Example sentences of "to [be] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore — except for an occasional mutated child which turns out to be plainly of the wrong metal for its caste — ranks must remain separate . |
| 2 | I have access to a low-level formatting program , were the drive to be on of the MFM type , but the information on the outside of the casing does n't include the numbers of heads and cylinders . |
| 3 | Dave Sims opened Northampton up and prop Andy Deacon bulldozed through to score what could well turn out to be on of the most important tries of the season … |
| 4 | ‘ If you want to be ahead of the market in the most favoured areas , start looking now , ’ says Jenkins . |
| 5 | in child language understanding always precedes production and , what is most important , the adult dealing with the child constantly modifies her output to be ahead of the structures which the child is producing ( Wells , 1981 ) . |
| 6 | And yet it is never very far ahead , indeed sometimes seems not to be ahead of the pursuer at all . |
| 7 | The time of quality has arrived , and CCG intend to be ahead of the field in our commitment to it . |
| 8 | The image has to be both of the politician and of the party . |
| 9 | Indeed , to many thinkers such explanations seem to be obviously of the right kind ( cf. |
| 10 | This seems to me to illustrate what I would call the ‘ Breakthrough Phenomenon ’ : the sudden discovery that something which has been assumed to be out of the question is not out of the question at all . |
| 11 | I love Betty 's outfits — the clothes I wear have got to be out of the ordinary . |
| 12 | Some said they were glad to be out of the fighting : ‘ We are not prisoners , we are guests , ’ in the words of one . |
| 13 | She was not quick enough to be out of the room before Mrs Eckley was in it and found herself trapped by her between chair and door . |
| 14 | From the left flank , the Labour Party gleefully exalted in ‘ Tory chaos ’ , content to be out of the spotlight . |
| 15 | He is too fine a politician to be out of the Commons for long . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Major said Mr Patten was ‘ too good a politician ’ to be out of the Commons . |
| 17 | It takes money , determination , and patience to launch a false imprisonment action ; most detainees are happy simply to be out of the police station . |
| 18 | Sparkling performance figures would seem to be out of the question . |
| 19 | He was glad to be out of the caravan . |
| 20 | He had been expected to be out of the game for at least two months after suffering concussion and a broken eye socket from a punch , but has made a remarkable recovery . |
| 21 | Smith does n't want to be out of the selectors ' minds at the start of the tour because he is desperate to improve on his overseas record for England . |
| 22 | Much as he would have liked to try to rescue Murray , he recognised that to be out of the question . |
| 23 | Sometimes she thought that things went much better when Liza happened to be out of the room and she was alone with John . |
| 24 | So's to be out of the house before I came into it . ’ |
| 25 | The snub comes after Diana arranged to be out of the country next Saturday so she does n't have to spend time with Charles on his 44th birthday . |
| 26 | Fuh-Q Charlie of Deathtongue and Sonny Pigg of the Mothers are expected to be out of the Reconstruction Wing of Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in time for their big Christmas ‘ Freak the World ’ concert at the Hollywood Bowl next month . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's only rissoles , I 'm afraid , ’ said Alec , but if I felt a pang of disappointment that the first meal at his house was n't going to be out of the ordinary I was mistaken . |
| 28 | The walls were bare and whitewashed ; they might be distempered or painted and a few bright prints could be added and hung high enough to be out of the patients reach . |
| 29 | Serious chipmakers ca n't afford to be out of the market , and Hitachi Ltd has announced that it has developed a new type of AND gate for Flash memory , which achieves the world 's smallest cell surface memory of just 1.28 square microns . |
| 30 | She aims to be out of the house by 6am and at her research office desk by 6.30am . |