Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even then , ’ says one of the filmmakers , ‘ Breathless was dramatically different than she is in the final script . |
| 2 | Bill Walker , MP for Tayside North , said the political implications of rejecting Rosyth were ‘ far more horrendous than they are in the South West . ’ |
| 3 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |
| 4 | It is easier for us to do this than it is for the English or Americans . ’ |
| 5 | The range of media is large and the costs can be high so it is worth investigating the pulling power of different choices . |
| 6 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |
| 7 | The International Atomic Energy Agency 's marine environment laboratory says that parts of the Gulf are cleaner than they were before the war , although there are still heavily contaminated spots . |
| 8 | This statement might be misunderstood by readers to imply that unsafe sex elsewhere is somehow less risky than it is in London . |
| 9 | I must check those feelings which are the expression of physical instinct craving for satisfaction , but God knows celibacy is as painful to women ( even from the physical standpoint ) as it is to men — could not be more painful than it is to a woman . |
| 10 | Linguists not working within Labov 's general framework are often less careful than he is about candid recording . |
| 11 | Money poured in and work began in 1493 although it was to be a century before the work was completed ; this timescale explains the stylistic variation of the church , with elements of both Renaissance and Baroque architecture . |
| 12 | But there are those for whom the task is easier than it is for most . |
| 13 | If the elderly relative is your own mother , frank discussion of problems is usually ( but not always ) easier than it is with an in-law . |
| 14 | His back and neck injuries , for instance , have left him three-quarters of an inch shorter than he was at 21 . |
| 15 | Gestation is slightly shorter than it is for human mothers . |
| 16 | The difference is that , with the invention of new techniques , the gap between postulating an entity and identifying it physically is much shorter than it was in Mendel 's case . |
| 17 | He argued that time and motion must be more carefully distinguished from one another than they were by Aristotle . |
| 18 | Between the gate and the decorated central room where the wedding ceremony would take place a ritually clean white cloth had been laid on the ground and the visitors walked on this once they were past the gate . |
| 19 | However , they would not necessarily have been conscious of this if they were in an ordinary environment with normal background sounds . |
| 20 | Heaven forbid I would n't talk to you like this if we were on the air would I ? |
| 21 | You should seek advice about this if you are in any doubt . |
| 22 | The defendant had raped and molested both girls from the time they were 11 or 12 until they were in their late teens . |
| 23 | Probably be like this until we 're past Wellington Barracks . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I realise you love this car and I know you 're tired , ’ she said , determinedly hauling him out , ‘ but I 'd be grateful if you could save this until we 're in the house and in the dry . ’ |
| 25 | But Israel resisted this until it was in a much stronger position by concluding one with Egypt in February 1949 . |
| 26 | That means equipment which would be free if you were in hospital or even in your own home is costing Mrs Butler £116 a month . |
| 27 | But perhaps I should add one work of warning : look in the front of such books for the date of publication , be careful if they are at all old . |
| 28 | She is 44 and believes that we have to learn to talk about our own ageing if we are to effectively link personal and social change . |
| 29 | It 's easier if it 's on the level ah side up cos it should I 've never had mine on the floor . |
| 30 | 2 If you were on track RC would show 0° ( station ahead ) or 180° ( station astern ) . |