Example sentences of "[adj] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many old people are as good a set of consumers as anyone else , but the very old and frail are at risk . |
| 2 | His theory is that , as they were fourth on the water , the Spanish are at least fourth favourites to win . |
| 3 | For the person with these projects the forwarding of them has an importance to which utilitarianism can not do justice , for it must regard them as simply among the many preferences of which as many as possible are to be satisfied . |
| 4 | Indeed , the innovation opportunities that changes in the numbers of people and their age distribution , education , occupations , and geographic location make possible are among the most rewarding and least risky of entrepreneurial pursuits . |
| 5 | The current orders outstanding are worth £540 million . |
| 6 | Two of the areas outstanding are in user information and in user training . |
| 7 | Commercial and technical are at parity . |
| 8 | The Eider and the Shell Tern and North Cormorant platforms also on alert are in the Shell Brent Field 100 miles north east of Lerwick in the Shetlands . |
| 9 | True , he needs to be able to read a line on a green , or at least confirm the line into the hole , but getting the yardages right are of paramount importance . |
| 10 | you know , because they do n't know what their right are with And you know , I think places like the law centre , which fight for the rights of people in , you know to develop that that kind of service for people . |
| 11 | THE COMPUTERS on board HMS Sheffield functioned effectively prior to and during the attack ; allegations that the Exocet missile was mistakenly identified as friendly are without foundation . |
| 12 | In fact , gardens that are long and narrow are among the more simple to design because they can be broken down very easily into separate garden areas or ‘ rooms ’ , each of them having a different function or theme . |
| 13 | Currently two main methods of describing a solid are in use in CAD systems . |
| 14 | Labour are in , Labour are out , or is it now , how best can they play to win votes ? |
| 15 | Various formulations of in exactly what respect the statements should be clear are to be found in the Speech . |
| 16 | Most of the English are on this side of the river , naturally , since they besiege Berwick . |
| 17 | The first ESAs designated are in the Pennine Dales , West Penwith ( Cornwall ) , the South Downs , the Broads , the Somerset Levels and Moors , and in Scotland , Breadalbane ( in the Grampian Mountains ) and Loch Lomond . |
| 18 | ‘ He draws some encouragement from the fact that the British are at least thinking about industrial , as opposed to consumer , co-operatives . |
| 19 | Among culture-based arguments is the simplistic one that the British are by nature more tolerant than other nationalities . |
| 20 | The British are in effect now the nuclear laboratory of the world . |
| 21 | The British are among the biggest sugar consumers in the developed world , eating around 100grams or 4oz a day . |
| 22 | The wealthy nations of the world generate most of the tourists — the Japanese , Germans , Americans , Scandinavians and British are among the most widely travelled . |
| 23 | Excursions : The most popular are to Salzburg and to Vienna , both beautiful , elegant cities , steeped in history and culture with lots to see . |
| 24 | The now familiar formula — seeking ‘ new forms and methods of management ’ — a coded attack on Brezhnev 's ‘ stability of cadres ’ , means that the old are to a replaced by the young , the incompetent by the competent ; it also signifies departures from outmoded routines and the unsettling of vested interests . |
| 25 | all women between 20 and 64 years old are to be invited for screening ( by March 1993 ) ; |
| 26 | all women between 50 and 64 years old are to be invited for screening by breast X-ray ( mammography ) by March 1993 . |
| 27 | She will be able to give you a great deal too , if you are prepared to open your mind to her memories and experience of life , realising the significance of her ‘ past ’ to your ‘ present ’ ; and when you understand that the old are by no means always on the receiving end of their relationships , then you are ready to assemble the love , time , patience and energy you have to offer , and decide on the best way of presenting them . |
| 28 | The images in which researchers are most interested are from a sensor on board the vehicle called the thematic mapper . |
| 29 | Licensed dealers proper are at their busiest when trading in government privatisations , perhaps the safest territory for the inexperienced private client . |
| 30 | ‘ That was all a bit of a shame ’ , recalls Probyn , ‘ because the French are without doubt the best set of forwards you play against . |