Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anything would be preferable to the ordeal of the last five minutes , ’ she managed to croak . |
| 2 | This sensitive balance is believed to be upset by the release of CFC 's through the atmosphere , into the stratosphere . |
| 3 | It did seem a little hard that , just when things were beginning to go really well , the even tenor of their lives should be upset by the arrival of someone else — someone who , although a friend , was none the less a stranger . |
| 4 | The offences do not require any endangerment at all : that is taken to be inherent in the carrying of firearms , since their potentialities are grave and the risk of accidents as well as deliberate use is well known . |
| 5 | They did not want outside intervention in the collective bargaining process from representatives of more broadly-based trade unions since such interference could be inimical to the preservation of paternalistic employee relations within the undertaking ( Okochi et al . , |
| 6 | Equally , it did not find the hotel 's practice of sanctioning certain refusals of offers of work by the temporary suspension of further offers to be inimical to the absence of an employment relationship . |
| 7 | Most of the enemy still seemed to be asleep as the avalanche of horses and riders bore down upon them in pounding fury . |
| 8 | We now have three criteria for the selection of methods and resources : that they should be appropriate for the objectives and the students to be taught ; that they should be practicable in the context of the teaching session ; and that they should be compatible with the personal resources of the teacher . |
| 9 | The survey indicates that sales volumes are up , but they still remain below what retailers would consider to be normal for the time of year . ’ |
| 10 | Plasma catecholamine levels tend to be normal in the majority of diabetics except in those with ketoacidosis , autonomic neuropathy and poor glycaemic control ( Christensen , 1972 ; Christlieb , 1976 ; Zadik et al , 1980 ) , although hypertensive diabetics may have increased sensitivity to circulating catecholamines ( Christlieb , 1976 ; De Chatel et al , 1977 ) . |
| 11 | The laboratory tests lack specificity and can be normal in the presence of clinically active disease . |
| 12 | If we can give tax concessions for unleaded petrol to improve the environment , surely we should not be aghast at the prospect of tax concessions to secure that alarms are fitted in our cars and that some protection is provided to stop a lot of this senseless crime . |
| 13 | the increased cost of the proposals and the fact that many will be unnecessary in the majority of firms means that the extra requirements should only be imposed on firms with a history of late or qualified reports etc . |
| 14 | Subsequently , it has been suggested that gastric metaplasia in the duodenum and H pylori associated gastritis might be synergistic in the pathogenesis of duodenitis , with the metaplastic gastric epithelium allowing H pylori to colonise the duodenal mucosa , where it produces an acute inflammatory response . |
| 15 | Sir : I am researching the financial workings of the shareware market and would be grateful for the use of you columns to appeal for information . |
| 16 | ‘ Sir John , I would be grateful for the loan of a groom who will show us the way to Abbe Gerard 's Church of St Pierre in Maubisson village . ’ |
| 17 | Pupils also know that language changes over time , they will be used to the idea of ‘ fashionable ’ words and phrases which drop into and out of popular usage , even in their relatively short life-spans . |
| 18 | The counsellor should first be alert to the possibility of heavy drinking amongst older people , and be aware that the symptoms of excessive drinking are often mistaken for signs of normal ageing . |
| 19 | Third parties need to be alert to the possibility of change and to the actual practices of the body . |
| 20 | Clinicians should be alert to the possibility of coeliac disease in the elderly particularly in patients with non-specific complaints in the presence of unexplained anaemia . |
| 21 | The firm should keep the matter under regular review and be alert to the possibility of a breach in the wall ( accidental or otherwise ) or to other circumstances arising which would prevent them from continuing to act : in which events the client must be informed immediately . |
| 22 | Nonetheless , third parties need to be alert to the dynamism of an organisation and realise it might have generated its own practices and activities , which need not necessarily be encompassed by the constitutive treaty . |
| 23 | First , the claim must arise or be outstanding on the termination of the employee 's employment . |
| 24 | Few Ayrshire people , even those living in the vicinity , are aware of Dundonald Castle 's place in our history and , in part , this must be attributable to the lack of interest shown in it by local authorities . |
| 25 | but the tone of the report might be attributable to the attitude of the reporter ( Hofmann ) to the parties involved . |
| 26 | ( d ) Post-dissolution profits Section 42 of the Partnership Act is concerned with the rights of outgoing partners in certain cases to share profits made after dissolution : ( 1 ) Where any member of a firm has died or otherwise ceased to be a partner , and the surviving or continuing partners carry on the business of the firm with its capital or assets without any final settlement of accounts as between the firm and the outgoing partner or his estate , then , in the absence of any agreement to the contrary , the outgoing partner or his estate is entitled at the option of himself or his representatives to such share of the profits made since the dissolution as the Court may find to be attributable to the use of his share of the partnership assets , or to interest at the rate of five per cent per annum on the amount of his share of the partnership assets . |
| 27 | Would it not be right for the Secretary of State to come to the House to say what steps are being taken to try to ensure that the sort of dishonesty and crookery that went on at MGN is not being repeated elsewhere ? |
| 28 | It is only when sedimentation and subsidence coincide that the conditions will be right for the preservation of the vast thicknesses that constitute the stratigraphical record . |
| 29 | In most of these universes the conditions would not be right for the development of complicated organisms ; only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question : " why is the universe the way we see it ? " |
| 30 | While Smyth might be right about the consequence of the Party being too heavily associated with the Church , he is wrong in reading backwards from that possible consequence to the motives of the men who debated at Presbytery . |