Example sentences of "be [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems a bit on the pricy side , especially as no case is included , but it might well be worth the extra for the feel of the neck and the promise of high reliability . |
| 2 | Orange or red nut feeders are especially attractive to siskins , but if there are squirrels around it may be worth the extra expense of a tough model such as the Gilbert squirrel-proof feeder , which has a nut basket surrounded by a mesh which will only allow the birds through . |
| 3 | In some instances , the long-term benefit to the victim may be worth the short-term price , but it is a question which must be faced . |
| 4 | He evidently considered that gain to be worth the negative propaganda value of a militarily minor defeat , especially as it was portrayed as a defeat for the Italians , not for the Nationalists . |
| 5 | ‘ Then you must be about the only person in London that has n't heard , ’ Bragg said drily . |
| 6 | ‘ I have n't even seen the original series — I must be about the only guy in the western hemisphere who has n't , ’ he said as the cast walked up the plank in Irvine , Ayrshire , to inspect the Vital Spark for the first time . |
| 7 | The biographer , therefore , is likely to work on people of some fame , whatever their spheres of activity may be , and so the biography is more likely to be about the famous ( or notorious ) person , the outstanding success or the eye-catching , unusual personality . |
| 8 | This question was supposed to be about the Baltic states , but as we have become hooked on gold , I think that we had better have the answer . |
| 9 | It was to be about the –wicked stepmother ’ in Snow White , something from her point of view , redress some of the balance . |
| 10 | Most ‘ American ’ restaurants offer barbecued chicken — this will be about the lowest-calorie possibility you will see among the hot choices . |
| 11 | This time , however , it will not be about the great philosophical issues of class warfare and who should run the world ; it will be simply about where students can sit to hear a lecture . |
| 12 | The aims of higher education ( whether , for example , it should be about the disinterested pursuit of knowledge , or about training students for the graduate job market ) are confused . |
| 13 | ‘ My houses have to be about the right thing , ’ he told Endill . |
| 14 | It could n't be about the fire-damaged gin . |
| 15 | The development officers felt that 50 would be about the maximum number of new cases they could take on over a 12 month period . |
| 16 | And people do live in other parts of the area , and they need telephones — from what I 've seen of the place they 'll be about the main link with the outside world . |
| 17 | I hope that my painting stands beyond the moment ; I want it to be about the human situation rather than a fleeting moment in time or a specific view ’ . |
| 18 | I hope that this debate will be about the valuable contribution that Britain can make to the European community , rather than a sterile argument about whether the king 's prerogatives will be taken over by the Government and given away in the face of the people . |
| 19 | Portadown will have to wait and see who their opponents will be as the other all-Dublin semi between Old Alexandra and Loreto ended scoreless after extra time . |
| 20 | We all hope that they will eventually be as the recommended ones . |
| 21 | With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday . |
| 22 | Steve 's coach Mike Holmes , who confesses he was ‘ astonished ’ by the 20-years-old 's 2.33 metres effort for Liverpool Harriers in last weekend 's British League match , said : ‘ Because Steve had not jumped in competition , or even in training before last Thursday , we decided that his first two competitions would be off the shortened run-up . |
| 23 | Heiden is one of those places which , though famous and well developed , can still claim to be off the beaten track . |
| 24 | The map showed Reggane to be off the main piste . |
| 25 | As part of the park plan access to the playing facilities will be off the main north-south pedestrian way with the pavilion located between a proposed amphitheatre and existing bowling greens . |
| 26 | ‘ The worst possible scenario would be for the civilian government to remain in a weak and powerless state , forcing us to maintain a military occupation in the city , ’ said Mr Roberts , who is dean of the law school at DePaul University in Chicago . |
| 27 | The longer-term tendency may be for the joint boards to develop into fully fledged special purpose authorities . |
| 28 | Tempting as it may be for the harassed mother to jump at the chance of sending her three year old to playschool every morning , imagine the devastating effect this can have when it coincides with the arrival in the home of a brand new baby . |
| 29 | would you accept that , that should be for the financial year ? |
| 30 | The idea may then be for the surviving spouse to give the property ( which she took under the deed of variation ) to the children and make a potentially exempt transfer under IHTA 1984 , s3A : provided she survives seven years no inheritance tax will have been payable on the death or on the gift or indeed on her death by reference to the property which she gave to the children . |