Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll still be worth exactly the same amount , but the company will have more working capital . ’ |
| 2 | My mother hovers on the brink of life , not knowing whether her heroic struggle will be worth even a fraction of the effort she expends . |
| 3 | They must be worth quite a bit — in America . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 're famous all over the Far East , so a story about how you kept a secret concubine in Taipei should be worth quite a bit . ’ |
| 5 | So you 'll be worth quite a bit dead ? |
| 6 | If he had put a second £100 into the FT-SE index each time he bought from the state , the resulting shares would now be worth only a little over a third more than he paid . |
| 7 | But the long-term trend in those areas in which the public interest in regulation ( or possibly politicians ' exposure to public criticism ) is perceived to be greatest , seems to be for both the volume of regulation and the role of government in it to increase . |
| 8 | It was supposed to be for just a day , or maybe two , but it has already been a week … ’ |
| 9 | And now that I 'm home for good , at least my bookings abroad will be for just a week or so at a time , that 's all , well … we 're coming together . |
| 10 | It wo n't be for about a year and a half though . |
| 11 | They know that it would be almost impossible for them , even though it would be for only a week , after which they could return to their comfortable lives . |
| 12 | The puzzles will be of both a theoretical and experimental nature . |
| 13 | This requires the completion of a substantial piece of work which can be of either a practical or research nature , prepared within a strict timetable and documented and presented to an appropriate professional standard . |
| 14 | If the claims were made simply on the basis of introspection without systematic observation in the community , they would be of precisely the same order ( except that they would be unaccountable and probably much less reliable ) . |
| 15 | Another point to remember is that if all four pictures are to sit comfortably together in the overall design , then all the material used should be of roughly the same size . |
| 16 | It follows from what was said earlier that in a stress-timed language all the feet are supposed to be of roughly the same duration . |
| 17 | Yet this apparently admirable material proved to be of almost no use to the party . |
| 18 | ‘ Have you thought what the atmosphere will be like once the building starts ? ’ |
| 19 | Isabel wondered if he knew how intimidating he could be with just a look , and decided fitzAlan was fully aware of his effect on her . |
| 20 | We used the same criteria as the Booker Prize — namely the writer must be from either the UK , Ireland or the Commonwealth . |
| 21 | It is unlikely to be in exactly the same position , even if she could find it , for during the night there is a great deal of jostling among the youngsters and any one of them may have moved about eighteen inches or so . |
| 22 | As someone who has championed the cause of renewable energy since the mid-1970s , I give a warm personal welcome to my hon. Friend 's statement , which I believe to be in exactly the right direction . |
| 23 | I believe that , if it is established through a proper investigation that a company has been victimising workers for reporting safety concerns , that company — whether it is a contractor or an operator — must be in exactly the same position as an employee who has jeopardised the safety of a platform . |
| 24 | Unfortunately the fish appeared to be in rather a sorry state . |
| 25 | And I go in there and I have lov , I can be in there an hour ! |
| 26 | Outwardly he could be in almost every way a Scotland Yard senior officer . |
| 27 | ‘ It will no doubt be in only the rare instance that a man does not consider the possibility that the woman is not consenting , and yet does not actually believe that she is . |
| 28 | No , it was a piece I am very fond of and it happened to be in quite a few programmes at that time . |
| 29 | The only way Masefield can make this credible is to present her as a kind of child-bride , a happy innocent ; necessary as this may be to both the theme and the plot of the book , it does not allow her to develop beyond the limits of a type-character . |
| 30 | This , to repeat a point made earlier , does not mean that their sole role must be to further the interest of each or of all their subjects . |