Example sentences of "[prep] [be] the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So tired of being the target of insults . |
| 2 | Thus there is generally a presumption that business agreements are intended to be legally binding , and the courts generally accept an element of imprecision in business agreements so that " the dealings of men may so far as possible be treated as effective and that the law may not incur the reproach of being the destroyer of bargains " ( per Lord Tomlin in Hillas v Arcos [ 1932 ] All ER Rep 494 , at p499 ) . |
| 3 | From being the bogey of bankers , we are becoming the bankers ' friend . |
| 4 | One would be to say that the predicating of names like ‘ white ’ does not involve classification ( taking classification to be the performing of tests indicated by the definition of the general name ) . |
| 5 | The principal reason for the vast number of parses that may be suggested for relatively simple sentence constructions appears to be the subcategorization of verbs . |
| 6 | By prior agreement some machines would be deemed to be the responsibility of millwrights and the others reserved for machine-tool fitters . |
| 7 | However , it would seem that selling sizeable tracts of reasonable quality ( by local standards ) is considered to be the behaviour of speculators and/or simply short-sighted . |
| 8 | These solutes are thought to be the origin of cements within the subsurface , either as quartz overgrowth cements ( e.g. Sibley & blatt , 1976 ) or as calcite cements . |
| 9 | Following these discoveries one of the most noticeable trends in skin care over the next few years looks set to be the development of products which are specifically ‘ Retin-A compatible ’ . |
| 10 | It was to be the sport of men 's insensitive obsession , raw matter tormented for the truth . |
| 11 | The only excitement in her life now seemed to be the exchange of clothes for hats by Mrs Bretton-Fawcett . |
| 12 | That source-study has been so common is at least partly due to the fact that the interpretation of the writings of the mystics has , from the start , been felt to be the preserve of theologians . |
| 13 | The creation or destruction of atoms or of energy was held to be impossible , at any rate for mankind — the beginning and end of the universe was generally accepted not to be the concern of scientists , down to very late in the century . |
| 14 | Those aspects will have to be the subject of regulations that the House will have to consider later . |
| 15 | Even if historians are specifically interested in form , it is likely to be the history of forms , or the development of styles which will have attracted their attention . |
| 16 | For instance , Stephen Knafler , a solicitor involved in judicial review , points out that in homelessness cases ‘ parliament intended local authorities to be the judge of facts without appeal to a court . |
| 17 | Its principal recommendation is that there is urgent need for research on the ideas that form what many people take to be the consensus of attitudes that underlie the post-war development of the welfare state . |
| 18 | Tuppe knew himself to be the stuff of epics . |
| 19 | Byrd and Philippe de Monte ; Byrd and Taverner ; Byrd and keyboard composers of Redford 's generation ; Byrd and Tallis ; Byrd and Parsons : Byrd research has brought these and many other connections to light , and they cry out to be the stuff of records called ‘ Byrd and his contemporaries ’ . |
| 20 | It tends to be the fate of protractors . |
| 21 | Actual attacks on humans are rare so far and more likely to be the work of strays than of truly feral animals . |
| 22 | In Tripoli a bank raid was said to be the work of Tunisians . |
| 23 | The consumer goods that engineers make tend to be the kind of things that people buy when they move house , like cookers and fridges . |
| 24 | She had expected to be the centre of things in Gallanach , but the McHoans as a family had so many other things happening to them ; she had felt peripheral . |
| 25 | Some said that she was going to be the wife of Fahfakhs . |
| 26 | Indeed , although such characteristics are commonly thought to be the domain of animals and birds , the evidence shows that thermogenic regulation first occurred in the reptiles . |
| 27 | The development of new fonts used to be the business of companies like Linotype and Monotype , which built typesetters with proprietary technology . |
| 28 | As a major zone of primary production , the eastern equatorial Pacific continues to be the focus of studies of modern and geological oceanic and climatic processes . |
| 29 | The above provisions constitute what the law will presume to be the intention of partners in the management of their affairs in the absence of evidence ( not necessarily documentary ) that they have agreed otherwise . |
| 30 | When a telephone is installed , it is possible to have a very long flex put on for very little extra cost , and it can then be carried to any room , but you should consider the advantages and disadvantages of this carefully before coming to a decision to have it done , as it has been known to be the cause of accidents to some old people . |