Example sentences of "be on the [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | He highlights the more challenging places , but says that the skiing tends to be on the tame side . |
| 2 | Er , when you 've finished with it , all I want is the token off the corner of the page it happens to be on the reverse side |
| 3 | What assures the Calibra 's success is its pricing : the base model is predicted to cost less than £14,000 , while even the 16-valve four-wheel drive flyer should be on the right side of £17,000 . |
| 4 | It would be important to be on the right side of the nuns too . |
| 5 | They would already be on the right side of the Border for shopping . |
| 6 | If you hang the garment wrong side out you can do a weaving cast-on without waste yarn and nylon cord , as the chain stitch will be on the right side . |
| 7 | Chris said it was obvious you would have to be on the right side . |
| 8 | Sotheby 's have estimated its value at $10m-$14m , but this may be on the low side to ensure a sale . |
| 9 | Further west , nitrogens in the few crops of Puffin barley so far harvested are said to be on the low side . |
| 10 | IBM JOB CUT ESTIMATES MAY BE ON THE LOW SIDE |
| 11 | It felt as if she was facing death : what would be on the other side ? |
| 12 | It could be on the other side of the island or asleep or waiting to leap out the water and swallow them whole . |
| 13 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 14 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |
| 15 | Will he therefore do his best to defuse the present unhappy situation and assure the people of that great continent that , although they may be on the other side of the world , they are close to the hearts of the people of the United Kingdom ? |
| 16 | That means … ’ she stared at the hedges , ‘ they 'd be on the other side of the hedge . |
| 17 | An international canoeing area with a 460-metre white-water slalom course will be on the other side of the barrage . |
| 18 | This must make him an ideal employer for Mrs Brocklebank whom he reckoned to be on the lazy side . |
| 19 | Chi Octantis ( 5.2 ) will be on the far side of the field ; centre it , and then you will see two more stars of about the same brightness , Sigma and Tau . |
| 20 | Laura Tyson , the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers , who is meant to be on the protectionist side of this debate , flatly denies this : those who believe it , she says , are living in a ‘ different reality ’ . |
| 21 | This takes a bit of practice and does not work well if you hands tend to be on the clammy side ! |
| 22 | In that event , a hung parliament is bound to include large numbers of non-Congressmen who will shamelessly desert to Mr Gandhi , to be on the winning side . |
| 23 | The Broken Tooths readily accepted Gorbad as their leader , as is the fashion of Orcs who know when they are beaten and who would much sooner be on the winning side . |
| 24 | But you will be on the winning side . ’ |
| 25 | Michael , I suspect , considered himself to be on the losing side and probably wished he was on the winning side . |
| 26 | But , once again , let me be on the positive side because I mean there 's no doubt about it there are firms which are doing extremely well in spite of recession at the moment , and they are training people as well , but they 're not training in numbers we really need when we go across the patch as a whole . |
| 27 | Er , turning to the media investments , well we all tend to think that the er , the bids tended to be on the high side but er , at least Yorkshire got the licence for the next ten years and they have the option in ninety eight to go for a further ten years and I can tell you er , because I 've had er , lots of conversations with Clive that they 're really working on , on making the best improving their returns from that franchise and I 'm quite sure they 'll succeed . |
| 28 | Orrell have Morris , England 's scrum-half , in full battle order , which should mean plenty of work for Emeruwa , White , who will be on the open side , and Ryan , the acting captain , at No 8 . |
| 29 | As the Gnostics feared , God had turned out to be on the wrong side . |
| 30 | Those who go to war with an non-networked PC are likely to be on the wrong side of the line or at least run out of tank spares first . |