Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision is likely to postpone a hearing on the charges for many months and it is now thought that the case could eventually be heard in Milan instead of Turin . |
| 2 | Recoveries should be pursued against Airlines regardless of the amount . |
| 3 | Campaigners , backed by Ms Eagle , say the landing stage could be repaired for £1.5m instead of the £10m quoted by Merseytravel . |
| 4 | These facts will be irrelevant if no unit larger than the grapheme is used to read aloud , because a standard rule ea — ‘ ee ’ will be applied to ea regardless of what other graphemes exist in the non-word . |
| 5 | Floppy discs from the design computer can be inserted directly into the machine enabling a sample to be made within hours instead of days . |
| 6 | If a decision can be made about a partial solution after every three words , say , then a search space with two words at every choice point could be searched with paths instead of paths , an exponential saving . |
| 7 | Accordingly , social policy need not be interpreted in terms either of the continuous evolution of a welfare state inspired by humanitarian ideals or of a conspiracy to manipulate a powerless proletariat . |
| 8 | They can be used for assessment independently of training . |
| 9 | It can also be used in cakes instead of the usual solid fats — as in this wonderful recipe for tangy orange cake ( if you prefer , you could alternatively use soya , sunflower or any other vegetable oil ) . |
| 10 | Any Mobs may be armed with crossbows instead of bows at an additional cost of +1 point per model . |
| 11 | To take care that in ploughing , the furrows are sufficiently ample and not hurried over , when good land is to be ploughed for fallow , the ploughmen to take care that they do not dip into bad soil , and in the time of rebinning not to go too deep , but to plough lightly just to destroy the weeds , lest if wet weather ensue when they come to sow the seed will be deposited in mud instead of solid soil . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) Notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary , where property has been stolen or obtained by fraud or other wrongful means , the title to that or any other property shall not be affected by reason only of the conviction of the offender . |
| 13 | Thus suppose a mutation occurs in a complex organism which causes GGC to be translated as proline instead of the usual glycine . |
| 14 | Perhaps she should be reading about infidelity instead of impiety . |
| 15 | In the new ICI-Air Liquide process , the ammonium will be reacted with oxygen instead of air , which will reduce emissions of carbon dioxide , nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide compared with conventional SAR plants . |
| 16 | She really ought to be thinking of work instead of calling Fernando Serra 's bluff . |
| 17 | They made agreements with their foreign customers to be paid in goods instead of money . |