Example sentences of "[verb] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's lucky I was n't in the water then floating , cos that would 've been dangerous with that boat going past . |
| 2 | No , they , they only done that because it would 've been hard for us I think , in the |
| 3 | Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start ! |
| 4 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
| 5 | The regulations which a licensing board may make are concerned with procedure only . |
| 6 | What is more , many naturally-occurring chemicals are highly toxic : the natural foods we eat are stiff with potentially damaging chemicals — plants , in particular , spike their products with an armoury of defensive substances ( see p 15 ) , fungi on the plants contribute their own toxins , and the bacteria in our gut add to the number we absorb . |
| 7 | This last objection can be put in a form applicable to many of the theories discussed in this book : that it may be a mistake to try to define the essential features of literature in absolute and objective terms ; that such definitions as one may devise are likely to be relevant only to certain kinds or certain features of literature , or merely constitute one among a number of possible ways of approaching the subject . |
| 8 | Some common names are OK ( Oscar , Jack Dempsey , Convict are current throughout the UK ) but ‘ Yellow Dwarf Cichlid ’ could be any one of several dwarfs from Africa or South America , and ‘ Butterfly Cichlid ’ can mean at least two different fish . |
| 9 | Students who are provisionally enrolled are subject to the Charter , Statutes , Ordinances and Regulations of the University as are from time to time in force . |
| 10 | The effects of sniffing are similar to being drunk on alcohol . |
| 11 | The Commission 's substantive decisions and the level of fines it imposes are subject to review by the European Court of First Instance , which is given power to increase fines as well as to cancel or reduce them . |
| 12 | The aims of the course are essentially practical and the skills to be developed are concerned with language use in the context of life skills . |
| 13 | The glacial drifts on which many soils are developed are widespread in Lewis and occur sporadically in Harris , North Uist , Benbecula and South Uist . |
| 14 | Clearly , therefore , factors other than the cumulative amount of alcohol consumed are involved in determining which patients develop liver disease . |
| 15 | Yet the circumstances in which ( 2d ) might be uttered are likely to be quite different from those in which the first sentence of extract ( I ) was uttered . |
| 16 | Chewing and sucking are comforting for the human being and the roots of this go right back into babyhood . |
| 17 | Other issues that develop are concerned with caring people who wish to help relatives and friends express their grief . |
| 18 | First , the earliest investment projects undertaken are likely to be the most profitable , i.e. offering the highest expected yearly returns ( R ) , and therefore having the highest marginal efficiencies of investment ( i ) . |
| 19 | Details of events listed are correct at time of going to press , but please check all information before booking your Warm Hearted Weekend . |
| 20 | Though some of the foregoing indicates diversity , the questions they raise are common to all teachers : |
| 21 | The words which are emphasized are vital for understanding question analysis and essay writing . |
| 22 | The special 2-night break prices given are subject to available . |
| 23 | If you want to carry the smallest possible quantity of water or get the best possible price in the market , the judgements you make are important in a way those made in a water tray or school shop can never be . |
| 24 | He and the staff of Safe-Buy are responsible for checking the credentials of every firm applying for membership . |
| 25 | Employers who are aware of a problem and who do n't act are liable to be prosecuted . |
| 26 | This simple set of features which we have claimed are necessary for a discussion of topic are required , quite independently of topic considerations , in any form of discourse analysis . |
| 27 | Such a split in self-perception is , I think , more likely to occur in girls than in boys at the time of puberty because the physiological changes which a boy undergoes are likely to be treated as marks of manhood , whereas what happens to a girl is more likely not to be mentioned , although in many ways the signs of her having reached puberty are more obviously visible . |
| 28 | Right , oh yes it 's got a , a lot of discrepancies , but the point is that the discrepancies it has are explicable in terms of what the discrepancies were trying to hide and correct and to that extent it 's a bit like psychoanalysing an individual patient . |
| 29 | Valentin has been discreet about his upbringing . |
| 30 | Not for the first time , therefore , a government keen on deregulation has been upset by the results . |