Example sentences of "[adv] be [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further consequence arising from studies of process has paradoxically been progress towards a more integrated approach because investigations of one specific process have often proceeded to encompass other processes in the way that soil process investigations have become involved with hillslope processes and with plant-soil moisture relationships and also with boundary layer climatology . |
| 2 | While World Cup matters have only been part of the Board 's committee business this week , the speculation as to whether Welsh reservations would carry weight has been immense . |
| 3 | In March , sworn depositions and subpoenaed bank statements revealed the extent to which what had seemed a normal transaction with a Japanese museum had apparently been part of a deliberate swindle into which Feigen 's gallery had been drawn . |
| 4 | They had both apparently been part of the group clustered around the door ; had that been mere coincidence , or had it been Harry Martin that Luke had been so engrossed in talking to ? |
| 5 | We must remember that there was no compulsory army conscription in Britain — compulsion in schools was bad enough , and standing armies had long been anathema to the ‘ freeborn Englishman ’ — and it was not until the years following the Second World War that compulsory national service would come into existence in peace-time Britain . |
| 6 | Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry may come and go but Sir Jeffrey Sterling , chairman of the P&O group , has long been part of the furniture at 1 Victoria Street . |
| 7 | Fortunately , the answer lay close at hand , in that sense of the redeeming power of personal example which had for so long been part of the mental furniture of the British middle classes . |
| 8 | Constructed as a spoof documentary about a political candidate for the US Senate whose promotional ads are pop videos and whose campaign bus is a mobile trading floor , it joins the dots of a diagram — Eighties politics as the flip-side of Sixties counter-culture — which has long been part of the landscape ( and which could do with an update ) . |
| 9 | Murder , drugs , a bombing and shootings have all been part of a saga directly involving members of the family . |
| 10 | Because there are children and therefore the woman has obviously been part of a couple at some point , there is an assumption that in her single state she is critical , cynical and undermining of couples around her . |
| 11 | The present case suggests that not only are counsel under a duty to point out errors they observe but , citing Donoghue , that ‘ it would be helpful ’ if counsel for the prosecution were to make a check list of essential directions and draw attention to any omissions before the retirement of the jury . |
| 12 | But there will obviously be sort of an ongoing training and so on because I , I know that in some ways I think it 's been very mixed and I qu I put |
| 13 | And the more they become integrated , then they would expand out , join the Scouts , the Guides or go to the local youth club , so be part of the , the er , growing up process which they have n't been afforded . |
| 14 | If two people are merely sharing a house or flat , e.g. two friends , unless the underwriters have been asked specifically to cover both persons ' property , there would only be cover for the property of the Policyholder . |
| 15 | Education has become part of the political battleground , and its transformation into a non-racial system can only be part of a much broader transformation of society . |
| 16 | Mr Urbanec , who is to hold further talks with Mr Havel today — this time in front of television cameras — conceded that the party realised it was held in deep mistrust by the public , and accepted that henceforth it could only be part of the political spectrum . |
| 17 | The modern or contemporary quarter of Intolerance would make an excellent film in its own right but even then the industrial scene would only be part of the scene setting and would fade in the memory as the hero passes from scene to scene in the ‘ picaresque ’ fashion of so many movies . |
| 18 | So faint , it might only be moonlight through the clouds — then she saw long pale hair streaming . |
| 19 | If he leaves all to his wife on his death there may only be duty on the £1M non-qualifying assets on his widow 's death . |
| 20 | But he then went on to indicate that Britain would not necessarily be part of the new Europe when he said ‘ Great Britain , the British Commonwealth , mighty America , and I trust Soviet Russia … must be friends and sponsors of the new Europe and must champion its right to live and shine ’ . |
| 21 | Money is demanded both to finance day-to-day transactions and as an asset , perhaps being part of an individual 's or firm 's speculative activity . |
| 22 | Working together is part of a contribution to a whole . |
| 23 | The stupendous amount and quality of ecclesiastical music alone is testimony to the importance of this aspect of human life . |
| 24 | A statement issued on behalf of a number of developing countries said : " If forest management is of global consequence , so is management of the world 's oil resources . |
| 25 | The Shipman 's Tale not only is part of a larger text , it is most informatively read in the light of the details of that larger text . |
| 26 | Not only is WinFax Pro the bee 's knees , it is n't expensive — you can get it for under £99 . |
| 27 | Not only was ownership of the islands in itself unclear , but the dispute highlighted the disparities between Japan 's attempt to reorganize her administration and diplomacy along Western lines and China 's adherence to the traditional tributary relationship as a basis of international dealings . |
| 28 | A Merlin III that Ted had preserved during 1985–1987 had penetrated deep into blue clay and had thus been cut-off from the damaging effects of oxygen . |
| 29 | I had already been part of the theatre working as an ASM at the Cambridge Arts Theatre , not with the University but with the |
| 30 | Independent readers , with their heroic sponsorship of The Garden Venture , have already been part of the quest for a new operatic voice . |