Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electrical forces that were the problem in getting the like-charged hydrogen nuclei together were at least being put to good use in attracting them into the palladium prison . |
| 2 | The firm and repeated instruction of the strike organisers was that passive resistance alone was to be used . |
| 3 | The photography alone is worth a couple of hours viewing . |
| 4 | To be brought up on covered pitches only is like learning English without a concurrent basic grounding in Latin . |
| 5 | The directors considered this , and decided that one payment only was in order because , although they could find evidence of the donation by the man , they could find no evidence of any donation by the horse . |
| 6 | If guests have no credit cards they are usually asked to prepay for their stay at the hotel and all incidentals in bars and restaurants etc. are on a cash basis . |
| 7 | The fact that the power of was not confined to the Mufti alone is of some importance in assessing the nature of the Muftilik in general and will therefore be dealt with in greater detail further on ; suffice it to say for the moment that Mustakimzade 's argument is disappointing in its lack of development and of positive evidence in support of it and that , in the terms in which it is stated and in view of the material he seems to have used in compiling his book , his argument might equally well apply to Molla Fenari . |
| 8 | Two of the three brothers only were at home , and one of her sisters , who hung on our every word . |
| 9 | Enjoying what I had heard so much , I started asking questions , only to realise that the equipment in these cars alone was worth about £3500 , and installation costs were on top of that ! |
| 10 | oh mm cos one thing really gave the key away was in the , the sermon on the mount where Jesus said that the meek ought , ought to inherit the earth |
| 11 | The worst violence yesterday was in the western city of David where the trial had been taking place since July 6 . |
| 12 | The recent debate concerning the role of RE in the new legislation of 1988 has shown how powerful this attitude towards religion still is among politicians , the church and the public at large . |
| 13 | Its scientists were evacuated to Scotland on the outbreak of war , but German intelligence knew precisely how important Bawdsey still was to the defence of Britain . |
| 14 | The pope 's intention now was for a diet of princes to be convoked — to be chaired by a papal legate . |
| 15 | The issues of education , schools now are in control over their own budgets and if not handled properly will become a recipe for disaster . |
| 16 | Sometimes they occur in great drifts , sorted by sea currents , as shells often are on beaches today . |
| 17 | That 's when Chelsea are due to announce whether or not Glenn Hoddle really is to be their new manager . |
| 18 | All the talk now was of the Second Front , and everyone thought that the Army would have to land in France to finish off the war . |
| 19 | The trend in the States now is for the child to play less tennis . |
| 20 | Rather they alert us to just how powerful female potency really is in our collective psyches , despite , and even because of , its long repression . |
| 21 | Her fingers were very long and slim , and her mouth really was like a rosebud . |
| 22 | More than half his mail now is from women . |
| 23 | Think about it , Aurora — decide whether your desire to hang on to the club really is for his sake — or yours . ’ |
| 24 | We do not know whether all the original recruits really were from orphanages and boarding schools , but if so , they were a particularly vulnerable group of people with a very confused class identity and little choice of work when placed under pressure from patrons . |
| 25 | The , the opposition here is between the Lamarckians who are wrong , and think you can inherit er , an acquired callous from your ancestors , and the Darwinian who is right , who believes that callouses are related to natural selection . |
| 26 | Thus , the value of the firm is equal to the total value of its expected future stream of cash flows , discounted to take account of the ‘ time value of money ’ ( ’ a pound tomorrow is worth less than a pound today ’ ) and risk . |
| 27 | The key to the underlying tension here is in the line : ‘ Is it possible for the inmates to make the visitors understand what life is like for them without arousing the hostility of the Warden ? ’ |
| 28 | Now the M here is for mind and that includes obviously brain now we come on first of all to the head injuries head injury there is a brain , now a pressure , accident which involves the head . |
| 29 | The reflectors , the mean here is at thirteen the average is thirteen they 're all slightly higher , so eighteen to twenty would be a very strong whereas the others have just come out fifteen to seventeen which is strong , you 've actually come out fairly strong there , because the highest score for anything is twenty . |
| 30 | Otherwise , what can be seen of Patrington today is of the 18th century or later . |