Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Most are rather like a sandwich with the steel springs embedded in a honeycomb of foam . |
| 2 | These are rather like a water heater and storage cylinder in one . |
| 3 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 4 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 5 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 6 | When male students are numerically in a minority , do they form a ‘ minority group ’ ? |
| 7 | The remaining songs are mostly of a more cheerful nature , sometimes with an occasional function . |
| 8 | Comedians and sportsmen , who are mostly from a working-class backround , will be limited to the OBEs , MBEs and CBEs . |
| 9 | Perhaps we think our friends see us as calm and capable while we know that we are secretly in a state of panic . |
| 10 | What better way to prove that you have been somewhere in a consumer culture , than to buy something made locally whilst you are there . |
| 11 | ‘ I doubt it may have been somewhere in a circle of exiles , plucking that familiar of yours . ’ |
| 12 | you are on to a good thing , you 'll end up with knitteds that suit you because they fit . |
| 13 | I think we are on to a loser with this one , but good luck … |
| 14 | All I can say on that is that , as regards the delivery of patient care in the areas from which we have received trust applications , we are on to a winner . |
| 15 | If er , scientists and his team works on a , or think they are on to a discovery or something that needs researching , can get , the necessary funding , office , or firms that they benefit , say this in the previous paragraph , that 's fine , but to concentrate on topics which are I do n't think that happens . |
| 16 | Many directors who take dividends in lieu of salary may think they are on to a good thing . |
| 17 | Judging by the trade and the spirited bidding , Scotland 's hill farmers now know that they are on to a good thing . |
| 18 | With our high standard of food and a quality presentation , we are on to a winner and the school has been very impressed so far . ’ |
| 19 | No we 're not putting any more films on Aaron cartoons are on in a minute |
| 20 | Yugoslavia had been effectively without a President or a commander of the armed forces ( a role held by the Collective Presidency ) for several days as the term of his predecessor , Borisav Jovic ( a Serb ) , had expired on May 15 . |
| 21 | The Dawson International Executive Share Option Scheme 1993 ( ‘ the Executive Scheme ’ ) provides for share options to be granted to those senior employees who are most in a position to affect the fortunes of the Company . |
| 22 | Bangladeshi infants are constantly in a busy social and tactile environment , whereas Welsh babies grow up in smaller households in which independence is encouraged . |
| 23 | We are necessarily at a distance from them , detached . |
| 24 | In contemporary societies these are necessarily of a cultural or social nature ; nationality and territory being crude and highly approximate signifiers of shared ancestry . |
| 25 | As dawn appears in the sky our progress quickens ; after crossing a few fields and climbing several hedgerows we are suddenly on a road with farm buildings a short distance away . |
| 26 | However , a group of assessors under the President of Ukraine and President Kravchuk himself are obviously of a different opinion ; they are credited with the authorship of the agreement . |
| 27 | Burrowing species are obviously at a disadvantage in such situations , although some species are able to escape by swimming . |
| 28 | On the first issue , teachers are obviously in a crucial position to detect cases of abuse of children in their care . |
| 29 | It was very handy , being so close to town , and as the Lock family are much of an age with our boys we had a very jolly time together . |
| 30 | Starting and finishing at the Hill Inn , the walk passes through a district liberally pockmarked with caves and potholes of which Bruntscar and Gatekirk Cave are especially worth a halt to inspect the outsides . |