Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They also suggest that there is a critical literacy threshold of 40 per cent : in other words two-fifths of a country 's people need to be literate if it is to ‘ modernize ’ and make an ‘ economic miracle ’ possible . |
| 32 | He recognised though that the situation might be different if they were on his salary . |
| 33 | But Antony was doing it and you put her on the tumbledryer behind him , and it was so funny cos he 's like this with his head going round Antony looking , every |
| 34 | A man can not be said to be truly willing unless he is in a position to choose freely , and freedom of choice predicates , not only full knowledge of the circumstances on which the exercise of choice is conditioned , so that he may be able to choose wisely , but the absence from his mind of any feeling of constraint so that nothing shall interfere with the freedom of his will ( Scott LJ in Bowater v Rowley Regis Corporation [ 1944 ] KB 476 ) . |
| 35 | In such a case it is not caught by s. 22 unless it is by itself a contract for sale [ of land ] … |
| 36 | Or does she talk different because she 's on the phone ? |
| 37 | These are interesting and aesthetically pleasing documents of the time and place , but are doubly interesting because they are in colour , which seems to add an anachronistic modern feel . |
| 38 | These are interesting and aesthetically pleasing documents of the time and place , but are doubly interesting because they are in colour , which seems to add an anachronistic modern feel . |
| 39 | It 's interesting because I was in Nottingham a few weeks ago and actually on Nottingham market they sell a lot of goat meat |
| 40 | Certain of the various inert gas isotopes have to be excluded , some because they are of sufficiently low mass to escape in appreciable quantities from the terrestrial planets , others because they are produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes of elements other than inert gases , and others for both reasons . |
| 41 | We can see this because we are in no doubt as to the fact-presupposing explanation of the meaning of ‘ It 's afternoon ’ . |
| 42 | However , Tamburlaine is also like this because it is in his nature , and so when these two clash , one of them is going to suffer . |
| 43 | He said he was going to fight this because it was in direct conflict to Government policy . |
| 44 | I do this because it was in the period of the church fathers that what was to become orthodox Christology was worked out . |
| 45 | Preston half understood this because it was in him , too , but he rejected it , also , because it scared him too much . |
| 46 | [ I only mention this because he was in fact wrong . |
| 47 | We ran out of water and some other friends ran out of water and we had to help each other and we were getting stuck in the sand and the heat was very high because it was in August and it was around noon time , so erm some people actually turned back erm they could n't continue , unfortunately ; they are friends of ours . |
| 48 | Bulletin boards , for example , can be used to advertise conferences or seminars to people who may be interested because they are in the same profession or may contain data packages , open for use by any user . |
| 49 | ‘ I was interested because I 'm in the fashion business , too . |
| 50 | Oh yes , yes , very much so , yes , and with this new project that 's really exciting because it 's on an allotment site which has never actually happened before with a psychiatric rehabilitation project . |
| 51 | One man may believe he entered marriage because he was lonely , another because he was in love , a third because it was the ‘ thing to do ’ and a fourth because he wished to produce offspring . |
| 52 | If it is in isostatic equilibrium one section of lithosphere will stand higher than another because it is of lower density ( the crustal density or Pratt model ) , of the same density but thicker ( the crustal thickness or Airy model ) , or through a combination of both a lower density and greater thickness ( Fig. 2.9 ) . |
| 53 | They were fearless because they were without enemies . |
| 54 | This was interesting since he was on Coffin 's list of suspects . |
| 55 | He had a means of doing this since she was at the time in danger of being disbarred after allegations that she had defrauded a Catholic charity active in Africa . |
| 56 | Although commonly known as the Founder 's Jewel , it is doubtful whether it was in fact bequeathed to the College by William of Wykeham . |
| 57 | With the exception of Bridgeman , the First Lord of the Admiralty , it is doubtful whether he was on close personal terms with any of them . |
| 58 | ‘ It 's not going to be any different when they 're in the White House . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ You know , you were quite different when you were with Godfrey . ’ |
| 60 | We need to be certain that the revelation stems from God ; and we can not be as certain of this as we are of our reason-based knowledge of the particular truth in question . |