Example sentences of "to be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In the paper I saw they were supposed to been at Bury but they played Bilston , Bedford
2 Then comes the fun of making the pattern — and do make sure that the dimensions you are going to work to are for the full pattern and not the kite frame shape .
3 Hence the normality of 42 when the dogs referred to are of opposite sexes can not be used as evidence against the existence of two senses of dog , since it can be fully accounted for by claiming that only the general sense is operative .
4 We all have habits that we are aware of , but the habits that Alexander referred to are below our level of consciousness .
5 The provisions that he refers to are in the agreement that we have signed , which provides greater safeguards than before to ensure that the Community deals with those matters that are most appropriately dealt with by the Community and that other matters are left to national Parliaments .
6 to tell his constituents that with London 's share of world trade in financial services is increasing and is now at twenty seven percent that the financial services sector round the U K four point three billion , that those employees that he refers to are in fact in an industry which even if it is redistributing employment it 's nevertheless growing .
7 Unless the court otherwise orders , an affidavit may be used notwithstanding that it contains statements of information or belief , but every affidavit shall state which of the facts deposed to are within the deponent 's knowledge and which are based on information or belief and shall give , in the former case , his means of knowledge and , in the latter case , the sources and grounds of the information or belief ( Ord 20 , r 10 ) .
8 Brailsford quite categoricaliy rejects the idea that group aggression was part of the spectacle in the way it has come to be since the 1960s .
9 Several weeks ago , the board decided the route out of a prolonged crisis had to be via a young , but internationally-experienced coach .
10 You have no transmitter on the loose ferret so the only possible means of location has to be via that Norfolk long-spade — used as a listening device .
11 Moving further into the German market would be difficult given the strength of the major players there , and if it does happen , it is likely to be via a joint venture .
12 The metabolic expression of the thrifty genotype favouring non-insulin dependent diabetes would appear to be via selective tissue insulin resistance and relatively high basal and stimulated insulin concentrations .
13 Access to the pumping station and the shaft adjacent to it is to be via the existing entrance through the site 's perimter wall/ It will NOT be permitted for form any new access .
14 The whole life cycle may be completed endogenously and transmission , at least in the cat , is thought to be via ingestion of vomit containing the L3 .
15 Four regions were found to be above the average : Scotland , 12.2 per cent ; the West Midlands 12 per cent ; the South-west 11.6 per cent ; and London 11.5 per cent .
16 They could never again claim the right to be above the scrutiny of the media .
17 Salaries are believed to be above NHS levels .
18 That proportion of the crop that can be eaten — or at least which is harvestable — is called the ‘ harvest index ’ ; and even with well-bred crops such as wheat , the harvest index is unlikely to be above 60 per cent .
19 There were pubs in London which had a clientèle made up of original skinheads , whose age tended to be above 25 , and at which none of the new boots and braces or plastic skins would be tolerated .
20 Within this trickle of a song , Morrissey defends his much maligned plagiarism with a comical air of one who considers himself , quite rightly , to be above such charges .
21 The palynological analysis has not been able to identify the exact level of the unconformity but a thin sequence of coals believed to be above the unconformity generally demonstrate Westphalian C ages .
22 The cross-spar has to be above the front face , and the spine below the rear face of the Powell kite when it is laying face up .
23 ‘ After all , cricket is meant to be above all that — playing sport should be fun and it certainly is n't when you are confined to your hotel all the time . ’
24 Kelly is at the head of the Football Association and he must be seen to be above the fray .
25 Feeling some shyness — he was not used to social life , and this looked to be above his station — he used the brass knocker , polished as it was to show one 's face , distorted , as though in a mirror at a fair .
26 As we discovered in asking why clients would use search consultants rather than in-house recruiting , the salary attached to the job has to be above a certain ceiling to justify the fees involved .
27 In the long term , a dictionary needs to be above a certain size to provide sufficient coverage over a wide range of domains .
28 In that year , according to a report from the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee , of the 75,210 FIS recipients , only 15,000 , or 20 per cent , were estimated to be above the tax threshold when FIS was claimed in the previous year ( Treasury and Civil Service Committee , The Structure of Personal Income , Taxation and Income Support , House of Commons Paper 2021 , HMSO 1982 , table 11 , p. 15 ) .
29 Children whose teachers rated their ability as average tended to spend less time on work and routine activities and more time distracted or awaiting attention than either those who were thought to be above average in ability or those who were rated as below average .
30 ‘ Are n't Time Lords supposed to be above that sort of language ? ’
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