Example sentences of "be [prep] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe P and Q and R behave alike , but there may be times when the algorithm folds a set { P , Q , R } where , say , Q sometimes occurs in a context which never contains P or R. The algorithm looks for any context which contains some of X 's children but not the others . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , where land is cropped regularly , there are bound to be times when the soil life is reduced or inhibited to a point where it fails to rebuild the damaged structure . |
| 3 | With processors galloping at 66MHz it means that there will be times when the processor is held back waiting for a slow peripheral to catch up . |
| 4 | Marketing is about responding , but there must be times when the response will be in the negative . |
| 5 | There will be times when the movement will be in reverse . |
| 6 | When assessing the financial rewards , it is wise to assume that there will be times when the accommodation is empty — so you will not be receiving any rent . |
| 7 | But the long-term trend in those areas in which the public interest in regulation ( or possibly politicians ' exposure to public criticism ) is perceived to be greatest , seems to be for both the volume of regulation and the role of government in it to increase . |
| 8 | What 'll it be like when the public come through the door ? |
| 9 | You can have no idea at all what the weather will be like when the plants arrive : it could be wet and the soil like a quagmire , it could be too dry , or frozen hard , and planting quite out of the question . |
| 10 | We are losing our liberties and our heritage and he declared ‘ I tremble what Ulster will be like when the children in our homes reach the years I have reached . |
| 11 | ‘ Have you thought what the atmosphere will be like once the building starts ? ’ |
| 12 | We used the same criteria as the Booker Prize — namely the writer must be from either the UK , Ireland or the Commonwealth . |
| 13 | The only way Masefield can make this credible is to present her as a kind of child-bride , a happy innocent ; necessary as this may be to both the theme and the plot of the book , it does not allow her to develop beyond the limits of a type-character . |
| 14 | This , to repeat a point made earlier , does not mean that their sole role must be to further the interest of each or of all their subjects . |
| 15 | The effect of such storage may be on either the package or the product or both and these effects may be classified as follows . |
| 16 | As the distance is too far by road , it is impossible to be at both the start and the finish of the race unless you are actually taking part . |
| 17 | aporias — because they seem to be at once the results of a communal enterprise while at the same time bearing witness to the fact that this enterprise never existed except as the inhuman reverse side of two opposed actions in which each aims to destroy the other . |
| 18 | It would have to be at least , erm , what would it have to be , it would have to be at least the benefit , yes , the benefit would have to be at least four on the , on the B's side , in order for that to work . |
| 19 | Because there are , I do n't know how many sites Tarmac run , but there must be at least the number of sites that they 've ever run divided by two standard ways of planning , Tarmac . |
| 20 | There is a guarantee the return after five years will be at least the amount of the original investment . |
| 21 | A good rule-of-thumb to remember is that this distance should be at least the height of the tree when it is fully matured . |
| 22 | They were now the self-confident , responsible young ladies they had been trained to be by both the school and their own families . |
| 23 | While employee numbers will be reduced , United Distillers will remain a major employer in the Scotch whisk I industry with around 4,500 employees in Scotland , and will continue to be by far the industry 's largest producer . |