Example sentences of "be [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There will be anither in a while surely ? ’ |
| 2 | Alternatives would be offered in the curriculum plan but there would also be opportunity for many other alternatives hopefully designed at teachers ' workshops . |
| 3 | Alas that today of all days , when there will be opportunity for further converse with him , I am laid low with this horrid malady ! ’ |
| 4 | There will be opportunity for bodies to raise for discussion any related issues . |
| 5 | It has been suggested that this linear design process should be replaced by a cyclical process , whereby at each stage of development of the system there would be opportunity for feedback and influence from the users and their representatives . |
| 6 | There would however be opportunity for a general ASMT discussion at an appropriate point . |
| 7 | It was of some length and contained a number of obiter dicta about the obvious gravity of the crisis through which the nation had passed , the less obvious but equally searching crisis which it still faced , the dangers of living in fools ' paradises and believing that there could be play without work , the crushing burden of debt , and the responsibilities of the wealthy classes . |
| 8 | English cases are few , but a threat to get back money owing to the accused falls within s.34(2) ( a ) ( i ) : Parkes [ 1973 ] Crim LR 358 ; and a threat by a person suffering from osteoarthritis to a doctor that he would shoot him unless he was given a pain- killing injection was held to be blackmail in Bevans ( 1988 ) 87 Cr App R 64 ( CA ) , a decision which extends blackmail beyond being a property offence . |
| 9 | Before the war grammar schools were distinguished by their academic curriculum , by the existence of sixth forms , from which there could be progress to university , and by the academic qualifications of the teachers ; and so , after 1944 , it was taken for granted that the grammar school ideal must be preserved in its familiar form . |
| 10 | The agreement was based on the famous — some would say infamous-five principles : unimpeded progress to majority rule ( already enshrined in the 1961 Constitution ) had to be maintained and guaranteed ; there would have to be guarantees against retrogressive amendment of the Constitution ; there would need to be immediate improvement in the political status of the black population ; there would have to be progress towards ending racial discrimination ; and the British government would need to be satisfied that any basis proposed for independence was acceptable to the people of Rhodesia as a whole . |
| 11 | It must be made crystal clear that they must withdraw from the land that they presently occupy in Croatia before there can be progress towards a lasting settlement . |
| 12 | Er , I just think yo er , you know , you could n't be bit for that . |
| 13 | So you could n't be bit for that . |
| 14 | That will be bit of a break through as I was getting a bit despondent about them . |
| 15 | Might be bit of a pain , might'n it ? |
| 16 | Such a letter is sent to the would be buyer for signature . |
| 17 | ‘ The answer that we received was that to talk to us on film would be voyeurism at its worst . |
| 18 | ‘ The answer that we received was that to talk to us on film would be voyeurism at its worst . |
| 19 | ‘ The answer that we received was that to talk to us on film would be voyeurism at its worst . |
| 20 | You can be dronk in charge of a charcoal line |
| 21 | Is there going to be honey in the city ? |
| 22 | The Americans wanted the greatest possible acceleration of weapon production on behalf of the Atlantic Alliance in order to keep ahead of the Russians , but they insisted on two principles : first , that production and storage facilities should be located with due regard to strategic considerations , and that meant location in North America with minimum holdings in Europe ; and second , that there should be co-ordination of the American and British programmes to make best use of available expertise and resources , including exchange of scientists . |
| 23 | Neither of them , though , want to see women given an income simply because they are wives : for Donnison , this would be massively expensive , degrading to women as a whole , and unreasonably generous to the rich man 's wife ; for Fairbairns , payment for ‘ skivvying for a demanding but fit husband ’ would be payment for work that is ‘ unnecessary and demeaning ’ . |
| 24 | For Fairbairns this would be payment for hard work ; for Donnison this would be protection for both the woman carer and her dependants — in other words , maintenance of , and provision for , family relationships . |
| 25 | Sometimes the fee he paid for joining was expressed to be payment for a consignment of the goods which the scheme was supposed to be marketing . |
| 26 | Dewey 's response to such criticism , I suspect , would have been that he was certainly not naive about the nature of those forces but that , if there is to be hope for humanity , there is no alternative but to be optimistic . |
| 27 | ‘ There may be hope in secretaries . ’ |
| 28 | Teaching requirements ensure that within any department there will be expertise in all of these fields , but research interests will inevitably concentrate on a few aspects . |
| 29 | First , there will be resistance to external influence , and this will manifest itself as consensus norms within the dialect that affirm solidary behaviour . |
| 30 | tax paid and everything , and I know it 's gon na be in there I said now that to me is worth a lot I ai n't got ta worry whether there 's gon na be cheque from out on my doormat in the morning or if it 's gon na bounce when I put it in so I sa |