Example sentences of "and be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't think we 'd be together for so long but we 've grown up together and been through some brutal things . ’ |
| 2 | And after all , Rothesay , so they said , had led Margaret a dog 's life after all her father 's pains to secure him for her , and been by any standard a poor bargain for any girl , having worn out so many before her — including , the bolder gossips whispered , Dunbar 's unhappy daughter , affianced and bedded but never wed . |
| 3 | This is because the additional semantic traits normally carried by mare are already inferable from the rest of the sentence , and are to that degree superfluous . |
| 4 | Ley hunters today tend to think of leys purely as alignments and are to some extent dubious about Watkins 's idea of old straight tracks-though the South American paths do present a question mark here . |
| 5 | As I 'm sure you know , the majority of girls seeking such posts can neither read nor write and are of such low intelligence that they have no control over the children ; in fact , the children soon take advantage of them . |
| 6 | The various clinical activity indices in general use depend on subjective features for their calculation and are of little use in day to day patient management , but do at least provide a tool which enables comparison of data obtained from different centres . |
| 7 | We will not consider any more complex tones , since these are not often encountered and are of little importance . |
| 8 | Darwin ( 1871 ) remains an excellent review of the sexual characters of animals , with many thoughtful comments that are still relevant and are of more than merely historical interest . |
| 9 | Indices such as the dependency ratio are widely quoted and are of some use in portraying overall trends and relationships between different elements of the population of Specific countries ( or any other geographical area ) . |
| 10 | The JCT suggest that the form is suitable where the proposed works are of a simple content involving the normally recognised basic trades and skills of the industry and are without any building service installations or other complex specialist work . |
| 11 | The very old and the young have a weaker mind than those in their prime and are for this reason more vulnerable to spirit attack . |
| 12 | They were made between 1973 and 1975 and are on all this month ( and until 27 June ) . |
| 13 | Their flowers appear over several weeks in summer and are at all times most striking and handsome . |
| 14 | The exceptions cost a percentage of most business training courses and are worth much more . |
| 15 | And the latter do better — and are worth more in the telecoms market place — than ‘ ingenieurs maison ’ , who have not graduated from an engineering or telecoms school , have difficulty in making the all important transition from ‘ technicien ’ to ‘ cadre ’ status , and tend to form the most militantly unionized ‘ lumpenproletariat ’ of say , the DGT or Alcatel . |
| 16 | They are not due for release until 1992 , and are among some 400 young men held in Greek prisons for their refusal on religious grounds to perform military service . |
| 17 | What is apparent is that the risk factors identified run parallel to and are in many respects very similar to those already noted in relation to child abuse . |
| 18 | Not only are many consumers injured by corporate crime ; thousands of employees too suffer from ‘ accidents ’ at work ( which are in fact not pure accidents but events which spring directly from the conditions of production and are in that sense avoidable ) or work-induced diseases , such as asbestosis , lung cancer , and mesothelioma . |
| 19 | Obviously its qualities varied considerably and are in any case difficult to assess . |
| 20 | Massey 's schematic representation of this form seems to imply that particular production units may be associated with head offices , but this does not imply a privileged status for any particular unit because head office functions may not be associated with any productive unit and are in any event highly mobile . |
| 21 | An study by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has shown how EC " structural " funds , designed to alleviate poverty , fail to account for the environment and are in some cases responsible for the destruction of habitats and extinction of species . |
| 22 | Such upwarps consist of broad swells running parallel to the coast and are in most cases flanked on their oceanward side by a great escarpment . |
| 23 | However , having said that , I am very strongly in favour of increasing physical activity and am among those who suspect that its value in weight control has been much underestimated . |
| 24 | Other publications emanating from official enquiries , such as the French National Assembly 's postwar investigation of the events of the 1930s , may without being corrupt , nevertheless reflect special interests and be to that extent unrepresentative . |
| 25 | She was most anxious to supply the right tools and be of all possible help . |
| 26 | It must be made from a material which is structurally suitable for the hygienic environment , and be without any form of coating which could prove risky once the surface has been damaged and expose an unsuitable material such as mild steel , to the environment . |
| 27 | To his right wing the hills sloped gently down and were of little interest but on his left they formed a steep escarpment up whose side came a soaring wind . |
| 28 | Charles and Arthur Wilson were made full partners in 1867 and were by this time effectively running the company , which they transformed from a major European enterprise into an international one with routes to North America and India . |
| 29 | Joseph 's ‘ old wife ’ , Heyoom Yoyish ( Bear Crossing ) and daughter had fled during the opening battle , and were among some 230 Nez Perce who escaped from the Bear Paws to Sitting Bull 's camp in Canada . |
| 30 | But Mr. Holman is right to point out that they are strictly obiter and were in neither case supported by any corresponding observation on behalf of the other members of the court . |