Example sentences of "to [be] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CAPRICORN There 's likely to be more contact from family members this week , as you feel the urge to be closer to home . |
| 2 | In asserting the supremacy of the Moldavian constitution and laws throughout the republic 's territory , and that " laws and other normative acts " would take effect in Moldavia only subject to ratification by the Moldavian Supreme Soviet , it appeared to go further than the Russian and Uzbek sovereignty declarations and to be closer in spirit to the more radical declarations of the Baltic and Transcaucasian republics , since it did not appear to allow for arbitration in the event of conflict with the USSR Constitution and laws . |
| 3 | In 1962 the Molony Committee on Consumer Protection declared itself to be strongly in favour of the service and recognised its potential : |
| 4 | Is she the only one who 's going to be around at Christmas ? |
| 5 | and everything over to me , he 's got to be paid all the loans completely off plus the mortgage that 's in arrear , that , that house got to be round to square one with a , with a fourteen thousand pound mortgage and that 's it before he can sign that house over to me |
| 6 | This would probably cause Franks mind to be elsewhere in training , and so lead to him being uninspired — whereas he should be getting his head down and working . |
| 7 | Persistent aggression is a deviation not only from social convention , but from the way people ‘ naturally ’ are , since the mind is thought to be properly in control of the soul ( cf. |
| 8 | When it came to shopping , which is after all one of the main features of urban living , the average Parisian was a provincial who liked to choose his butcher and baker and who wanted them to be near at hand . |
| 9 | He 's thinking about sitting near me and straining to be near without touching . |
| 10 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 11 | Just the sorts of skills that are going to be increasingly in demand in Washington . |
| 12 | James Pawsey , the Tory member for Rugby , also appeared to be hopelessly in love . |
| 13 | The reader feels what it is like to be the member of a minority group , to live in wartime , to be handicapped , to be hopelessly in love , or to be bullied at school . |
| 14 | It may not appear to be strictly in keeping with the true spirit of love , but there is a great deal of useful ‘ good ’ to be learned from a military background . |
| 15 | out on their own are the crew of Dodo 's Delight … the boat from Oxfordshire that 's sailing around the world … the wrong way against the winds and currents … the crew of old boys from Kingham school have landed in Rio next stop is the Falklands where they plan to be ashore for Christmas Day … |
| 16 | Departure from St Abbs was to be shortly after sunrise ; spend the whole day and night at sea , return the following morning . |
| 17 | He ordered an expedited hearing , likely to be shortly after Christmas . |
| 18 | Voting is expected to be massively in favour of independence . |
| 19 | Voting is expected to be massively in favour of independence . |
| 20 | ‘ However , in the meantime I 'm going to be badly in need of some professional help , ’ Laura told him urgently . |
| 21 | This motion has been before this congress before and I am still pleased to be here to second this motion . |
| 22 | Well I thought , she 's coming down with Martin and Uncle Marvin and all that , and she 's going to be here for dinner , now she is n't ! |
| 23 | ‘ I happen to be here on holiday , Goody Two-Shoes . |
| 24 | Now you know that this lesson 's particularly difficult for me to be here on time . |
| 25 | ‘ I feel fine and in any case I wanted to be here in person and not have to watch you on television . |
| 26 | The Immigration Act gives authority to detain indefinitely and without trial those refused entry to the UK and those alleged to be here in breach of immigration law . |
| 27 | She said : ‘ Everybody else says they are very pleased to be here in fact I am very relieved to be here because another TV station was at my home in Dumfriesshire this morning to try to speak to me and I am thankfully in London so I missed them . ’ |
| 28 | Today this detached attitude to learning is being questioned even in subjects like science where it would seem to be most at home . |
| 29 | The figure had reached 15 per cent of the prison population by 1988 and Afro-Caribbean and African men seem to be most at risk . |
| 30 | I received an assurance today from police and Army commanders that there will be an enhanced security presence in those areas thought to be most at risk in the light of last night 's attacks in Belfast . |