Example sentences of "[conj] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ravagers might already have sailed towards their jump zone , or be on the point of sailing . |
| 2 | Typical candidates may work , or be on work placement , in an airline , in a shipping line or with a freight forwarding company . |
| 3 | We may ‘ believe ’ , or be of the ‘ opinion ’ , that it is universally and certainly true that it is ; but , in relying on experience and observation , we do not ‘ know ’ . |
| 4 | Among the counsellors whom he has , none enjoys such importance that he would dare to contradict him in anything or be of another opinion . ’ |
| 5 | If there is a common underlying theme or thread it would seem to be the unstated assumption that ‘ anyone can make it if they try , and if they conform to the rules ’ ; those who fail must suffer from some congenital lack of capacities , or be of an alien disposition . |
| 6 | In such a case equity would have to prevail or be of no effect . |
| 7 | Others may find the part time or flexible hours the main incentive , or be at the beginning or end of a working life . |
| 8 | And they were wondering whether I should have private classes or be with the group and have group therapy and they decided , yes , she is like everybody else . |
| 9 | The jury twenty years in time and with the information you had from Superintendent , did you consider that instead of mounting a an operation like that , you should simply surround the flat or be with . |
| 10 | ‘ It means the women can come in then still go home to pick the kids up from school , or be with them in the evening . ’ |
| 11 | This may occur for various reasons ; the suspect may have died or be below the age of criminal responsibility , the victim may not wish to press charges or a witness may be unwilling , or unable , to give evidence or a person already in detention after conviction admits to further offences . |
| 12 | Gardeners and allotment holders may not keep animals or be near a convenient source of sewage sludge or other animal waste . |
| 13 | ‘ We would gladly accept family planning , ’ said women at a village meeting in Java , ‘ provided that it does n't interfere with our work , or do us any permanent harm , or be against our religion . |
| 14 | It may be that in the protestant — loyalist case this ethnic tendency may have priority over the British component of identity or be in conflict with it . |
| 15 | Many of these children are prepared and placed for adoption with strangers , and part of the package is that they will no longer see or be in contact with relatives who have remained in touch during their stay in care . |
| 16 | The main objection to this point revolves round the feeling that a person can have authority , or be in authority only if his authority is recognized by some people , whose identity varies with the nature of his authority . |
| 17 | As a result , he will be unable to maintain a rhythm during his work or be in balance . |
| 18 | Without him we might not have won the Championship or be in a position to be playing Rangers . |
| 19 | He preferred , he said , to submerge himself in the urban swill , or be in deep country . |
| 20 | In most cases their advice will either be right in law or be in an area where the courts will wish to leave alone the exercise of the visitor 's discretion . |
| 21 | The only drawback is that the files must either have a common format , in which case you can use the X-modem transfer method , or be in ASCII . |
| 22 | The problem is this : should new material be similar to the old , or be in moderate contrast , or be extremely different ? |
| 23 | However , the government will sometimes have more information or be in a better position to take a decision . |
| 24 | 4.1 Our proposals for reform recognise the importance of two principles : First , a landlord or a tenant of property should not continue to enjoy rights nor be under any obligation arising from a lease once he has parted with all interest in the property . |
| 25 | Leland 's gloomy view of Droitwich must have been prompted by visual symptoms — the foul streets and the sickly faces he encountered in them : ‘ the people that be about the fornacis be very ille colorid ’ . |
| 26 | You have all sorts of obligations , obligations of obedience erm erm to the authorities that be for example , simply by the fact that you popped out of your mother 's womb in that particular territory and under that particular jurisdiction . |
| 27 | But the best you can say that the jury there was some information that be in the master bedroom you do n't know where . |
| 28 | Better to be in Florence , alone , independent , not subjected to sudden swings of mood than be with people whom she felt no longer valued her , whatever they said . |
| 29 | I 'd rather be here than be at school . |
| 30 | ‘ I would rather have the problems we 've got and still be in the European Cup than be without them and a place in the Champions League as well , ’ said the manager . |