Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What do you mean , Tony and me are in good health ? |
| 2 | There are several hundred members in ‘ LHC ’ , many of whom are in senior positions in significant companies , and it might provide some useful contacts for you too , but there are inevitably the questions of time , travel and costs and so on . |
| 3 | Secondaries can usually be identified because they cluster around the larger primary , often forming chains and other small groups , and because the impacts producing them are at low angles and low speeds and so the craters are usually elongated . |
| 4 | Er some of them are at different se strength er |
| 5 | The company as a whole employs 3,800 people , but only 22 of them are at corporate headquarters in Boston . |
| 6 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 7 | Some of them are of great value in treating cancers , but mifepristone acts by blocking the hormone progesterone , which is essential for the maintenance of a pregnancy . |
| 8 | Fifteen coins are recorded from the site ; some of them are of Valentinian and show that occupation continued to the end of the fourth century . |
| 9 | The Bill is bound to be extensively amended before it reaches the statute book — at the time of writing 16 , amendments have been put down by the Government and 25 of them are of major importance — but it is believed that few if any of these amendments will affect settlements under which there is subsisting an interest in possession . |
| 10 | Indeed , the trees which separate them are of different varieties and are , generally , more gracile than those at Woodchester ( Neal 1981 , no. 87 ) . |
| 11 | Daumier is famous for his satirical lithographs ; his equally good drawings and watercolours are less known as so many of them are in private collections . |
| 12 | The children with no-one to protect them are in headlong confrontation with the police . |
| 13 | With regard to these countries , the study finds that it is important that they do not attempt to keep their existing inter-industry specialisation as many of them are in low value added and labour-intensive sectors , and therefore face strong competition from the LDCs . |
| 14 | Many of them are in Jamaican Creole , mixed to varying degrees with English . |
| 15 | Most of them are in legal trouble . |
| 16 | The operating theatres at RAF Wroughton were built last year … but only three of them are in regular use . |
| 17 | Many of them are in old , dilapidated buildings , and it is likely that some authorities would take the opportunity to reduce surplus places by closing them . |
| 18 | But many of them are in dire need of repair . |
| 19 | How successful have I been at various jobs ? |
| 20 | My right hon. Friend the Minister and I are in frequent contact with the president of the National Farmers Union about all aspects of the agriculture industry , including the beef sector . |
| 21 | Chancellor Kohl and I are in frequent contact by telephone to discuss matters of mutual interest . |
| 22 | I have heard Shirai and Höll do nothing better than their reading of this cycle which , sated though I am through repeated hearing of the work , I found gripping from start to finish . |
| 23 | A while ago I considered changing my snookering nickname ( which I am at complete liberty to do , because I 'm the only one who uses it ) , to take account of the New Weather : global warming , and so on . |
| 24 | I am as well darling ! |
| 25 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 26 | The reception , a buffet , so glad you could come , yes did n't she , yes I am , O ha ha Uncle Tom 's sozzled ha ha good old Uncle Tom , accustomed as I am to public speaking , a glass of champagne cider each , I give you the Bride 's parents I My own parents looking a bit sick of all the tipsy Irish . |
| 27 | Fortunately I am of good tough stock . |
| 28 | I am on delicate business . |
| 29 | I am on friendly terms with a dog who is intoxicated with the pleasure of travelling in motor cars . |
| 30 | For I am on equal terms with someone for the first time in my life . |