Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [is] [noun] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alternative indicator of demand for labour is employers ' notification of vacancies . |
| 2 | The first cousin of circular is Fisherman 's rib . |
| 3 | One point of contention is GPU 's plan to use a crane inside the reactor building to lift the 170 tonne steel top off the reactor and then lift out the 40 000 uranium fuel elements in the stricken reactor . |
| 4 | De Niro 's other appointments have included : as designer , a friend of a production aide , whose normal line of work is women 's wear ; as site manager , a former Disney executive ; and as architect ( 20 were interviewed ) , the relatively unknown Lo-yi Chan , whose inexperience was blamed by some for the renovations to the Martinson building going $350,000 over budget . |
| 5 | The only serious alternative to natural selection as the cause of adaptation is Lamarck 's notion of the inheritance of acquired characters . |
| 6 | The chief form of communication is Montag 's world is television . |
| 7 | An alternative ( though partially over-lapping ) motivation to that of growth is Williamson 's concept of ‘ expense preference ’ . |
| 8 | The usual word order in English is subject + verb + predicate , but inversion of the verb and subject can occur : |
| 9 | On target for a silver medal in archery is LASMO 's Claudio Cruciani . |
| 10 | One of the localities investigated in detail is Needle 's Eye : it lies on the Solway coast near Dalbeattie . |
| 11 | But way out in front is BBC1 's Match Of The Day with 6 million watching RECORDED highlights on Saturday nights . |