Example sentences of "[adv] [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But all this is beyond the needs of the average local historian , as well as for the most part being beyond his general skills , so this chapter is devoted to giving a broad general outline of how handwriting developed , defining some of the terms used , and describing some of the early styles .
2 Someone filled and lit a chillim and everyone gathered round to smoke it , exchanging , now and then , laconic comments about the boar 's escape , musing about what had happened and how different everything could have been if only luck was with them .
3 I said , I 've got my own responsibility , that 's mine , I said , but you 're only responsibility is to be in that lecture for ten o'clock .
4 Only Mum was at home .
5 What circumcision was to men of faith under the old covenant , assuring them that they belonged to Yahweh , so baptism is to the Christian ; and Colossians 2:11 , 12 brings the two ordinances together round the cross of Christ which alone gives them meaning .
6 So responsibility was in your hands ?
7 If you like the house the chances are that other people will like it too , so speed is of the essence .
8 Later , Grade 1 of the CSE , the examination designed for modern schools , was officially deemed to be the equivalent of a pass at O level , so that pupils who had attended modern schools where only CSE was on offer could , in theory at least , compete for those further education or training opportunities that demanded a number of O level passes .
9 Only difference is in cost .
10 Would my right , would my right honourable friend agree that the use of American and French and British planes to bomb the hills around Sarajevo may not necessarily produce lasting peace in Bosnia and would he further agree that if the idea is to achieve a demilitarised zone , policed effectively around Sarajevo then the best chances of so doing are by ensuring that Russian soldier in United Nations uniforms , in integrated units with British and French forces so help in the policing of that zone .
11 Only Holly was at his place .
12 Dazel is partially funded by some Fortune 500 companies , so development is in progress , but Fabbio is currently out looking for more money .
13 So Suede are like a tower block , while the shoe-gazers were merely bungalows , right ?
14 quite easy , well it was comparatively easy , only trouble was of course that erm at night erm one had to go right down from County Hall to Barrett Corner to get on the bus because they were so full by the time they got to County Hall and erm so I used to walk down there with erm a chap from the Education Department , who was in the Works and Stores , a chap and erm , he was quite helpful .
15 No the only firm that does hand weaving and hand dyeing on on a big enough scale is in West Wales in the middle of a place called .
16 I suppose I have enough to fill two cottages , so space is at a premium before I have even unpacked half of what I brought .
17 Perhaps life was worth living after all .
18 Where only quantum is in dispute it will be dealt by arbitration .
19 The first vehicle patrols were out at 0600 hours , so reveille was at 0430 hours .
20 There was one certainly in the docks in my time where , er quite a nasty fire in the docks , one of the warehouse buildings there was , was going very well erm a ten , ten or so pump was on , on that job .
21 Several million inhabitants , busily running their errands within , can cause overheating and produce a foul oxygen-poor atmosphere so ventilation is of the greatest importance .
22 Day Two : At 8.00am breakfast is on the table and your cruiser casts off for the sail to the ancient spa town of Bad Schandau .
23 I bought it only cost be about what , I think we said er , what less than a pound each , them two ash trays
24 Quite clearly , as costs were four times direct revenue , 10 per cent ( for example ) saving in costs had much more effect on the balance than did a potential 20 per cent increase in revenue , so energy was at first concentrated on the cost base .
25 Lord Zetland who lives near Ripon and lists his recreations as horse-racing and lawn tennis but not mountaineering was in the team for the second year .
26 It may not matter very much what claims the Association makes for itself but one would hope that co-operation and not confrontation is to be its approach , and the making of false claims can only antagonise the Law .
27 More used to venues like Wembley Stadium , tonight EMF were at the Dean Snooker Club in their home town of Cinderford .
28 Thus education was to be productive of a ‘ good ’ , politically respectable State ; but it must not be seen as instrumental in any narrow or vocational way .
29 Stone buildings abound in much of France , especially Normandy , also in England , the German Rhineland and southern Italy ; in Sicily and central France volcanic materials are much in evidence ; along the whole Baltic coastal plain , brick is the predominant material as building knowledge developed , and elsewhere timber was in prime use .
30 Finally Rainbow is in town at the Apollo Theatre .
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