Example sentences of "be [prep] [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been through such a storm before , and it is the gusting that is most dangerous . ’ |
| 2 | When you 've been through this a few times you 'll |
| 3 | ‘ Hopkins 's sister is a widow and has been for many a year , ’ the fellow replied . |
| 4 | And that 's moved them no less than three places up the second division table , they 're higher than I think they 've been for many a long day . |
| 5 | Well , now I 've been past many a field of hay but it does n't smell like it used to in my young days . |
| 6 | The conduct had also to be intended to provoke a breach of the peace or to have been of such a nature as to have been likely to have occasioned such a breach . |
| 7 | " Employment on the railways as in other sections of the transport industry can not be said to have been of such a character as to fit in with the theory of labour aristocracy . " |
| 8 | We may even feel , as certainly I do , that some of the later cantos are of such a nature that it 's hard to conceive in any age of a way of encountering them other than the way we 're here embarked upon . |
| 9 | Children 's books today are of such a high standard , they are too luscious to ignore . |
| 10 | in part this reflects the fact that occupational skill levels are of such a low order that they present no real requirement for educational preparation . |
| 11 | From a subjective viewpoint , these differences do not seem to depend on linguistically-represented concepts , and moreover are of such a general character that it is implausible to ascribe them uniquely to human perceivers . |
| 12 | The changes identified by the Tomlinson report are of such a magnitude and involve so great a culture change that the planning and decision making will need to be made with a great deal of care and integration . |
| 13 | Earlier in his essay on the rule of law Oakeshott had suggested that to deliberate the jus of lex is ‘ to invoke a particular kind of moral consideration : … the negative and limited consideration that the prescriptions of law should not conflict with a prevailing educated moral sensibility capable of distinguishing between the conditions of ‘ virtue ’ , the conditions of moral association ( ’ good conduct ’ ) , and those which are of such a kind that they should be imposed by law ( ’ justice ’ ) ' . |
| 14 | a single prostitute who provides services in private premises to one client at a time without spectators is guilty of the common law offence of keeping a disorderly house if it is proved that the services provided are of such a character and are conducted in such a manner … that their provision amounts to an outrage of public decency or is otherwise calculated to harm the public interest to such an extent as to call for condemnation and punishment . |
| 15 | We consider for the moment only the case where His non-negative and D is positive , and assume they are of such a size that overflow does not occur ( see problem 2.4 ) . |
| 16 | No particular form of words is necessary to create a floating charge ; it suffices if the intention is shown ( a ) to impose a charge on assets both present and future , ( b ) the assets are of such a nature that they would be changing in the ordinary course of the company 's business , and ( c ) the company is free to continue to deal with the assets in the ordinary course of its business . |
| 17 | Where a product is entirely integrated within the TNC or its captive suppliers ' networks , or where the intermediate components or materials used are of such a specialized nature that there are simply no available suppliers outside the existing TNC network , then backward linkages are literally forbidden by the logic of global production . |
| 18 | The effects of ( b ) arise when barriers are of such a high level as to prevent any entry into the market . |
| 19 | ‘ We think that the products coming out of this factory are of such a standard and quality that there is a very good potential to sell them into the market , ’ he said . |
| 20 | No , it did n't form part of it and erm if it were to be done it would be having , shall we say , a political impact , but the sums are of such a nature that they are of no significance in the context of the budget as a whole . |
| 21 | strip , straight them open so that , they 're like that a bit instead er |
| 22 | ‘ You 're in such a closeted atmosphere and you do get into the character , but I 'd hate to fall in love that way because it would be so artificial . |
| 23 | Since playgrounds give our children so much , it 's a great shame that in many areas , the old playparks are being allowed to run down until they 're in such a bad state that it 's easier and cheaper to knock them down and build a carpark than try to make them safe . |
| 24 | so , so it 's not gon na be there , and unfortunately it 's going to take a while , because we 're in such a deep recession and recession is bad , and it 's not getting any better |
| 25 | ‘ We 're on such a good deal it 's a joke , ’ David told me . |
| 26 | Been like that a couple of days . |
| 27 | just got really unsafe unless the two sites are like half a mile , well at least half a mile if not , but I |
| 28 | It was significant that this terse declaration spoke only of the military aspects of what had been above all a social and political conflict . |
| 29 | How many people could have been under such a constant strain , for so long ? |
| 30 | How else would he have been with such a father ? |