script recognition system , as described in earlier chapters , there are cases where the system will not be able to suggest any allowable candidate string . |
24 | Children born with Down 's Syndrome , a condition caused by a chromosome abnormality in which those affected show distinctive ‘ mongoloid ’ features from birth , provide one example ; others are cases where the handicap results from disturbances in metabolic or hormonal functioning or from brain damage at birth . |
25 | There are cases where the claimant is unable to satisfy the registration requirements with the Department of Employment as they are in receipt of an alternative benefit . |
26 | There are cases where the senses are sufficient . |
27 | The production of an item such as the Sutton Hoo helmet was undoubtedly a great achievement , but there are cases where the complexity and skill involved in the manufacture of even the humbler items is surprising . |
28 | The two most prolonged battles of this kind , at Mavisbank near Edinburgh and Pell Wall in Shropshire , are cases where the owners have been deaf to every offer to take on the house and restore it . |
29 | There are cases where the Policyholder is registered for VAT and is able to claim the VAT back . |
30 | All this rules out any causative connection between biography and literature , but there are cases where the Formalists allow biography a legitimate literary function . |