Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] [prep] [noun] [coord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main operations are in Coventry but we now have a satellite office in Grimsby to provide a regional service and handle smaller projects competitively . |
| 2 | If we say that such-and-such a group of words are the " subject " or that some other group of words are the " predicate " in a copular verb phrase , we are , by such observations , recognizing the speaker 's intention to construct expressions which will identify certain properties and entities , and to assign some of the former to one of the latter , so as to let an audience know what entities are under attention and which properties are claimed to hold for which entities ; we take this to be the essence of what goes on in the use and understanding of linguistic expression ( whatever the purpose to which individual acts of communication are directed ) . |
| 3 | Management says improvements are in hand but they need more money for modernisation . |
| 4 | Their lives are rarely laid side by side for comparison with those of working women — women like Shahida or Prabhaben ( Chapter 7 ) who work all day in laundries , component factories and sweat-shops ‘ till my feet are like bricks and my arms aching … at night it used to be agony till I fell asleep . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It is a site of which I have heard strange things since I came north , ’ said Creggan , ‘ where the eagles are in decline and their powers going . |
| 6 | Head Edward Norris said : ‘ Our thoughts and prayers are with Kelly and her family at this time . |
| 7 | Erm other places to watch out for in Baysford the work is continuing on David Lane and Southwick Street the crossing there is closed diversions are in place and there have been long delays in the area there so unless you have to I would n't . |
| 8 | Right-wing women have relatives and friends in the army and police forces whose lives are in danger or who have been killed in the civil war . |
| 9 | The vast majority of the speakers of this group are in China but there are significant numbers of Chinese speakers throughout South-East Asia and even in the US . |
| 10 | The vast majority of the speakers of this group are in China but there are significant numbers of Chinese speakers throughout South-East Asia and even in the US . |
| 11 | The majority of surviving buildings are in stone but there were originally a vast number of timber and half-timber ( Fachwerk ) constructions . |
| 12 | But the situation is complicated by the knowledge that in one 's all too brief absence the space left by one 's departure is already in process of closing over — new topics are in hand and one might create offence to the members of the reconstituted group by seeming to re-insert oneself . |
| 13 | It is true that Beijing will adopt an unbending stance when cherished positions are under threat or there is a risk of losing face . |
| 14 | As I said , things are in flux and there are rumours of rioting in the lower levels . |
| 15 | The fourth commandment is very explicit that six days of every week are for work and one for rest . |
| 16 | Anyway , skirt hangers are on springs and it was rather interesting because he came back with a skirt hanger and also a er kitchen roll tube itself , he said I 've got an idea Mr ! |
| 17 | Although the military may try to give each large corporation a turn in contracting , these two corporations are in competition and their corporate interests are not always the same . |
| 18 | Probably the highest-priced mall around the capital , Mazza contains a branch of Nieman-Marcus , the Texas-based department store whose prices are beyond belief and whose Christmas catalogues contain such essentials as solid gold swizzle sticks and stuffed toys with diamonds for eyes . |
| 19 | ‘ Your best friends are in trouble and you say ‘ of course ’ and forget them instantly . ’ |
| 20 | Three of our next four games are at home and we need to make them count , ’ he added . |
| 21 | The two options for the road are in Cambridgeshire but it is believed the route will reduce the speed of traffic entering Suffolk on the A142 . |
| 22 | Partnerships are about intentions but they derive their stature and attraction from what they achieve . |
| 23 | The information system is constantly refined and updated ; training is never static ; specialists are on hand and there is constant striving to serve clients more effectively . |
| 24 | There are something like 2,000 pieces of delegated legislation brought into force every year in the United Kingdom and a recent article in Statute Law Review drew attention to some of the difficulties which are likely to arise in discovering what local instruments are in force and what they say . |
| 25 | Suppose both industries are in equilibrium but there is a tax on meals . |
| 26 | for direct processing the track index does not make it clear which records are in overflow and which in the prime data area ; this prevents the first overflow record being retrieved as quickly as is achieved in the two-entry index system — at least while it is the only overflow record . |
| 27 | Imported Indian artefacts are on display and you could attempt to barter , but you 'll need British currency to buy . |
| 28 | Mutton an' 'is mates are under arrest and yours truly , that 's me , 'as been elected rightful Mayor this mornin' ! ’ |
| 29 | No , the difficulty I have with Dennett 's excellent paper , and the reason I have brought it into discussion here , has to do with the fact that he never actually says which parts of the diagram are in consciousness and his view is consistent with consciousness being ( a ) the ‘ control box ’ , ( b ) sometimes one box and sometimes another ( very like the ‘ heterarchical aspect ’ of Minsky 's views , which I earlier called a ‘ pinball machine ’ theory of consciousness ) , or ( c ) some elements of what passed down the communication channels , that is to say , the lines between the boxes . |
| 30 | Our thoughts are with Charlie and her family now . ’ |