Example sentences of "be [coord] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , since intervention is often directed at the areas of relative weakness in a child 's linguistic abilities , it may be helpful to identify what these are and to what extent they are likely to impair the child 's ability to communicate in a variety of settings . |
| 2 | It is essential to work with a more complex picture of who the elderly are and of their role in society than the simple , depressing picture of a costly burden . |
| 3 | Anyone who is charged with running classes , sections of schools or whole schools needs to be aware of what those assumptions are and of their effects . |
| 4 | ‘ Wherever you are and in whatever circumstances you find yourself , strive always to be a lover , and a passionate lover at that . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the activities of TNCs , wherever they are and in whatever industry , are increasingly being integrated into global processes of supply , production and marketing and the theorists of the new international division of labour have rendered great service by highlighting these phenomena even if they have done so in a rather one-sided manner . |
| 6 | When you have decided who is speaking , tell them all how many speakers there are and in which order they are speaking . |
| 7 | You judge people not by who they are but by what they do and how they behave . |
| 8 | For instance , what the Harlequins are doing with Troy Coker at the moment may be legal but it bears no relation to what the law should be or to what it should be seen to be . |
| 9 | ‘ We will real Americans be and with our hands chicken eat , ’ the second man said . |
| 10 | He told her everything he knew , and made sure she understood where to be and at what time , talking with the speed of true exhaustion and repeating himself . |
| 11 | With this aim in view , he makes explicit that what the sceptics deny is the possibility of knowledge of ‘ the inner nature of things … what the things are in themselves ’ ; when they say that there is no criterion of truth , ‘ they are not speaking of what things appear to be and of what is revealed by the senses … but of what things are in themselves , which is so hidden that no criterion can disclose it ’ . |
| 12 | Dutch policies applied generally might have a damaging influence on the world economy , it says , ‘ How great such influence might be and to what extent it might be worse that that resulting from the worldwide deterioration in the quality of the environment is not known . ’ |
| 13 | The ‘ state ’ thus becomes literally a bone of contention between opposed interests , both of whom want control over it in order to decide what precisely its role shall be and in whose interest the market shall be managed . |
| 14 | " Where should we all be but for their prayers ? " |
| 15 | Consideration there must still be but in my judgment the courts nowadays should be more ready to find its existence so as to reflect the intention of the parties to the contract where the bargaining powers are not unequal and where the finding of consideration reflects the true intention of the parties . |
| 16 | Odd that he had n't noticed how long the fingers were or with what apparent gentleness they had taped the plastic bags over the girl 's hand to preserve , as he had tonelessly explained , conscientious in his role of instructor , any evidence under the fingernails . |
| 17 | Once , I could n't remember how many breaks for rain there were or in which session I scored my hundred . |
| 18 | Boeing had done their best to keep tabs on which aircraft had been sold to whom but some were no longer in service or had been damaged and discarded while one or two had even lost their identity , so that it was difficult to trace where they were and under whose jurisdiction they fell . |
| 19 | How important these compromises were and to what degree they were amplified by Freemantle or her editors and publishers can not be judged precisely on the evidence available . |
| 20 | Let her parents know about her movements when she goes out at night ; she will tell them where she is and with whom , and let them know what time she 'll be home . |
| 21 | He finds it easy to sleep , wherever he is and in whatsoever position he finds himself . |
| 22 | There was , too , the how-dun-it , the book in which it soon becomes evident who the murderer is but in which he or she can not be brought to satisfying justice unless some ingenious , proof-defying method used is brought to light . |
| 23 | Provided it was in the form of a thin whisker , it did not matter what the chemical nature of the stuff was or by what method the whiskers were grown . |
| 24 | While people like Klein recalled events thirty years old in crystalline detail , Gentle had difficulty remembering where he was and with whom even ten years before . |
| 25 | Travis 's husky question brought her to realisation of where she was and with whom . |
| 26 | Well , ’ Bruce suddenly stopped , recollecting where he was and to whom he was speaking . |
| 27 | She picked up the milk bottle , muttering to herself about how bad her back was and about her deep inner conviction that the steps would need scrubbing again . |