Example sentences of "be [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are sorry the bid was not successful but I am sure that , given the great community spirit here , the fund-raisers will not give up , ’ said Miss Gilroy . |
| 2 | We are sorry the photograph conflicted with the advice on our Solutions page . |
| 3 | Items are posted to the individual ledger accounts in the usual way but when the postings are complete the total is posted to the control account . |
| 4 | he said he 'd been through recently , oh every time I 've been through Wolverhampton that ring road 's been awful the traffic like |
| 5 | If the systems are weak the sample size may need to be increased . |
| 6 | I can only conclude by saying that I am sorry the situation has developed the way it has . |
| 7 | It is difficult for us to see what Polybius added to his history after 146 , but where the additions are clear the anxiety and the warning are equally clear . |
| 8 | There will be a single budget which we 've always argued for in the management committee the head of centre will and this is very important and I hope members are clear the head of centre which is the head of the Moat Centre which is the proposed under the amendment will be appointed within this financial year , will be appointed out of the existing budget . |
| 9 | A man 's appetites are half the man , and must be known if you would understand him . ’ |
| 10 | In the Barton pavement this is not so : in sensitive areas , e.g. the face of Orpheus , the tesserae are well selected and are half the size of those in a comparable position in the former . |
| 11 | Autobacs ' batteries are half the price of those sold in an ordinary garage . |
| 12 | They can be used on Sega hardware but are half the price . |
| 13 | Fruit and vegetables are half the price of home and sacks of oranges and lemons are virtually given away . |
| 14 | The technology requires less capital investment and about half the production time , and the panels are half the price , the company claims . |
| 15 | Karrimor is promoting its Adventure Travel range , which includes the excellent Tinamou trousers ( £33 ) , and Rohan has just brought out the tracksuit-style Gobi pants ( £35 ) , which are half the weight of their original Bags . |
| 16 | At only 12″ ( 30cm ) in size the plants are half the height of those from over 100 years ago . |
| 17 | Still , he was young and she had been afraid the house would be full of only old people . |
| 18 | But the long term aim is to make it all dual carriageway … hopes are high the government will announce this in a couple of years . |
| 19 | Squeeze packs therefore have a great deal to commend them but where quantities of wash water requiring dosing are high the amount of detergent thus available is too low . |
| 20 | LISTREL will supply default responses to most or all of the prompts on the pages ; if the defaults are acceptable the user can just press RETURN after viewing the page , but if changes are required to the defaults the user must TAB to each prompt to edit the response . |
| 21 | I am afraid the cutting or the great Toxicodendron [ poison ivy ] is perished ; for it lay at the bottom of the box , where there had been wet . |
| 22 | I am afraid the blame lies with the saboteurs . |
| 23 | I readily acknowledge that this is a very difficult request but I am afraid the timescale has to he met . |
| 24 | I caught the rollerskating bit but am afraid the rest of it must have passed me by . |
| 25 | The pastoral work of the church can not be done without adequate financial support and I am afraid the support we are getting at the moment is simply not enough for all we are doing . ’ |
| 26 | I am afraid the lighting is not ideal . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I am afraid the view will not now be as good as I promised , ’ Lubor apologised . |
| 28 | If we could succeed in defining accurately and agreeing upon the meaning of the terms which we are employing , then I am afraid the House of Commons would be very largely deserted . |
| 29 | Towards dawn , she said to his sleeping back that he loved his employers more than he loved her and if he had been half the man he thought himself , he would have left them rather than abandon her . |
| 30 | ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ would n't have been half the phenomenon it was without that promo vid . |