Example sentences of "be [pron] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the reasons why there has been nothing outstanding about the rate of growth of trade within the EEC and between the EEC and third countries may have been because its members have not been as assiduous as might have been expected ( by the British at least ) in removing barriers to trade between themselves and with the rest of the world . |
| 2 | There had been nothing casual about that kiss . |
| 3 | Indeed , some of the samples I 've been sent have been nothing short of rubbish . |
| 4 | Levi 's support base was within the large Sephardi community ( members or descendants of the western branch of European Jews who settled in Spain and Portugal and latterly in north Africa , as opposed to the Askhenazi — the northern European Yiddish-speaking Jews ) , and many of his supporters claimed that the Shamir-Arens-Sharon collaboration had been nothing short of ethnic discrimination by the " Ashkenazi bosses " . |
| 5 | No player has a higher profile at the moment than Kilkenny 's lethal forward whose scoring feats this year have been nothing short of phenomenal . |
| 6 | There had been nothing solitary about Ludovico 's life . |
| 7 | There would have been nothing improper in his paying court to Heather , had she not been his patient . |
| 8 | ‘ There has certainly been nothing wrong with its stay at the East Lancs Railway . |
| 9 | There 's been nothing wrong with me all day is there Bet ? |
| 10 | THERE has been nothing amicable about this arrangement . |
| 11 | THERE has been nothing amicable about this arrangement . |
| 12 | There has been nothing amicable about this arrangement . |
| 13 | Extremes in the weather are nothing new for the British garden and one fairly safe prediction for 1990 is that the weather will be as unpredictable as ever . |
| 14 | ‘ Recessions are nothing new to us , ’ says Mr Nearn . |
| 15 | Maternal instincts are nothing new to Cher . |
| 16 | Whale strandings are nothing new around the British isles , and careful records have been kept since 1913 . |
| 17 | Achieve that — and it is achievable , though my own car , currently without an engine , is not yet there — and the Stag 's attractions are nothing short of seductive . |
| 18 | A highly polished effort , the graphics are nothing short of amazing . |
| 19 | For each day there is a diet sheet , more interesting key facts , and a weight and symptom chart for your to complete as you did for Stage I. It is vital that you keep this chart up to date : you will undoubtedly need to refer back at some point during the next few weeks , so the records are nothing short of vital ! |
| 20 | What am I good at ? |
| 21 | Erm , am I good at this or am I good at that ? |
| 22 | Erm , am I good at this or am I good at that ? |
| 23 | Oh erm , I would , I would think about three hundred pounds summat like that am , am I right at three hundred or ? |
| 24 | ‘ Am I right in thinking you really believe Tweed had nothing to do with that beastly murder ? ’ |
| 25 | Am I right in suspecting that perhaps all is not sweetness and light on this issue among the New Scientist team ? |
| 26 | Am I right in thinking I have seen an earlier and a later version . |
| 27 | Also , am I right in saying that the aforementioned album features none other than NME man Sherman ? |
| 28 | Erm am I right in thinking |
| 29 | Am I right in saying then i i is the first thing we need to agree on whether we 're gon na have a staff comment , and a pupil comment on there is tha , is that the first decision ? |
| 30 | Am I right in assuming that you have no use for it ? |