Example sentences of "[adj] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I would like to apologize on behalf of myself and my proof reading team for the fact that two calls for nominations that erm that are in this newsletter do n't actually appear to have closing dates on them . |
| 2 | Most of the English are on this side of the river , naturally , since they besiege Berwick . |
| 3 | Religion , above all things , should be utterly free from any suspicion of such shame , but few are in this latter end of the twentieth century . |
| 4 | Few are in any doubt that there is plenty more pain to come , and it may well be that the interim management is now expected to clear the decks , steel itself to announce another enormous net loss for the current quarter and let the new chief executive and team come in with a clean sheet . |
| 5 | Some are to this day . |
| 6 | The actual selection and number of participating banks depends upon the loan 's size ( some are for several billion dollars ) and any special relationships between banks , e.g. consortium banks and clubs . |
| 7 | Some are like that . |
| 8 | Sites D thirty nine and D forty are in any case not located within the built-up area of the settlement in terms of Greenbelt Plan Policy Four . |
| 9 | Before including them in any press pack the question " Will this be of any use to the recipient ? " must be answered in the affirmative . |
| 10 | ‘ Could this be of any use ? ’ |
| 11 | The very large majority of our sample , having been born between about 1885 and 1895 were in that special , and it might be said tragic , generation who were young adults during the Great War , then spent their middle years living through the Depression and the Second World War . |
| 12 | She 'd be wise to push him out of her mind — if this were at all possible — and before she made a complete idiot of herself . |
| 13 | According to a recent report in the New York Times , Castelli has said that he wishes the archives to be fully accessible to the public and that if this were in any doubt he would donate them without charge to the Smithsonian Institute 's Archives of American Art . |
| 14 | But there must also be ships , and while France could not provide a sufficient number of them for herself , she was obliged ( as the English were on some occasions ) to seek them elsewhere . |
| 15 | These loans , at rates varying between 10 per cent and 18 per cent , were useful for helping the Crown over its successive liquidity crises , but , since none was for more than twelve months and some were for less , they failed to lighten the Crown 's burden in the long run . |
| 16 | Ten days later , Falkenhayn was on the telephone himself , expressing the fear that the British were after all about to attempt a relief operation , ‘ and probably a landing attempt ’ It was hardly surprising that on April 17th Rupprecht — irritated and not keen to be involved in another of Falkenhayn 's half-measure offensives that he deplored — coolly declined his invitation to attack the British , pointing to the strong reinforcements now in the line . |
| 17 | Like many Iranians , particularly of the older generation , he was convinced that the British were behind much of the upheaval in the country . |
| 18 | It is in fact the commercially provided infrastructure that is most lacking , and many people live a long way from a shop , although this is to some extent made up for by mobile shops . |
| 19 | While this is to some extent true , it does not mean that workers in small firms are not expected to show family-style loyalties . |
| 20 | However , as table 5.2 and figure 5.2 show , the other very important component of the trend is that more people than before are living to be very old , into the high eighties and nineties , and this is to some degree due to changing mortality trends at later ages . |
| 21 | Although this is to some extent true of all financial intermediation , it is particularly relevant to the operations of pension funds . |
| 22 | This is to some extent contradicted by Lloyd George , who subsequently wrote : ‘ It is now a matter of history how we expressed our readiness to serve under Mr Balfour-all of us except Mr Asquith , who asked indignantly , ‘ What is the proposal ? |
| 23 | Although this is to some extent part of any clinical consultation , it can be approached more quantitatively . |
| 24 | It could be argued that this is of little moment , as only popular texts are involved . |
| 25 | This is of little use for problems with more than two variables . |
| 26 | For aquifers with a high carbonate content this is of little consequence , but in other aquifers the acidity of the subsurface water resulting from its sulphate content can persist to depths of several metres and can result in metals such as aluminium being leached into shallow groundwater . |
| 27 | This is of little consequence to grubs and maggots , for they hold their interminable feasts out of sight of the rest of the world , gobbling their way around the heart of an apple or gnawing tunnels in wood , shielded by what they are eating . |
| 28 | But this is of little comfort , since the two are commonly inextricably intertwined . |
| 29 | This is of little importance since in practice only two shares will be subscribed for . |
| 30 | This is of little significance if it does not meet the expectations of the users , who are the customers . |