Example sentences of "[noun] [be] behind " in BNC.
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| 1 | They find that unhappy childhoods are behind many difficulties in later life . |
| 2 | The light switches are behind the bar , and no one can get at them but Pepe himself . ’ |
| 3 | Alexis and Paul Gilmour are behind the campaign and they are after as many signatures as possible . |
| 4 | Announcing the measures to parliament , Hawke stated that " the days of our being able to hitch a free ride in a world clamouring , and prepared to pay high prices , for our rural and mineral products are behind us " . |
| 5 | Keep up the good work of entertaining your fans on court Steffi ; we know you can do it ; your fans are behind you all the way . |
| 6 | Johnson , who has presided over eight matches since Cambridge dismissed controversial manager John Beck , said : ‘ I know for a fact the players and the fans are behind me . |
| 7 | It may be that money worries are behind the disappearnce , but there 's no firm evidence to support that and police are carrying on with the investigation because there may yet be another explanation . |
| 8 | Police believe organized groups of teenagers are behind a spate of thefts from shoppers at Long Eaton . |
| 9 | An actor whose best roles are behind him , he scrapes a living from voice-overs , sometimes for advertisements and sometimes , more desperately , for tapes for dodgy language schools . |
| 10 | Although he was convinced that there was conclusive evidence that Japanese intelligence organizations were behind the Vietminh and their revolt , he also said that throughout their handling of the situation the French appeared to lack every vestige of imagination but , ‘ provided the French are prepared to deal with the Annamites as human beings and not as chattels for exploitation as in the past , there is every reason to believe that the leading Annamites will not only listen to them , but will help them … ’ |
| 11 | Sainsbury maintains tight control of costs and benefits from its large investment programme were behind its success with capital expenditure expected to reach £800m by the end of the year . |
| 12 | Roby and Pat were behind us and we also had support from Nick Raynsford , Martin Jackson , David Nicholas , the editor of ITN , Harry Conroy , the General Secretary of the NUJ and several members of the House of Lords . |
| 13 | The books were behind glass , and the reflection that stared back at him showed the face of a stranger . |
| 14 | Conversely , if the main wheel is behind the c.g. , the directional stability will be less and the rudder more effective . |
| 15 | Positive , forward thinking is behind Wright 's plans for the polytechnic , especially in the light of the transformations she foresees in training and education . |
| 16 | Suppose , for example , that a contractor is behind schedule for his or her own reasons . |
| 17 | He claims Puddephat is behind it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It showed British football is behind the Germans ' in technique . |
| 19 | If the wind is behind it , you can get more than enough standing twenty yards away . |
| 20 | Your Mummy 's behind you . |
| 21 | It does help , of course , if one of the world 's top designers is behind it all . |
| 22 | I think a lot of mis misogyny is behind the scenes in the all |
| 23 | One supposes that sort of snobbery is behind us . |
| 24 | There is a mystery , but I do n't think Ivan is behind it … at least , not deliberately . ’ |
| 25 | Sat 11 10.30am NFT2 Making of a Legend : Gone With The Wind David Hinton 's behind the scenes look at ‘ the moviest of all movies ’ ; 10.45am NFT1 The Music Teacher Belgian portrait of a distinguished opera singer ; 1.00 NFT1 Fellow Traveller Philip Saville 's intriguing picture of two Hollywood friends victimised under MacCarthyism ; 1.15 NFT2 Journeys Inland Documentary on the Swiss ; 3.30 NFT1 Icicle Thief Italian parody on the confusion between films and commercials ; 3.45 NFT2 Malpractice Australian account of medical malpractice ; 6.15 NFT1 The Woman From Rose Hill Alain Tanner 's examination of Swiss mores ; 6.30 NFT2 Where The Sun Beats Joaquim Pinto 's restrained dissection of a Portuguese land-owning family ; 7.45 Dominion Safety Last See above ; 8.45 NFT1 Too Beautiful For You ! |
| 26 | The seed industry is behind the initiative , says Tim Roberts , intellectual property manager for ICI Seeds . |
| 27 | Convention has it that the source of parallel rays of light is behind the observer 's left shoulder at 45° to the x , y and z axes . |
| 28 | And the bear 's behind all , all blood coming out and he 's going and the man turns round and he goes . |
| 29 | I said very carefully , ‘ Yes , I do see that if your pal Richard is behind this he has put you in a corner . |
| 30 | Such thinking was behind the absurd argument that the police should be restrained from giving hot pursuit to stolen cars , and it also lay behind much of the nit-picking objection to the Bill that we heard from the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook . |