Example sentences of "[noun pl] [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 | To be brought up on covered pitches only is like learning English without a concurrent basic grounding in Latin . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Two of the three brothers only were at home , and one of her sisters , who hung on our every word . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | The issues of education , schools now are in control over their own budgets and if not handled properly will become a recipe for disaster . |
| 7 | Sometimes they occur in great drifts , sorted by sea currents , as shells often are on beaches today . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The animals here are at the command of mankind and offer no resistance to their own exploitation . |
| 10 | ( All statistical formulae etc are from Sokal & Rohlf ) . |
| 11 | Since tandems etc are at present being carried , and there are no substantial proposed changes to the rolling stock , the ban can not be justified by space constraints . |
| 12 | Since tandems etc are at present being carried , and there are no substantial proposed changes to the rolling stock , the ban can not be justified by space constraints.The extending of the charges will only encourage cyclists to take their bikes by other means , thus losing revenue for the railways . |
| 13 | Children 's books today are of such a high standard , they are too luscious to ignore . |
| 14 | It can be a real eye-opener to find how many calories there are in the foods you normally eat . |
| 15 | Designers everywhere are in broad agreement on the key colour and fabric choices for next autumn : bitter chocolate brown … and velvet in every possible variety — panne , printed , devore , even knitted chenille . |
| 16 | The great majority of French fabliaux too are to be found in manuscripts that contain extensive collections of fabliaux , and other genres , reflecting a development in manuscript production of the thirteenth century that it is difficult to believe is not connected in some general way to the growth of scholarly " compilations " ( compilationes ) at the same time . |
| 17 | All the Lander products above are in VGA graphics , support the Ad Lib and SoundBlaster sound cards and run well on 10Mhz plus machines . |
| 18 | Large groups of dolphins are mixed in age and sex , but smaller groups generally are of three types : a nuclear group , comprising a single adult male and female ; a nursery group , with a number of adult females and young ; and a bachelor group , with adult and young males . |
| 19 | WATCHING the four Highwaymen step up to their microphones together is like watching one of those westerns in which the grizzled heroes finally stand shoulder to shoulder . |
| 20 | Almost everyone agrees , for instance , that enterprise zones alone are of limited value , that tax incentives are relatively ineffective and deregulation is no solution . |
| 21 | And then he claims that the list of circumstances above were among the factors needed to produce the revolution in Russia . |
| 22 | In the nuclear family with small children it is clear that parents normally are in charge . |
| 23 | Criminal injuries compensation , the precursor of policies which two decades later were to be matched more closely to the actual situation of victims of crime , their needs and desires , had a mixed provenance towards which penal reform groups , official thinking and party political interests each contributed . |
| 24 | The marble wall facings here are of 1853 . |
| 25 | As one manager put it to me : ‘ None of the companies here is in the business of finding reasons not to pay legitimate claims . ’ |
| 26 | Er these little feet here are for the roller to stand on . |
| 27 | The youngsters today were like animals . |
| 28 | The statues here are of antique gods . |
| 29 | Virtually all the large bottles here are of thick , opaque blue glass . |
| 30 | The concerns here are with the internal efficiency of organisations : the design of structure and the motivation of groups and individuals to perform in line with stated goals . |