Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that they had a twofold motivation : reluctance to be burdened with a teenager who was n't earning a wage , and the consideration of how much he meant to Cis . |
| 2 | It occurred to Lyn — fleetingly , to be gone in a moment that most men would have broken such a thing more gently to their wives . |
| 3 | This is not an argument against abortion , but the legitimacy of this procedure needs to be based on a concept other than that a woman may choose how she wishes to use her body . |
| 4 | Rumours got around that a collector in Paris had one in a bank vault in the 1940s ; but this story was recently investigated , and was found to be based on a misunderstanding . |
| 5 | So this account seems to be based on a misunderstanding of what Labov 's work has been about . |
| 6 | The structure plans tended to be based on a survey — analysis — plan approach which required a rather determinist view of the issues which they examined . ’ |
| 7 | No battleships were to be built for 10 years ; and the total tonnage of naval ships was to be based on a ratio of 5-5-3 for the USA , Great Britain and Japan , and 1.7 for each of the others . |
| 8 | When I met my husband , I knew he was the one for me , and I knew that I would have to be honest if our marriage was n't to be based on a lie . |
| 9 | These were to be based on a number of polytechnics and other further education establishments which already possessed strong departments of management and in some cases the designation related to a single establishment and in others to a grouping of two or more colleges . |
| 10 | As far as the institutional structure was concerned , the report called for a rationalization of the present pattern to be based on a network of centres in each region , including an important role for the colleges of education ( technical ) , particularly in developing pilot schemes for professional tutors , of whom there should be at least one in every further education college . |
| 11 | These were to be based on a descriptor with learning outcomes and performance criteria , would be internally assessed , and would be of nominal 40-hour length — just like SCOTVEC modules . |
| 12 | It was to be based on a report which the plaintiff had prepared for the Greek Government . |
| 13 | The event has been revamped and the children 's element expanded , but it will continue to be based on a list of ‘ top 20 ’ titles and a catalogue . |
| 14 | At that meeting it was concluded that while a future conference on unity had to be based on a recognition that some differences of emphasis would always exist , they need not disrupt harmony . |
| 15 | All the candidates agreed that the issue was an extremely complex one and that ultimately , within limits , policy had to be based on a woman 's right to choose . |
| 16 | HM Inspectorate seem to command the respect of teachers , although as Becher et al say , ‘ Sometimes this respect appears to be based on an assumption that inspectors must ( because many teachers rarely if ever see them ) be very busy and therefore very able people ’ . |
| 17 | This has to be based on an understanding of the code of ethics , working to an agreed code of practice and so on , and Ann will be saying more on this . |
| 18 | Examining the responses in table 3 , on the one hand , the preferences of administrative staffs are strongly biased towards integrative/collaborative approaches ( their reasons seeming to be based upon a belief that collaboration is the mode de rigueur across the curriculum at present ) . |
| 19 | An entirely new form of money claim , called a ‘ statutory demand ’ ( which does not have to be based upon a judgment ) may revolutionize debt-collecting and litigation procedures . |
| 20 | 3.21 The Working Party 's Guidelines are expressed to be based upon an analysis of cases reported up to September 1991 . |
| 21 | ‘ So I thought , well there 's got to be an operator inside , so it has to be based around a person . |
| 22 | Whether to mystify me once more or because there was no more to be said to a stranger , I could n't tell . |
| 23 | THERE is something to be said for a government creating horrible problems for itself . |
| 24 | I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you inside out know his ways and how to cope with them but never ever put yourself at his mercy by marrying him . |
| 25 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
| 26 | On the other hand , there is not much to be said for a speciality in women 's media because the field is too broad and general . |
| 27 | There is something to be said for an industry ombudsman , who would certainly command greater respect than the in-house prefects appointed by some proprietors . |
| 28 | There is much to be said for an extension of the mental element in rape to cover this type of case , and it may be that this was the Committee 's intention . |
| 29 | They will be a very few words because the prospectus has an increasingly difficult job of compressing into its allocated space all that has to be said about a University that gets bigger every year and that those of us who work in it are biased enough to think gets better every year . |
| 30 | These are usually imitation lead or stone ornaments depicting the faces of gnomes , cherubs or sometimes the head of a lion , and are flat on one side to enable them to be fixed to a wall . |