Example sentences of "to [noun] be [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The goods were then taken back to Mansha 's home where his girlfriend heard the men and saw Randhawa throwing the stolen jewellery around the kitchen . |
| 2 | Advertising revenue fell by less than 1 p.c. to £88.2m , and the 23 p.c. fall in pre-tax profits to £8.62m was more than accounted for by a £1.6m rise in its Channel 4 subscription and by £2.36m of exceptional staff cutting costs . |
| 3 | Pont Royal is conveniently accessible for the long weekend away : the flight time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours , with the resort only half an hour from the airport . |
| 4 | Losses to follow-up were less than 10% in both trials ( figure 2 ) and similar in the treatment groups . |
| 5 | We rather go to Chimney 's tomorrow than to London Zoo . |
| 6 | Sometimes dismissed as a fringe activity ( ‘ an educational frill ’ ) , listening to music is clearly as important to as many children as it is to many adults . |
| 7 | A number of times during my weekend visit to Ireland , Bono hints that a move to London is all but inevitable . |
| 8 | Page 31 Decline encouraging : The $142m deline in Britain 's reserves of gold and foreign exchange to $42.88bn was less than many had been fearing . |
| 9 | The juxtaposition of her actions compared to Macbeth 's both before and after Duncan 's murder reveals a great uneasiness which has developed within her character . |