Example sentences of "be [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few jobs are easy to get these days and , if you have set your sights on advertising , it must be worth extra effort . |
| 2 | Or should they hang on in the hope that these assets will soon be worth serious money ? |
| 3 | If the politics of the eighties has been characterised by Mrs Thatcher 's confrontational style , Mr Kinnock believes the politics of the nineties must be about international negotiation and co-operation . |
| 4 | The training in on offer appears to be about increasing management capabilities and if you do n't want to go down that road there is a problem , for there is a significant and genuine gap between the expectation of school boards and how their task was perceived by the Scottish Office . |
| 5 | The love poetry of Saadi and Hafiz though seeming to be about physical love was really about transcendent love . |
| 6 | And it ca n't by definition be about sexual liberation simply because it duplicates and exploits those same power relationships . ’ |
| 7 | It pretends to be about local government when it is nothing of the sort . |
| 8 | Embarrassment , it seems clear , is a major concern of the British psyche , and the dreams the British dream , if opinion-polls are to be believed , tend to be about social embarrassment , with amorous fantasy playing only a disappointingly minor role ; and if that is to be taken in evidence , then it may be said to represent a more powerful obsession than sex . |
| 9 | ‘ The new approach will be about direct generation of business . ’ |
| 10 | The next LAN to be developed will probably be for Horticultural Education , where external funding is currently being sought for hardware and software to run specialist grounds maintenance , works scheduling , and computerised landscape design and costing . |
| 11 | Hofmann believed that the proper objectives of such research should not be for personal gain , but for the pursuit of fundamental knowledge and the fulfilment of social needs . |
| 12 | The first is that it now seems the £200 must all be for personal injury or death and not just include such damages . |
| 13 | The limitation that " consumer goods " must be for private use or consumption , whilst a " product " can be supplied for any use , does not mean that suppliers of industrial or business products can escape their responsibilities , because the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 will apply . |
| 14 | Interestingly , the design requirements of eyes on the side of your head , which is where they need to be for all-round vision , plus the need for excellent binocular vision , leads to the cutaway snout or long face , such as we find in many rodents , including squirrels ( see Figure 4.3 ) . |
| 15 | OPINION is divided in Japan on just how bad the soaring yen will be for Japanese business , especially the country 's famous exporters of cars and electronics . |
| 16 | Approximately 30% of the marks will be for straightforward handling of theory — but additional marks for pass , credit and distinction standard must come from the quality of the candidate 's understanding and ability to communicate in acceptable fashion . |
| 17 | oh that 's , that must be for burning coke then |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total figure will be for new road schemes in the Antrim , South constituency for ( a ) 1992-93 , ( b ) 1993-94 and ( c ) 1994-95 . |
| 19 | However important this battle might be for future power at sea , the decisive point for the current war had been that the blockade made it impossible for the French to reinforce their West Indian or North American possessions . |
| 20 | It tends to be to be for local production rather than for export . |
| 21 | The office will occupy an acre of land and will cut the number of parking spaces from 225 to 208 , of which 150 will be for public use and 58 for office workers . |
| 22 | In the case of Scottish and Northern Irish solicitors , application would not be for overseas lawyer status but for full membership of the Society . |
| 23 | The company 's first application developed with NeXTstep will be for retail autofinancing . |
| 24 | Loans can be for double glazing , cavity wall insulation , loft conversion , central heating — permanent improvements that make your home more comfortable to live in — and if you 're thinking of more than one improvement , a loan can be arranged to cover this . |
| 25 | A claim under the rule will therefore be for physical damage , consisting of personal injuries or damage to the consumer 's property . |
| 26 | Our desire can be for physical satisfaction , for wealth , power or the need for recognition , for satisfying the intellect or our heart , or simply for the seeking of pleasure . |
| 27 | If I 'm honest I 'll have to admit that the major application of my research will be for commercial drug production . |
| 28 | The choice for politicians of the world 's governments will be between international fascism or , if science and justice are combined , a fundamentally improved social structure throughout the world . |
| 29 | When the only choice appears to be between continuing depression or continuing the various problems associated with drink or drug use , it is small wonder that sufferers from Chemical Dependency constitute 30% of those people who commit suicide . |
| 30 | The Highlands regional convener , Duncan McPherson , said : ‘ Team work has been a key feature of our approach and any success we can achieve will be through joint action . ’ |