Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are rather like a water heater and storage cylinder in one . |
| 2 | Most are rather like a sandwich with the steel springs embedded in a honeycomb of foam . |
| 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 | Perhaps we think our friends see us as calm and capable while we know that we are secretly in a state of panic . |
| 8 | ‘ I doubt it may have been somewhere in a circle of exiles , plucking that familiar of yours . ’ |
| 9 | What better way to prove that you have been somewhere in a consumer culture , than to buy something made locally whilst you are there . |
| 10 | I think we are on to a loser with this one , but good luck … |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | No we 're not putting any more films on Aaron cartoons are on in a minute |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We are necessarily at a distance from them , detached . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Burrowing species are obviously at a disadvantage in such situations , although some species are able to escape by swimming . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 23 | Sharpe has been down with a calf strain this week but he trained yesterday and does not look in danger . |
| 24 | Two to three tablespoons of tinned tomatoes are enough for a sauce made from 2 lb. of the fresh fruit or for 3 pints of stock . |
| 25 | Tonight they are together at a banquet aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia to mark the EC summit . |
| 26 | I 've never been in on a Friday afternoon because erm |
| 27 | Wassall must have been in with a chance of winning the £10,000 first prize because he was the fifth fastest qualifier , with a time of 11.92sec for the 100 metres . |
| 28 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 29 | But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter . |
| 30 | He thought and then said easily , " She was wondering whether there was a chance he might ask for a transfer now that Howarth has been in post a year . |