Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , there was only one name on the list unknown to Intelligence , so she hoped that one would be worth the debasement she 'd heaped upon herself . |
| 2 | An important implication of this , in the context of attempts which may be made to encourage Denmark to change her mind , is that assurances and comforting words which are not directly part of the Treaty are unlikely to be worth the paper they are written on , or the microphone they are spoken from , so far as the emerging European law is concerned . |
| 3 | Keith Skeoch , chief economist at stockbroker James Capel , said : ‘ Whatever he puts forward now in the way of economic policy wo n't be worth the paper it 's written on . ’ |
| 4 | It has n't passed on a penny to the landlord … and his tenancy agreement may not now be worth the paper it 's written on |
| 5 | in terms of the evaluation that we already do , it tends to be about the course itself . |
| 6 | The first essential is to see that she has a good solicitor to advise her and sort out her husband 's affairs , making sure beforehand what his fee will be for the work he is going to do for her . |
| 7 | One can imagine how severe the reprimand will be for the officer whose disregard of the rules has been decorated with a successful conviction . |
| 8 | Should be for the price they charge too . |
| 9 | In the days before glasnost — which his fictions may be thought to have rehearsed and predicted , but which could well mean that his fictions will no longer be for the West what they have been so far , when the thing that they deplore was still there in its entirety to be deplored — Kundera was forced into exile in the ‘ free world ’ of the time . |
| 10 | If this was jewellery , she could not possibly accept it , no matter how appropriate it might be for the gown she was wearing . |
| 11 | ‘ But it wo n't be for the reason you think . ’ |
| 12 | Secondly , the substance of the matter or the merits will be for the tribunal itself . |
| 13 | " Well , he 's hardly likely to be after the beating you gave him . |
| 14 | This would be below the level which normally triggers a monopolies probe . |
| 15 | Stocks are now believed to be below the level which would allow the predicted maximum yield of 175,000 tonnes per year . |
| 16 | So clueless and misguided are these sorry types — so lacking in insight , intent and , bloody hell , a sense of humour — that if a great comedy show ever makes it to TV List magazine it can only be DESPITE the pony-tails whose job it is to shepherd these things to a laff-hungry public . |
| 17 | Whatever he is , it must be of the Dale itself . ’ |
| 18 | and they used to know the , the wrongdoers , and when alleg allegations were made about any violence on the police , they would know the policeman pretty well , and more often than not they could tell whether a policeman might be of the type who might provoke anybody , they knew the policeman very well indeed , and my word if the policeman was assaulted in my early days , he 'd got to have a jolly good excuse not to be sent to prison . |
| 19 | Now if the intention is to elicit authentic behaviour corresponding to that of the natural language user , then learners need to be primed with purpose before they are required to give evidence of understanding , and indeed the evidence itself has to be of the kind which would emerge as a natural outcome . |
| 20 | We are not so sensible as we ought to be of the Providence which hourly sustains us . |
| 21 | The hostile rocks cape in the midst and partly on top of which Arette-Pierre-Saint-Martin has been built also made me wonder whether skiers ever think about what might be underneath the snow they are skiing on . |
| 22 | You do n't know what it 'll be like , if it 'll be like the scenes you see on the news every night . |
| 23 | Consequently , enterprises are seen to be like the machines they contain and people have to relate to them accordingly . |
| 24 | If I had ever thought of the possibility of being taken prisoner while I was in England , I should have expected all Germans to be like the officer who had tried to interrogate me at the aerodrome or the two soldiers who had brought me from the aerodrome to Amsterdam . |
| 25 | If Looking on the Bright Side ( 1932 ) is sometimes spoilt by the fact that the director , Basil Dean , seems to be under the impression he is making a sophisticated Hollywood musical , the scenes in the tenement block where Fields and her songwriter lover first meet are genuinely stirring . |
| 26 | If the relatives are able to go to the mortuary or viewing room and be with the person who has died for as long as they feel it to be necessary , then they are more able to start absorbing the fact of their loved one 's death , because again they have the evidence in front of them . |
| 27 | But I want to hear now the whole story of your life , and how you came to be with the boys I saw you with that day . ’ |
| 28 | I went there then he wo n't be with the church I went to scramblers . |
| 29 | Tonight she would make love for the first time — and it would be with the man she loved . |
| 30 | ‘ That must be from the men we wounded in the fight . ’ |