Example sentences of "[noun] be [prep] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Simple endorsements of one or another nostrum are of no service to the teaching of reading ’ .
2 SCOTVEC courses for beginners are on the basis of a half day per week for one year while the NWRAC Home Machine Knitting Course requires a full day per week for two years , or three if Part 2 is included .
3 Whilst this section is confined in its application to acts expressly authorised to be done on behalf of a firm , the general law of agency will continue to attach liability to the firm for the unauthorised acts of its employees when those acts are within the course of their normal or apparent activities for the firm .
4 The hon. Gentleman can be absolutely certain that we agree that the measures proposed by Mr. MacSharry are to the detriment of his farmers and farmers in every corner of the United Kingdom .
5 However , these and similar discussions are beyond the scope of this book .
6 Since much of equity returns are in the form of capital gains , at least in the long run , which are taxed only on realisation , personal tax on equity returns is generally in effect much lower than that on the returns to investing in a company 's debt .
7 These accounts are for the period from 15 July 1991 to 30 September 1992 .
8 Many eastern states are near the end of their landfill capacity .
9 Robert Tisserand in ’ The Art of Aromatherapy ’ states that essences are like the blood of a person .
10 Swindon are on a roll at the moment and when things are going right , you ca n't go wrong .
11 The deepest psychic hurts are to a sense of decorum , and Lord of the Flies ends with a hint of normal life to come : the boys will be scrubbed and dressed , one may be sure , their barbarities and indecencies put behind them , and sent back to school .
12 Their desperate League form this season has consigned them to a similar predicament , while Chelsea are on the crest of a wave .
13 The story goes that the ends of the bugle strings on the badge are in the form of thistles in remembrance of the regiment 's association with the Highlanders in battle .
14 One major part of the ongoing work of the Working Party is to discover what opportunities are being provided by a range of different agencies and what your attitudes are to the provision of opportunities for young people .
15 Thus consultations by Reading 's affiliates are in a ratio of 6:1 to the numbers of Scottish Ph Ds produced .
16 Copies are in the Library of the House .
17 The relation with the recent oil impact measure table IV has obvious relevance here and also to why all the Thurso cases are in the west of the town , with none in the east : west Thurso is largely composed of nuclear workers not native to the area ( locally known as ‘ atomics ’ ) , making it until about 10 years ago rather separate from the rest of the town .
18 On the other hand it is equally important not to minimize the effects of sentencing practice on penal policy by assuming that the courts are at the mercy of pressures over which they have no control , and to which they can only passively respond .
19 Unfortunately they say one thing , but they do exactly the opposite and whereas local authorities are in a position to in the main to provide rental accommodation , the government are stopping them .
20 Lesotho , Madagascar and Mauritius are in the process of implementing schemes ; Burkina Faso , Ghana , Rwanda and the Seychelles are about to .
21 In drama we have a great advantage over other subjects in that non-verbal language and narrative are at the centre of our work .
22 His talents are at the service of the text .
23 Lincoln are in the middle of a good spell , having won five of their last six matches .
24 I 'll be talking to John Hume , the leader of the S D L P , according to Mr Major his talks with Gerry Addams are at the end of the road .
25 In temperament , age and policy , government and parliament are in a state of perpetual conflict .
26 Here the individual pixels are about the size of characters and you can Set and Reset them at will .
27 These grasslands are in the centre of Australia and have a very low population density .
28 Most of its titles are in the south of England .
29 Businesses targeted for the support are in the small to medium range , employing five to 50 people and must be able to show their viability and potential for growth .
30 Nearly one million Somalians are on the brink of death by starvation or disease .
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