Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] be [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian Congress , constituted as a result of elections in March [ see p. 37322 , where the elections are stated wrongly to be for the Russian Supreme Soviet ] and comprising 1,068 deputies , convened on May 16 . |
| 2 | So sweet and strong that merely to be beside the loved object , to feel his hand on her arm , was enough . |
| 3 | We , I used to move around a lot on those days as you could do really speaking because I was n't old enough to be under the Essential Works Order you see , and er I was by the time I went into the army it was 1946 so er the war was over . |
| 4 | Then , to the delight of those lucky enough to be in the front rows , Jon leapt down into the crowd and shook hands with the sea of people almost engulfing him . |
| 5 | Those who were fortunate enough to be in the sick wards were given sago , or rice pudding instead . |
| 6 | ‘ We are good enough to be in the top three , but our talented players have to work harder individually and as a unit . ’ |
| 7 | This is according to the government settled by the founder ; if he hath directed all to be under the absolute power of the visitor , it must be so . |
| 8 | This is according to the government settled by the founder ; if he hath directed all to be under the absolute power of the visitor , it must be so . |
| 9 | I do n't I mean probably it 's just to be to the safe side . |
| 10 | ‘ OK , we 'll make it half-eight just to be on the safe side . ’ |
| 11 | But just to be on the safe side Mrs Lawson was stationed in 11 Downing Street , giving her husband a convenient reason to visit the capital if circumstances took a sudden turn for the worse . |
| 12 | I 'd best take a look , just to be on the safe side . ’ |
| 13 | Just to be on the safe side ? ’ |
| 14 | She must fetch her raincoat , just to be on the safe side . |
| 15 | ‘ Just to be on the safe side ’ , said Mrs Joel . |
| 16 | Rufus , however , suggested he should take a look , just to be on the safe side . |
| 17 | Briefly Bodie explained what was going to happen : that Liz was going to be smuggled into the house from the taxi that would take the family home , and she was there just to be on the safe side , in case the man who had killed their two pets came back late at night . |
| 18 | They seemed to be doing fine , but just to be on the safe side we gave them another four days to adapt . |
| 19 | But just to be on the safe side , the UN has called in its senior officials to be fitted with bullet-proof waistcoats . |
| 20 | If your joints are good , no cramping is necessary but I did put a couple of webbing cramps on my chair just to be on the safe side . |
| 21 | Two is enough really but just to be on the safe side use three and if they do n't all lie in the same straight line then one of them 's wrong . |
| 22 | ‘ Take a bucket with you , ’ advised Lydia , not solicitously , just to be on the safe side . |
| 23 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've got to die to be dropped from our Fourths , and then it 's best to be cremated just to be on the safe side . |
| 25 | Dougal had arranged to hire it for the Sunday and the Monday , just to be on the safe side . |
| 26 | Having your own original opinions was clearly a major flaw in a mirza and , just to be on the safe side , the Mirza Nama offers a few acceptable opinions for the young gentleman to learn by heart and adopt as his own . |
| 27 | Before starting make a backup of any important files — just to be on the safe side . |
| 28 | And just to be on the safe side , Mr Kane and his staff also visit their suppliers ' premises from time to time to check conditions there . |
| 29 | But just to be on the safe side , we 're taking the Coal Board to court . |
| 30 | Just to be on the safe side I also set up a stick float and a bleak whip but I was hoping I would n't need them — so much for being positive . |