Example sentences of "to [be] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brailsford quite categoricaliy rejects the idea that group aggression was part of the spectacle in the way it has come to be since the 1960s . |
| 2 | Access to the pumping station and the shaft adjacent to it is to be via the existing entrance through the site 's perimter wall/ It will NOT be permitted for form any new access . |
| 3 | Four regions were found to be above the average : Scotland , 12.2 per cent ; the West Midlands 12 per cent ; the South-west 11.6 per cent ; and London 11.5 per cent . |
| 4 | They could never again claim the right to be above the scrutiny of the media . |
| 5 | The palynological analysis has not been able to identify the exact level of the unconformity but a thin sequence of coals believed to be above the unconformity generally demonstrate Westphalian C ages . |
| 6 | The cross-spar has to be above the front face , and the spine below the rear face of the Powell kite when it is laying face up . |
| 7 | Kelly is at the head of the Football Association and he must be seen to be above the fray . |
| 8 | In that year , according to a report from the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee , of the 75,210 FIS recipients , only 15,000 , or 20 per cent , were estimated to be above the tax threshold when FIS was claimed in the previous year ( Treasury and Civil Service Committee , The Structure of Personal Income , Taxation and Income Support , House of Commons Paper 2021 , HMSO 1982 , table 11 , p. 15 ) . |
| 9 | If a driveage your main driveage is found to be above the legal limit after a series of checks , in theory it should be shut until it 's sorted out . |
| 10 | Nitrogen dioxide levels were found to be above the guideline limits set by the EC at 13 out of 14 sites . |
| 11 | I was delighted to see that th on the if you are now considering buying extra funds to see an encouragement residential home places There is however an important issue where you get shall we say a quality development in a rural area , and I mean a quality development , which would be probably has to be above the rates quoted here where talk a discussion with the owners because they may not be available to local people and that does concern me a bit in rural areas . |
| 12 | Journalists can not claim to be above the law , but what they can claim , in every country which takes free speech seriously , is a right to publish first , and take the risk of conviction afterwards . |
| 13 | They argue that it is easy for someone to appear to be above the age of 17 and say laws should be introduced that place less onus on the newsagent , who may be an innocent victim . |
| 14 | According to traditions in Benin , casting was introduced there from Ife at a date estimated to be towards the end of the 14th century , about a century before the first European contact with Benin was made by sea . |
| 15 | What do you understand the attitude of Jesus to be towards the outcast and sinner as highlighted in the Lucan parables ? |
| 16 | Stocks are now believed to be below the level which would allow the predicted maximum yield of 175,000 tonnes per year . |
| 17 | The pump would have to be below the surface of the water , how would I set this up ? |
| 18 | If your agency is large enough for your personal account executive to be below the level of director of the company , he or she will probably be reporting to a management supervisor ( or some such title ) who will be a board director . |
| 19 | As a result unemployment , never before a serious issue in Russia , is a major concern and a large part of the population is now thought to be below the poverty line . |
| 20 | The ‘ w ’ key happens to be beside the ‘ e ’ key and my finger happening to have struck it once , then struck it once more . |
| 21 | Oh , we do like to be beside the seaside . |
| 22 | Do you like to be beside the SEASIDE ? |
| 23 | Gwendolen did like to be beside the seaside . |
| 24 | So sweet and strong that merely to be beside the loved object , to feel his hand on her arm , was enough . |
| 25 | ‘ Whether or not I want you around seems to be beside the point , does n't it ? |
| 26 | How the Swindon fans and players love to be beside the seaside . |
| 27 | With Nigeria , after only just over two years of the new system , it is still too early to be sure , but in general governments at federal and state level appear to be respecting the guarantees of freedom of expression . |
| 28 | Certainly their substance should be accessible to anyone not so far gone in the contemplation of astrology — a science , so it is widely held , on the cogent grounds that its practitioners use computers — homeopathy , aromatherapy , or telekinesis as to be beyond the reach of reason . |
| 29 | In January 1312 , as soon as he felt himself to be beyond the reach of the barons , the favourites were restored . |
| 30 | They always seemed to be beyond the next corner or in the next room . |