Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , because of the immense potential for the integrated ( ie raster/ASCII/vector ) systems that were under development , the point was made that the strategy could be to plan their eventual use for those functions where they could be of value . |
| 2 | Few of these products have been clinically tested although they may be of assistance to some people . |
| 3 | Will he therefore do his best to defuse the present unhappy situation and assure the people of that great continent that , although they may be on the other side of the world , they are close to the hearts of the people of the United Kingdom ? |
| 4 | Although they might be in major shops soon , they 're presently only available from |
| 5 | Orrell have an attractive home game with Leicester although they will be without several star players . |
| 6 | They can be more selfless , more public spirited , more erm idealistic than they would be on their own , because the super ego can presumably erm influence the ego in both directions , it can make the ego erm transcend itself as it were to higher ideals and like someone sometimes sees this in , in group behaviour , but equally of course it can erm debase the ego by setting lower standards than the ego would normally accepted itself . |
| 7 | Overheads ( rent , rates etc ) are usually lower than they would be in a town centre , where sites are expensive |
| 8 | Goods are bought in bulk ; and prices are often lower than they would be in a department store or High Street shop . |
| 9 | And now that they 've retired on half pension , they 're a damn sight better off than they would be in Sydney or Auckland , let alone London . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Inevitably , the care staff helping them are supervised to a much lesser degree than they would be in a residential establishment . ’ |
| 11 | It will tend to mean retailers will keep prices lower than they would be in the absence of rivals . |
| 12 | They also mean that lending rates , due to the higher cost must be higher and deposit rates must be lower than they would be in the Euromarkets . |
| 13 | These courses attract both couples and single people , and a holiday atmosphere prevails , as the lectures are less intensive than they must be in the shorter courses . |
| 14 | Following the visit of our hon. Friend the Member for Enfield , North ( Mr. Eggar ) to Basildon last Friday , will my right hon. and learned Friend endorse our hon. Friend 's statement that the independence that we are offering colleges of further education and sixth-form colleges such as Basildon 's will enable them to be more effective , efficient and flexible than they can be at present ? |
| 15 | Yes , so that until they drop out of the system erm , erm , a year from when that stage one decision was making , the teams over the sub teams overall stage one times are likely to be erm considerably higher than they will be in the month immediately after that er multiple has dropped out . |
| 16 | These facts make them more reliant than they should be on the good opinion of their partners . |
| 17 | PRINCESS Diana will face some of the Christmas festivities without her children so they can be with their father . |
| 18 | ‘ All the club is worried about is finishing in the top half of the Merit Table so they will be in the top division when leagues start next season , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ I already have 500 pigeons so they will be in good company . ’ |
| 20 | Well , they ca n't get into the gardens from this side , so they must be in the woods . |
| 21 | Although Charlie was still thin — now a flyweight — and not all that tall , once his seventeenth birthday had come and gone he noticed that the ladies on the corner of the Whitechapel Road , who were still placing white feathers on anyone wearing civilian clothes who looked as if they might be between the ages of eighteen and forty , were beginning to eye him like impatient vultures . |
| 22 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 23 | I asked the Czech manager if they would be at Rutland Water in June and he said they would not be able to afford it . |
| 24 | I came across these two booklets on confirmation and wondered if they would be of interest to either you or Paul . |
| 25 | Those would assess if they would be among the winners and losers from the reform of a tax system which Mr Lamont said was starting to appear increasingly anachronistic . |
| 26 | ‘ All those birds are as common as dirt around here , but I guess if they could be of some use to you , that 's great . ’ |
| 27 | She wanted to move the conversation along as she would do with any other person she had just met at a cocktail party , to talk of work and why they were there and if they could be of any use to each other . |
| 28 | The escort should then enquire if they can be of any further service . |
| 29 | Have a have a look cos they will be on the sheet . |
| 30 | Servette qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing fourth in the Swiss League but last November it looked like they would be in the Champions ' Cup . |