Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the nursing staff had been keenly following the implementation of the ENP , some of them did not seem to be familiar with my parameters of practice — I sometimes missed patients that I could have treated because they were not being filtered through to me . |
| 2 | If the muzzle has been properly tied the ferret will be free to lick but not to bite . |
| 3 | Its theatre , since the mid 1950s , has been widely acknowledged the world 's wonder . |
| 4 | In good market conditions , however , auction or tender will be more likely to provide the best price for the client , but because the land has been widely advertised the purchaser will be under no moral or other obligation to re-instruct the agent . |
| 5 | Ormerods are successfully weathering the recession . |
| 6 | But even in the teeth of a recession , companies large and small are successfully gaining the backing of the venture capital funds and paying them back handsomely . |
| 7 | Even in the teeth of a recession , companies large and small are successfully gaining the backing of the venture capital funds and paying them back handsomely |
| 8 | ‘ If , in any case not expressly provided for by this Act , a liability to any duty , or any authority or power , not incident to the administration of justice in any court , whose jurisdiction is transferred by this Act to the High Court of Justice , shall have been imposed or conferred by any statute , law , or custom upon the judges or any judge of any of such courts , save as hereinafter mentioned , every judge of the said High Court shall be capable of performing and exercising , and shall be liable to perform and empowered to exercise every such duty , authority , and power , in the same manner as if this Act had not passed , and as if he had been duly appointed the successor of a judge liable to such duty , or possessing such authority or power , before the passing of this Act . … |
| 9 | Simply by providing a variety of equipment and allowing the children to experiment , we are effectively increasing the possibility for incidental mathematical experience and learning . |
| 10 | In the case of non-resident discretionary trusts the Inland Revenue are effectively increasing the amount of tax due as the flat rate of 35 per cent applies on the combined amount of the dividend and a notional tax credit of 20 per cent rather than simply on the net dividend as before . |
| 11 | Here , on all sides where this softer rock breaks or underlies the surface , streams flowing down from the upper slopes , aided and abetted by heavy rain , have , ever since the landscape was formed , been slowly penetrating the ground and eroding a honeycomb of underground caverns and passages of amazing dimensions . |
| 12 | The Lac d'Aumar and its satellite , the Lac d'Aubert , which are on and up from the Lac d'Oredon , are somewhere to spend the day . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been rather avoiding the flat except to call in once or twice to pick up mail , but I 'd a letter this morning from Rachel . |
| 14 | The shareholders are thereby given the power to judge for themselves whether the directors are using their managerial powers for their own benefit at the expense of the company and if this is so to veto the transaction or at least hold the director liable for any profits thereby made . |
| 15 | Second , it is clear from the Report that motorists are not keeping to the Park 's speed limits and are thereby abusing the privilege of vehicle access . |
| 16 | In essence the courts ' control over the conditions of jurisdiction is premised upon the assumption that they are thereby effectuating the will of Parliament ; they are ensuring that the tribunal or authority remains within the boundaries of what Parliament intended it to examine by ensuring that those conditions are present . |
| 17 | The unit trust industry has been vigorously lobbying the Government to allow them to introduce funds which can be put into a PEP which are solely based on gilts and bonds . |
| 18 | We are vigorously addressing the level of our overheads . |
| 19 | But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results ! |
| 20 | We are constantly watching the property market and are alert to every factor which affects it , so you can be confident of getting the soundest marketing advice available . |
| 21 | By ignoring the rules they are constantly reshaping the future . |
| 22 | By ignoring the rules they are constantly reshaping the future . |
| 23 | And so the media are constantly giving the impression that there 's something that the British government should be doing . |
| 24 | Land birds are constantly visiting the ship and the pretty Stormy Petrels are our constant companions while the ocean itself contains an abundance to amuse and gratify one . |
| 25 | We look very carefully at any new posts that we create , and we constantly look to see whether there are posts that we can get rid of erm and we have , in fact , shed a great many posts erm over the last year erm and we are constantly reviewing the efficiency of our service delivery . |
| 26 | ‘ We are constantly reviewing the situation to ensure numbers are kept under control . ’ |
| 27 | I have been eagerly awaiting the re-issue of Paul Paray 's Mercury recording of Saint-Saëns No. 3 . |
| 28 | With so many other potential challengers struggling , United are suddenly looking the team most likely to win the Premier League . |
| 29 | From the engineering point of view the hardware technology is central and the operators tag along supporting the activity of machines which are basically doing the work . |
| 30 | … And I think you 've also got to have people who do bear in mind that they 're about one of the few parts of the authority that are in the forefront of the people and are basically representing the authority . |