Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun pl] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Please believe me , this is my obstinacy — you are behaving honourably , honourably — I realise that I am jeopardising my chance of great happiness — but we know — both of us — there are times when the greatest danger has to be faced , the greatest risk taken because that small persistent voice will not allow us to escape our duty to ourselves . |
| 2 | Whilst I have already made clear my preference for the breakaway top eye float , there are times when the simpler tube type drifter works better . |
| 3 | Although Miller stated that he had collected most of the information from well-known authors and always acknowledged them , there are instances when the first person indicated his own contributions . |
| 4 | There are instances where the official syllabus recommends one type of content and emphasis ( e.g. in language skills ) , while the official examination is clearly constructed with the intention of testing different ones ; or cases in which the official aims of education extol the virtues of self-reliance and enquiry-based education , whereas the official syllabus contains an outline of content so rigid and overcrowded as to render any initiative almost impossible to achieve . |
| 5 | So , for all their patience , there are moments when the long-suffering becomes too much , which usually signals the end of the caddie/player relationship . |
| 6 | In addition there are conditions where the psychological component is only a small part of the story — it can make the symptoms worse but not initiate the illness . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , even if it is insisted that some degree of regularity is normally required , there are situations where the first transaction entered into by a supplier can be treated as being made in the course of business , for example , one-off adventures integral to a business activity . |
| 8 | There are situations where the general expectation is that sex may have been the motive for a murderous assault . |
| 9 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 10 | But it has not always been so , and there are occasions when the perennial justification of the over-riding interests of the security of the state re-emerges into public view . |
| 11 | Fortunately this is usually true , but there are occasions when the commercial instincts of the USA or their sensitivity to political lobbying are only too apparent . |
| 12 | Given his distressing complaint ( muscular dystrophy ) , he possessed , apart from a commanding voice , an ebullience which , as I can now see , suited Eliot , though I believe there were moments when the two temperaments were at odds . |
| 13 | ‘ I reached such a low ebb that there were times when the last thing I wanted to do was to go out and play golf . |
| 14 | It was unheard of for Captain and Mrs Burrows to take even half a day off during their ministry , but there were times when the older children were close to tears over their exercise books . |
| 15 | We have already seen that there were times when the High Anglican interest , supposedly the natural allies of strong monarchy , sought to challenge the powers of the Crown in order to protect the interests of the established Church ; we have also seen that Nonconformist and Whig politicians , who during the Exclusion Crisis became the champions of Parliamentarianism , had at times shown themselves prepared to defend the royal prerogative against Parliamentary limitation when it was being used to protect the interests of the Dissenters . |
| 16 | Mountains fell and there were mountains again the next day . |
| 17 | There were robes where the pouring light suddenly solidified into rather grisly bones that rattled and gibbered and , on the same racks , were robes made of several different kinds of skin . |
| 18 | Wood was flying completely blind , but there were occasions when the various instruments contradicted one another , such were the violent changes of attitude , while the seat of his pants told him something entirely different . |
| 19 | They do not , perhaps , rank with the tales of Hydra , Odysseus and Achilles in their narrative appeal , but they are myths just the same . |