Example sentences of "to be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The metabolic expression of the thrifty genotype favouring non-insulin dependent diabetes would appear to be via selective tissue insulin resistance and relatively high basal and stimulated insulin concentrations . |
| 2 | You have no transmitter on the loose ferret so the only possible means of location has to be via that Norfolk long-spade — used as a listening device . |
| 3 | ‘ Are n't Time Lords supposed to be above that sort of language ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ After all , cricket is meant to be above all that — playing sport should be fun and it certainly is n't when you are confined to your hotel all the time . ’ |
| 5 | Notice that each successive peak and trough is likely to be above all preceding ones because of underlying growth in the economy 's productive capacity . |
| 6 | Within this trickle of a song , Morrissey defends his much maligned plagiarism with a comical air of one who considers himself , quite rightly , to be above such charges . |
| 7 | and er the second door on , you , it opened and the doctor came out and called for the next person to come in , she did n't look to be above forty year old |
| 8 | There were pubs in London which had a clientèle made up of original skinheads , whose age tended to be above 25 , and at which none of the new boots and braces or plastic skins would be tolerated . |
| 9 | That proportion of the crop that can be eaten — or at least which is harvestable — is called the ‘ harvest index ’ ; and even with well-bred crops such as wheat , the harvest index is unlikely to be above 60 per cent . |
| 10 | Oh , for that uncomfortable bed on his yacht that he now resolved to be aboard this very evening , before any such vote could be called . |
| 11 | And , the more er , developed countries you get , the less trade there 's likely to be towards developing countries , who actually become more industrialized then the market leaders generally become more . |
| 12 | The youths were both said to be aged 16 to 18 , 5ft 7in to 5ft 8in tall , and one had the name Pete tattooed on his knuckles . |
| 13 | One , said to be aged 18 and from Lincolnshire , was in ‘ critical ’ condition and was transferred to the Western Infirmary in Glasgow . |
| 14 | Mr Jones is thought to be aged 19 and to live locally . |
| 15 | The rapist , believed to be aged 20 to 22 years , was described as lean but muscular and about 5ft 8in tall . |
| 16 | The man has not been named by police but was said to be aged 23 . |
| 17 | Notes : All members of this group can be expected to be aged 60 or more and approximately 66 per cent female . |
| 18 | The resignation followed the introduction of a new Constitution adopted by the National Assembly on March 14 , which stipulated that government members had to be aged 35 or above and have held professional responsibilities for a minimum of seven years . |
| 19 | The responsibility for drawing the first furrow on a narrow stetch was one the head horseman could not afford to delegate , unless it was to a man equally skilled as himself ; for a stetch that did not come out , at every point , exactly to the inch would render ineffective the use of implements that had been designed specially for it ; again , a botched stetch was visible to all — to the casual passer-by and to the practised eye of his neighbour ; and the ‘ loss of face ’ a head horseman suffered through allowing the standard of his own work to be below that of the next farm 's was enough to make him ensure that every field was laid out and ploughed with as much care as patience and long-practised skill made possible . |
| 20 | and use that as an note and bring that back to one , but you still ca n't do it , so that 's got to be minus one |
| 21 | Now if B is plus three , then going back to me formula here is going to be minus five , cos if I put the three in it there , I get minus five from there . |
| 22 | Would it be worthwhile for each discipline to set up think tanks — if one does not already exist — of their most imaginative scientists , engineers etc , with , perhaps , three remits : ( i ) to identify major problems for which current and foreseeable knowledge offers no solution ; ( ii ) to pinpoint what basic knowledge is needed , what would be the characteristics of the ideal chemical or other material , together with the relevant techniques for using them ; ( iii ) recognising that what is being considered may be so far out of sight as to be beyond worthwhile research based on existing knowledge and know-how , to organise a system that will recognise the first appearance of the new knowledge and then steer research in the right direction without delay . |
| 23 | They were sent away in turn in 1927 and No. 17 was at once declared to be beyond economic repair . |
| 24 | By demanding proof of guilt to be beyond reasonable doubt we accept that some accused who are probably guilty will be nonetheless acquitted . |
| 25 | She heard the amazement , as if what she 'd suggested had to be beyond all rational consideration ; certainly not anything that had ever merited any thought on his part . |
| 26 | In the event this 10.30 am five-minute slot , launched last week by ITV , turned out to be beyond neat description . |
| 27 | While you have too much of a good thing , there never seem to be to many cables on a warm sweater but to prevent them becoming overwhelming , they are sometimes improved by crossing each strip over alternatively . |
| 28 | They have to be to each other what Minny and I are . |
| 29 | We dedicate this cross to be to all a symbol of his suffering and his victory . |
| 30 | The graduate in English was to be to some extent a scholar , in so far as he or she had a sense of the past and the capacity to understand literature in its historical contexts , particularly linguistic ; beyond that , what was looked for was wide reading , an appreciation of masterpieces , and a capacity to write well , attend to evidence , and disentangle sense from nonsense in argument . |