Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ I ] t can not be satisfactory for the Department to have to substitute its commercial judgment for the Board 's in this way . |
| 2 | Thus the death in 1751 of the Prince of Wales , who had long been on bad terms with his father , led to a virtual collapse for the time being of all political opposition . |
| 3 | Oswald 's best season at the Palace was probably 1933–34 , when he topped our list of appearances with 39 games , although perhaps his finest display for the club was in that season 's 2nd round FA Cup tie at Stockport , when the Palace came from behind to win 2–1 . |
| 4 | These take a variety of forms and are thus difficult to summarize ; basically statistical properties are measured whilst some condition is fulfilled , such as the velocity being above some level , the velocity varying particularly rapidly , or different velocity components being related so as to make a large contribution to the Reynolds stress . |
| 5 | The angle between the models is in this case preserved , indicating that they have been operated on as if they were a single model rotating about the origin . |
| 6 | The deal done between the Whips was in any case a good one for the Unionists : Coalition Liberals would have a free run in 150 constituencies ( a figure suggested by Guest , but then rigidly adhered to by Younger ) . |
| 7 | Kenneth was a little surprised that Hamish had n't said anything about the factory being in such dire straits , but then his brother did seem to put the church and the factory above family and friends . |
| 8 | ‘ The success of the operation was worth all the suffering ’ |
| 9 | One of the problems is at this very stage that the act is so new off the statute book that authorities , at the moment , under all the other pressures they 're having to meet , are only just beginning to put together their new policies . |
| 10 | for people , kids being off , so it 's obvious the rest of the country 's off that week , and so it 's probably only a few limited schools |
| 11 | Over half of the respondents were against this suggestion , with a little over one-third in favour . |
| 12 | The jewels of men are geometrical , but the jewels of the sea are of all shapes and they are jewels of a subtler quality of thought . |
| 13 | The couple is expected to set up a separate residence for themselves on or shortly after marriage ( that is , and has long been , a general European pattern ) , and the chief obligations of the spouses are to each other and to their children , and only after that to their own families of origin . |
| 14 | When citing cases , the mere giving of the name is of little use . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , these unresolved problems concerning the ratification of the treaty are to some extent diverting attention from the more positive medium-term outlook . |
| 16 | The void left by the banning of the slave-trade was to some extent being filled by transports of ‘ indentured ’ labour , mainly from India and China , whose conditions were scarcely better . |
| 17 | Some of the crew were against this because they thought they 'd get their watches stolen ( I ask you ) and some in favour so that they could get a closer look at the women ( I ask you ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Milk cow Blues Boogie ’ ( 1955 ) is perhaps the best example since the techniques are so well integrated , though Elvis 's treatment of the song is at such a quick tempo that the operation of the techniques themselves is less clear than in ‘ Heartbreak Hotel ’ . |
| 19 | Thus , providing such information after presentation of the passage was of little assistance . |
| 20 | Here there is a wide choice , but the most spectacular and sought-after variety of the whites is without any doubt N. gonnere sometimes referred to as the ‘ snowball ’ . |
| 21 | It is for this reason that the work of the potters is of such interest , in giving us an insight into shifts in taste and , possibly , shifts in the power base too . |
| 22 | As Table 4.6 shows , 32 per cent of male SERC students were looking for work at the end of their courses : 47 per cent of the women were in this position . |
| 23 | He does not mention , however , the choices that have to be made during execution of such trials , the ultimate allegiance of the clinician being to each patient separately while that of the researcher is to the overall trial design . |
| 24 | Positively , the theory asserts that there is something about the sensation which correlates with the stimulation being at a certain point , and which can thus , in time , become a sign to us of the stimulation being at that point . |
| 25 | Quite apart from the limitations on law reform in general which such an argument would appear to justify , if the views of the public are of any significance at all in this context , then it must be its view of what the law ought to be rather than what it is . |
| 26 | Prisoners who do not of necessity have to be detained for the protection of the public are in some cases more likely to be made into decent citizens if , before completing the whole of their sentence , they are released under supervision with a liability to recall if they do not behave . |
| 27 | Within a few weeks the Minister Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , who is on record as saying that some of the works are in such poor condition that they can not be given away without loss of face , will come forward with a number of proposals . |
| 28 | But the court will presume that they have acted bona fide , and the onus of proof of the contrary is on those alleging it and is not easily discharged . |
| 29 | The wish to retain an awareness of the two-dimensional quality of the surface is behind all his work . |
| 30 | Only one of the letters was of any length : like the others it was typewritten , and was labelled by Mr Kronweiser : ‘ Given me by Mrs Hilda Machin , 21 April 1978 . ’ |