Example sentences of "[adj] be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Riga Microsoft/Sympatex jackets worth £143 each are on their way to second prize winners M Geldard of South Ruislip , Middlesex and Kathleen Floyd of Settle . |
| 2 | I am waiting for it eagerly , as so few are to one 's mind in these days . |
| 3 | Licensed dealers proper are at their busiest when trading in government privatisations , perhaps the safest territory for the inexperienced private client . |
| 4 | Who can they turn to if the native landowners and the French are against them ? " |
| 5 | I mean why should this be in there 'd be a strategic sites policy . |
| 6 | now this being about it being a permanent record could be positive or negative |
| 7 | The nickname here is Rangi , this being given to the person for his prowess with a cricket bat and was so called after an Indian cricketer while another Upper Halling nickname was No Cut Mitchell , this being for his skill in hair cutting . |
| 8 | We have no knowledge of this being in his parents ' minds , but it is interesting to note that this Cohen was a Cabalist , in which tradition Leonard was deeply immersed . |
| 9 | In the latter instance a whole timetable was freed for two days , this being in itself an innovation , and two classes , 6 and 7 , combined to work in groups with their teachers and a local inspector . |
| 10 | Some were at their wit 's end . |
| 11 | Half were in their 40s or 50s . |
| 12 | It is quite true that the Americans were at least as worried about the British as the British were about them , but for very different reasons . |
| 13 | ‘ Do I have to spell out to you how important this is to me ? ’ |
| 14 | SERAFIN : You 've no idea how deeply helpful all this is to me in a private capacity . |
| 15 | If I can put it in , not , I hope , in a boastful way , but to illustrate how important this is to us , about forty per cent , getting on for half of the income of the Education Area last year , was made up not of normal University funds , but of funds attracted from outside to support research from private foundations and from government departments like the Department of Education and Science . |
| 16 | Add more spices , herbs or garlic if this is to your taste . |
| 17 | But I was n't there , and this is to your advantage because I 'm not going to harp on about my favourite Shankly saying , or pretend I was close friends with the man like certain people do . |
| 18 | This is to my Father 's glory , that you bear much fruit , showing yourselves to be my disciples . |
| 19 | They may communicate more fully than they would in real life but this is to my advantage as the reader because it increases my relief and my pleasure . |
| 20 | Ah this is to you , cos we 've swapped directions again |
| 21 | Oh shit I want this one this is to you , no |
| 22 | Part of this is of his own making . |
| 23 | ‘ This is on me . ’ |
| 24 | So that 's very useful to show you how women have been affected but this is on our claims experience . |
| 25 | This is a reminder to go through your papers , particularly the offer of advance by a building society if this is on your file and requisitions on title , to check that by the time you go to completion you can satisfy the mortgagee on every point he , she or it has raised . |
| 26 | This is at its most practical in empathizing sufficiently to collect useful facts about a person but closing oneself to sympathy ; it is at its purest in vanity , basking in awareness from other viewpoints as long as it is of oneself . |
| 27 | This is at its most extreme for lung cancer , which is an almost entirely avoidable cause of death ( i.e. it is strongly associated with smoking ) . |
| 28 | Where bilingual code switching is concerned , this is at its most obvious to the analyst . |
| 29 | In many cases this is with our industrial competitors . |
| 30 | I 'll tell you this too , and this is for nothing , somebody dumped that boy right in the shit , somebody dropped him in the shit from a great old height . |