Example sentences of "be [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 First to give an undertaking that he will consider this matter very fully and in consultation with the Home Secretary between now and the report stage and secondly , that his consultation will extend across Your Lordships House , because I do think that in the light of the discussion which we have already h had there is a consensus emerging among Your Lordships which had will be worth my Noble friend following up .
2 Even with overtime £3 15s to £4 would be about their maximum weekly pay .
3 During the week , she lives in her Chelsea flat , but come the weekend she joins the ‘ down-from-town ’ M3 pilgrimage to Lymington to be aboard her beloved Q2 .
4 — come on , I must be off my tiny thorax —
5 they all sit there looking at her and saying bloody hell she ai n't got her own hat on , we 've been here quarter of an hour and she walks in the door , takes her coat off and says come on ladies you 're suppose to be off your hind by two o'clock , leaving here at two
6 I suspect that for many young Germans it might be pretty meaningless , as it would be for their British or French contemporaries , who simply want to get on with their lives without having to attend to the doings of another generation .
7 This may make her feel that society regards her as a second-class widow , and you may need to help those who come into contact with her to understand how important it is going to be for her future adjustment for them to treat her just as they would any other bereaved person .
8 The best she could hope for now was that they could form some sort of working relationship , even though every minute they spent together would be for her sweet agony .
9 No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered .
10 So what I 'm suggesting is that A is in fact your address and telephone section , B should be for your goals , and strategic plans , C , D , E , and F , er , would be for your specific functional areas .
11 If you are caring for an elderly parent who is at some stage of grieving for a lost partner , whether she is experiencing the shattering despair that follows soon after bereavement , or the long sad loneliness and feeling of deprivation characteristic of its later stages , her deepest need will be for your practical and emotional support during her period of sorrow and adjustment .
12 ‘ I was just saying that it 's easier for me than it would be for your average Englishman .
13 It may be through their particular knowledge , abilities , experience , or contacts — or all of these .
14 Roger : Their main route will be through our local offices , particularly through Jobplan Workshops .
15 But if the average level of prices is above the level generally expected , P , then , as we have shown , the quantity of output will be above its natural level , whereas if the general level of prices is below the level expected , then aggregate output will be below its natural level .
16 HOW proud Karen Costen must be of her two-year-old son who battled on after being given two weeks to live and has finally had a kidney transplant .
17 The memory for the Second Division club will be of their historic 10-9 triumph over West Hartlepool last year , a victory secured with a last- minute try that ensured their promotion from the Courage League Division Three alongside their immediate rivals .
18 It must be of their inward mental and subtle structure .
19 Soon after her husband died , Bel moved to Ayr to be near her only relative , a niece called Bel McGuire .
20 ‘ No , I want to be near my Premium Bonds .
21 He was unable to find work and went back to the North to be near his little boy .
22 He now took up residence in a small house at South Bank , Regent 's Park , in order , according to one authority , to be near his medical advisers .
23 I hid it in my shirt pocket , which I believed would be like its warm nest .
24 Charles Davenant observed in 1710 , " what near Resemblance there was between the Old Rumper , and the Modern Whig ( for a Child will be like his true Father ) and how much they agreed in their Insolence to the Throne , Notions in Religion , Principles as to Government " .
25 Corporatism is designed to sustain the existing economic system by securing the co-operation of labour in policies for incomes , prices , profits and dividends which can only be against its long-term interests ( Panitch 1979 ; Jessop 1979 ) .
26 A letter from a psychiatrist in an unnamed clinic said of the Marquis ' absence ’ It would be against his medical interest to come out today ’ .
27 So the aggregate level of output will be above its natural level if the average price level is above the economy-wide expectation of it , below it if the average price level is below the economy-wide expectation of it , and equal to its natural level if the average level of prices equals the economy-wide expectation of it .
28 But if the average level of prices is above the level generally expected , P , then , as we have shown , the quantity of output will be above its natural level , whereas if the general level of prices is below the level expected , then aggregate output will be below its natural level .
29 The addition of implies that any aggregate demand shock will have a drawn-out effect on real output : a positive value of will , ceteris paribus , lead to a positive value for ( that is , output will be above its natural level ) ; next period , even in the absence of a positive value for will be positive because of the influence of the positive value of .
30 Ferdinando was far too old , but only mention the cause and he would be into his old daydreams , seeing himself at the head of a column moving relentlessly on the Austrians .
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