Example sentences of "to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Several weeks ago , the board decided the route out of a prolonged crisis had to be via a young , but internationally-experienced coach . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They could never again claim the right to be above the scrutiny of the media . |
| 10 | Salaries are believed to be above NHS levels . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Kelly is at the head of the Football Association and he must be seen to be above the fray . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In the long term , a dictionary needs to be above a certain size to provide sufficient coverage over a wide range of domains . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ Are n't Time Lords supposed to be above that sort of language ? ’ |
| 24 | If a driveage your main driveage is found to be above the legal limit after a series of checks , in theory it should be shut until it 's sorted out . |
| 25 | It was indeed Darwin 's wife , Emma , herself a scientist , who pointed out the real danger in the use of scientific method when she asked him : " May not the habit in scientific pursuits of believing nothing till it is proved , influence your mind too much in other things which can not be proved in the same way ? and which if true are likely to be above our comprehension ? " |
| 26 | Nitrogen dioxide levels were found to be above the guideline limits set by the EC at 13 out of 14 sites . |
| 27 | I was delighted to see that th on the if you are now considering buying extra funds to see an encouragement residential home places There is however an important issue where you get shall we say a quality development in a rural area , and I mean a quality development , which would be probably has to be above the rates quoted here where talk a discussion with the owners because they may not be available to local people and that does concern me a bit in rural areas . |
| 28 | Journalists can not claim to be above the law , but what they can claim , in every country which takes free speech seriously , is a right to publish first , and take the risk of conviction afterwards . |
| 29 | They argue that it is easy for someone to appear to be above the age of 17 and say laws should be introduced that place less onus on the newsagent , who may be an innocent victim . |
| 30 | Notice that each successive peak and trough is likely to be above all preceding ones because of underlying growth in the economy 's productive capacity . |