Example sentences of "thing be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if a subliminal message had passed between them ; as if she had said aloud , ‘ Look , I understand how things are between you and Alain Gebrec , but Iris does n't seem to and I do n't want her upset , ’ and as if he had responded , ‘ Do not worry , I will not say or do anything to hurt her . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They have to fill the paper with something , but those things are about as real as this sister of yours . ’ |
| 3 | These things are about so high . |
| 4 | Between himself and nature , too , all things are as one . |
| 5 | But there 's no , people who say things are off the record means that ‘ I do n't want to be , but I want it to get into the system ’ . |
| 6 | On the one hand there is the lofty principle , spelled out in the inscription carved into the walls of Broadcasting House , ‘ that the people , inclining their ear to whatsoever things are lovely and honest , whatsoever things are of good report , may tread the path of virtue and of wisdom . ’ |
| 7 | We have simultaneously slipped back into a compromising embrace with the very form of instrumental utilitarianism which got the world into such a mess in the first place : that things are of value because they are of value to us , not because they are of value in themselves . |
| 8 | But as soon as we are tired of them and we have discharged our duties to society each day , we can say to ourselves : ‘ All those things are of the mundane , but I am of the transcendent , and therefore far above them . ’ |
| 9 | The excavators at Silchester and Caerwent had found great quantities , but regarded it as merely so commonplace and ordinary , that they hardly bothered even to mention it , thus ignoring the important principle laid down earlier by the great Pitt-Rivers , who attempted to record everything he found ‘ however small and however common … common things are of more importance than particular things , because they are more prevalent ’ ( 1898 , 27 ) . |
| 10 | Two things are of the essence : money and strategy for its dissemination . |
| 11 | The rejection of the theory of hylemorphism , according to which natural phenomena and the properties of things are to be understood in terms of form and matter , is implicit in Bacon . |
| 12 | According to it , the properties of things are to be explained and accounted for , not in terms of real definitions of their forms , but by reference to the atoms which make them up . |
| 13 | Gassendi does not claim , of course , that it is any more than a hypothesis that the properties , changes , and actions of things are to be explained by reference to their atomic parts . |
| 14 | Three significant things are to be seen in the story . |
| 15 | Franca thought , he 's sent her on ahead to fix things up , to have things out , to clarify things , to establish the regime , how things are to be from now on . |
| 16 | So if things are to be done quickly , an approach able to look without let or hindrance at problems , even the most deep-seated , is needed : to define them in the clearest terms : to suggest alternative ways to solutions : finally , to seek resources for those solutions . |
| 17 | As the system is made more definitive by the selection of particular physical mechanisms there should be parallel activity in the consideration of how these things are to be used and maintained by the human operator . |
| 18 | Unless some of these things are to be found in it , the relationship is unlikely to be that of husband and wife . ’ |
| 19 | Chapter 9 is about what things are to be done . |
| 20 | We need to find something certain which can function as the unquestioned evidence by appeal to which the probabilities of other things are to be assessed . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't get over how different things are to the way it was when we were young . |
| 22 | If propositions purporting to be about fictional things are to be accepted as meaningful , then it is only on condition that they can be paraphrased into propositions about non-fictional things ; for example , into propositions about persons who are thinking , alleging , claiming , etc. something fictional . |
| 23 | Now in his 60s , the grandaddy of author/illustrators has classics such as Where the Wild Things Are to his name . |
| 24 | This may consist either of views as to the proper policy-making procedures — the way things are to be done — or of particular sets of policies that are perceived to be in the best interests of the nation . |
| 25 | yeah , absolutely , erm I think partly those things are to in when people pump out loads and loads of references , partly it 's to indicate which studies the ideas , information , evidence have come from |
| 26 | THOSE who care about such things are at present locked in combat over the issue of whether the greatest number of British skiers go to Austria ( which traditionally enjoys the distinction ) or to France ( which is the flavour of the decade ) . |
| 27 | I ca n't tell him now — not the way things are at present . ’ |
| 28 | Morton , asked whether he believed Diana 's long-time friend and confidante would now publicly declare his love for her , said last night : ‘ The way things are at the moment , nothing at all would surprise me . |
| 29 | I 've made mistakes and I 've gone and said things which I 'm not proud of but I 'm not at all dissatisfied with the way things are at the moment . |
| 30 | MOUTH Voiceover : The thing I love about humans is their ability to do things previously considered impossible , when things are at their very worst . |