Example sentences of "be [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orange or red nut feeders are especially attractive to siskins , but if there are squirrels around it may be worth the extra expense of a tough model such as the Gilbert squirrel-proof feeder , which has a nut basket surrounded by a mesh which will only allow the birds through . |
| 2 | In some instances , the long-term benefit to the victim may be worth the short-term price , but it is a question which must be faced . |
| 3 | He evidently considered that gain to be worth the negative propaganda value of a militarily minor defeat , especially as it was portrayed as a defeat for the Italians , not for the Nationalists . |
| 4 | This really is vintage material and would be worth the strongest recommendation at any price . |
| 5 | ‘ Then you must be about the only person in London that has n't heard , ’ Bragg said drily . |
| 6 | ‘ I have n't even seen the original series — I must be about the only guy in the western hemisphere who has n't , ’ he said as the cast walked up the plank in Irvine , Ayrshire , to inspect the Vital Spark for the first time . |
| 7 | It used to be about the best bowling green in the in this part of the country . |
| 8 | It used to be about the best bowling green in the in this part of the country . |
| 9 | The resulting footage has to be about the best combat recreation ever put into a film can . |
| 10 | It was to be about the –wicked stepmother ’ in Snow White , something from her point of view , redress some of the balance . |
| 11 | Most ‘ American ’ restaurants offer barbecued chicken — this will be about the lowest-calorie possibility you will see among the hot choices . |
| 12 | The aims of higher education ( whether , for example , it should be about the disinterested pursuit of knowledge , or about training students for the graduate job market ) are confused . |
| 13 | ‘ My houses have to be about the right thing , ’ he told Endill . |
| 14 | It could n't be about the fire-damaged gin . |
| 15 | The development officers felt that 50 would be about the maximum number of new cases they could take on over a 12 month period . |
| 16 | And people do live in other parts of the area , and they need telephones — from what I 've seen of the place they 'll be about the main link with the outside world . |
| 17 | To my surprise and consternation I found the St Viger to be about the oldest hotel in Canada , probably First Class A-l in its time , but now somewhat run down , although the rooms were large and rather ornate . |
| 18 | ‘ This must be about the sixth glass of water you 've asked for . ’ |
| 19 | Calcutta has to be about the worst place in the World to live . |
| 20 | I hope that my painting stands beyond the moment ; I want it to be about the human situation rather than a fleeting moment in time or a specific view ’ . |
| 21 | I hope that this debate will be about the valuable contribution that Britain can make to the European community , rather than a sterile argument about whether the king 's prerogatives will be taken over by the Government and given away in the face of the people . |
| 22 | Their only conceptual connection was that someone ( often a foreign observer ) had produced numbers about one phenomenon that could be correlated with numbers from other societies purporting to be about the same phenomenon . |
| 23 | His kids must be about the same age . ’ |
| 24 | The natural litter of the foster mother should be about the same age as the animals to be fostered . |
| 25 | The second youth was said to be about the same age and was wearing a bright coloured top . |
| 26 | The set part of the sentence should be about the same length as the variable part which is used to finish it . |
| 27 | The incidence of wage queries has certainly reduced since summer , but the first test of the improvements made will be during the next up-man which is due in early 1993 . |
| 28 | But of course it is only reassuring if the person can be relied on to be there whenever the need arises — and you can be sure that that is bound to be during the last class hour on the longest teaching day of the week . |
| 29 | With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday . |
| 30 | Steve 's coach Mike Holmes , who confesses he was ‘ astonished ’ by the 20-years-old 's 2.33 metres effort for Liverpool Harriers in last weekend 's British League match , said : ‘ Because Steve had not jumped in competition , or even in training before last Thursday , we decided that his first two competitions would be off the shortened run-up . |