Example sentences of "we [am/are] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are up against a substantial amount of red tape , ’ O'Donovan said . |
| 2 | The water authority responded with its case : ‘ We are up against a lot of pressure from landowners to do something about the flooding . ’ |
| 3 | We are up against a ceiling and if we added new areas to the map , we should have to remove other areas . |
| 4 | I think we are on to a loser with this one , but good luck … |
| 5 | All I can say on that is that , as regards the delivery of patient care in the areas from which we have received trust applications , we are on to a winner . |
| 6 | With our high standard of food and a quality presentation , we are on to a winner and the school has been very impressed so far . ’ |
| 7 | Once the appeal is made , however , we are back with a scepticism that depends on an argument . |
| 8 | In the first place , in the ( rare ) cases where sentence-meaning exhausts utterance-meaning ( i.e. where the speaker meant exactly what he said , no more , no less ) , the same content would be assigned both to semantics and pragmatics In other words , we would need to restrict the notion of utterance-meaning in such a way that we subtract sentence-meaning , and in that case we are back to a definition of pragmatics by residue . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ We are in with a good chance in this competition . |
| 10 | If we are in with a chance of the Championship going into the New Year , then I am determined we will not be beaten . |
| 11 | We 've matched Portadown and Glentoran over 120 minutes so we know we are in with a chance . |
| 12 | Thus we are in for a prolonged battle to win over public opinion . |
| 13 | We are in for a tough time . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We are in for a long afternoon , ’ he said cheerfully . |
| 15 | That Regina fee is just a blip — we 're on to a £500,000 success fee from Barton , and we 'll get that . ’ |
| 16 | Costs are well down and will continue to fall and I 'm more confident than ever that we 're on to a winner . |
| 17 | Right , well we 're on to a we 're on to a new er a new era , a different erm different angle . |
| 18 | Right , well we 're on to a we 're on to a new er a new era , a different erm different angle . |
| 19 | I mean we 're up against a wall . |
| 20 | Now I do n't see that there 's likely to be any connection , but since we 're up against a brick wall in the Stavanger case , I 've come to pick your brains . " |
| 21 | Our solicitor is fighting for that , but we seem as though we 're up against a brick wall at the moment , so we 'll have to just wait and see . |
| 22 | We 're off to a fabulous start . |
| 23 | It 's early days er to make predictions , but we 're off to a positive start for the year . |
| 24 | I hear there 's a barbecue so we 're off for a couple of tubes mate ! |
| 25 | ‘ We 're off on a call — hold the fort , eh ? |
| 26 | We 're in for a very difficult time and we must be prepared for it . |
| 27 | ‘ Right from the credits sequence , with a double becoming a triple screen we know we 're in for a goody . |
| 28 | We 're in for a serious bout of millennial malaise . |
| 29 | I can tell you we 're in for a smashin' night tonight at the Gronky Josstick pub here in lovely Ludlow . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's just a feeling I 've got , that we 're in for a hard winter . |