Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way that illegal wildlife trade will be successfully curbed is by governments committing more time and resources to do so . |
| 2 | The phrase " new licence " is defined in s.139(1) of the Act as meaning " a licence granted in respect of premises for which , at the time of the application for such grant , either no licence was in force or a licence different from the form of licence so granted was in force . |
| 3 | Although the pins and needles in his legs could perhaps have been from loss of blood . |
| 4 | Being poor , she knew from experience , did not necessarily mean being without taste . |
| 5 | It was an unforgettable night for the challenger and those fortunate enough to have been at ringside . |
| 6 | Just off Highway 83 north of Wellington , Texas , he came across the abandoned house of Mr and Mrs Sam Pritchard , who were unlucky enough to have been at home when the gangsters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker paid a call after their car had plunged off the road . |
| 7 | At the end of an hour , only one ‘ little feller ’ too young to know better had been in Auguste 's possession , and William and Joseph were scarcely able to restrain their mirth . |
| 8 | The fact that it was later more generally recognized is in part due to the attention which Roth 's scholarly and semi-popular writings attracted ; and the circumstances that his findings have not always survived the scrutiny of able younger scholars itself attests his own success in helping to put Jewish history on the academic map . |
| 9 | So are you omitting to say what exactly has been in numbers . |
| 10 | Cos what normally happens is with tetanus , that the reason it kills you is that you stop breathing because your muscles that work your lungs , the diaphragm , the intercostal muscles between the ribs , those seize up and you just stop breathing . |
| 11 | Even if he added some new music for the revival , all the rest must already have been on paper for the premiere . |
| 12 | Reluctantly , Charlotte agreed , even though she was sure he would already have been in touch with them in such an event . |
| 13 | He hurried back to the Limousin and completed a piece of business , negotiations for which must already have been in train . |
| 14 | It was in fact the visitors who could easily have been in front , but for some brilliant tackling by Jason Miller , who on four occasions , kept out both Terry Patterson and Chris Loud . |
| 15 | The clearance of the portion of the site already authorized was in hand at this stage , but progressing slowly . |
| 16 | That environmentalism may be superseded in schools , as it appears largely to have been in universities , by the locational analysis school is no guarantee of a more appropriate form of explanation . |
| 17 | As their mother seemed already to have been in hospital for most of their lives , Alexander and Victoria saw no change and since the family followed the form of their class and delegated the day-to-day care of their children entirely to the nanny , the absence of their mother hardly affected their lives . |
| 18 | Not at all , say the government and anyway help 's at hand . |
| 19 | The Titfords , as we know only too well , were very far from being rich and powerful tycoons ; nevertheless , the trend we have just outlined was at work in a much more modest way even in their fortunes as time went by . |
| 20 | The erm , entrance price increases generally have been in line or slightly above inflation . |
| 21 | Race horse trainer … easy life … you 've got to be joking … steeplechasing is all of life always has been to David Nicholson … he was born and bred … turned out and trained on the gallops at Prestbury … |
| 22 | and always has been by Ron . |
| 23 | But the funniest expression I ever heard was in New Zealand where I was staying with friends of mine and their young daughter . |
| 24 | ‘ You always like being in charge ? ’ she heard him ask . |
| 25 | Could he ever have been in love with her ? |
| 26 | If I had been of the view , which I am not , that it was open to the rule making authority , whether by accident or design , in any way to remove powers which the Act has given to the court , I should still have been of opinion that the judge had the powers which he clearly wished to have . |
| 27 | If I had been a marquis , I felt , I would still have been in bed or perhaps just parting the curtains and peering out to see what kind of day it was But Lord Hulton worked all the time , just about as hard as any of his men . |
| 28 | Would he still have been in collusion with his master ? |
| 29 | He had been moving slowly , and the street was dark … but he should still have been in view … should n't he ? |
| 30 | It can hardly have been on account of the unanimous beliefs of the many Home Secretaries who passed through the department during the period — though it has to be said that only one , Roy Jenkins , showed any real interest in the issue and he did what he could to achieve action . |