Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Face crushed face , but even the humiliated ones , the ones pushed away , the third-raters and the defeated ones , even those — from a certain distance imposed by the law of hierarchy , it 's true — still moved toward the front , showing here and there from behind the first-rate , titled ones , if only as fragments : an ear , a piece of temple , a cheek or a jaw … just to be closer to the Emperor 's eye ! |
| 2 | The latter would seem to be closer to the truth . |
| 3 | Finally , our most recent results have shown that ( 1 ) the differential perspective cues described here also affect the perceived absolute distance to the surface ( such that a surface containing perspective cues appropriate for near viewing is perceived to be closer to the observer ) , and ( 2 ) the shape of the apparent fronto-parallel surface systematically varies with the differential vertical perspective cues generated by surfaces at different absolute distances from the observer , as Helmholtz informally demonstrated over a hundred years ago . |
| 4 | Taking alone the synoptic gospels , for they are likely to be closer to the words of Jesus , the facts are as follows . |
| 5 | I have moved the patient in there to be closer to the turret , the better for me to nurse her . |
| 6 | But if some existing races could be shown to be closer to the apes than others , would this not prove their inferiority ? |
| 7 | In that case , we want to be around for the big money in the fourth , fifth and sixth records . |
| 8 | But if you were old enough to be around at the time , reactions like ‘ Well , of course , the political circumstances were such that … ’ , and ‘ Yes , I have to admit I took offence to that ’ are more likely , and cause one to take a more considered and less dogmatic view . |
| 9 | In all three areas the mammals that happened to be around at the start fanned out in evolution , and produced a specialist for each trade which , in many cases , came to bear a remarkable resemblance to the corresponding specialist in the other two areas . |
| 10 | MVS is still supreme in IBM 's view and expected to be around through the decade as a leader . |
| 11 | ‘ I plan to be around over the next few weeks while we get this new image launched , and we expect you to be very visible . |
| 12 | That has begun shipping to members , and SAG optimistically expects products complying to the specification to be around by the end of year . |
| 13 | The primitive mammals that happened to be around in the three areas when the dinosaurs more or less simultaneously vacated the great life trades , were all rather small and insignificant , probably nocturnal , previously overshadowed and overpowered by the dinosaurs . |
| 14 | All major religions offer a deepening understanding of spirituality because of the way they enable people to be consciously in the presence of that Mystery . |
| 15 | Since it was impossible to envisage the use of nuclear weapons in any way consistent with the laws of war , and since great and apparently law-abiding Powers possessed and threatened to use them , they must be held to be simply beyond the scope of international law , |
| 16 | Virgin had long ago ceased to be simply in the music business ; it was now in that most Eighties of concepts , the lifestyle business . |
| 17 | Therefore — except for an occasional mutated child which turns out to be plainly of the wrong metal for its caste — ranks must remain separate . |
| 18 | Previously his work seemed to be strictly about the inter-relationship of material , colour and shape , but in his new ‘ Shadow Paintings ’ at Rubin Spangle until 18 November tattoos , car explosions and other scenic bits coalesce behind veils of white paint . |
| 19 | The thirty-six-patch leather ball of those days was heavy , and headers had to be strictly from the forehead . |
| 20 | Barcelona looked to be comfortably on the Wembley Way when , 11 minutes later , Eusebio fed Stoichkov on the left and the Bulgarian cut the ball back from the by-line for Bakero to score . |
| 21 | According to calculations carried out on her data , Cohen estimated the duration of the icon to be longer in the left ( 57 msec. ) than the right ( 34 msec. ) visual field . |
| 22 | There not only does the fish fauna closely resemble that of the Middle Old Red Sandstone in Scotland , but the sediments themselves are said to be exactly like the Thurso Flagstone Group of Caithness . |
| 23 | Fenella 's complaints continued to be mostly about the way he treated her on stage . |
| 24 | The damage seemed to be mostly at the back . |
| 25 | She tried to smile a real smile at her father , who had run down the town to be here for the big moment . |
| 26 | But do n't you know whether a solicitor 's going to be here for the committal proceedings today ? |
| 27 | We 're going to be here for the rest of our lives . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm going to be here for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 29 | Well you 'll have to be here for the surveyor |
| 30 | You ca n't go away on holiday , Helen 's got to be here on the day . |