Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ( Under the SGA and the UCTA " trading " stamp redemption contracts are treated as sale of goods contracts . )
2 These 4,505 persons are treated as representative of persons considered responsible for crime during the mature colonial period .
3 All figures that we 've produced and are producing in respect of commitments and the policy element the Greater York policy element of policy H one , relate to within the area defined as Greater York through the Greater York .
4 ‘ Extending the range of visits to library and related establishments beyond the London area to which we are limited through lack of funds ’ …
5 The ‘ explosion ’ of place differentiation in Britain also provides the rationale for the more locally focused treatments in Part III , which are arranged in term of types of places rather than on the basis of the standard regional units used conventionally for more detailed accounts of the geography of Britain .
6 For example , contracts survive to pay for the regular cleaning of the bronzes in Roman temples and where statues are depicted as part of landscapes or street scenes on contemporary wall paintings they are always shown as bronze-coloured , never patinated ( plate 8.1 ) .
7 However , courts are predisposed in favour of settlements , and are reluctant to prevent statements being made which dispose of libel actions , even when such statements imply criticisms of others : The historian Richard Barnet wrote a book about foreign policy which was reviewed in " The Spectator " .
8 Though these developments are seen as part of moves to reduce Macao 's dependence on gambling ( which contributes 25 per cent of government revenue ) and Hong Kong ( which provides most of its gamblers ) , they leave some residents uneasy about China 's growing involvement in the local economy .
9 I am writing on behalf of organisations in Bath and Wiltshire which provide residential services to people with learning difficulties .
10 There are now about 1,000 such groups ( up from 200 in 1987 ) and many more would love to extend their hours — but are prevented by lack of funds .
11 Already the atmosphere is such that companies such as Chubb Insurance Company of Europe is advising client directors to make concerted efforts not only to be familiar with all aspects of their companies ' activities but to take prudent action at the boardroom table : right down to ensuring all documents are prepared ‘ with the expectation that they will be scrutinised at a later date by others who are looking for evidence of wrongdoings ’ , that detailed minutes are taken , and that they should vote against any proposal rather than abstain because abstention could be construed as approval .
12 Indonesia also has a large electrification programme underway involving hydro-electric and thermal power station projects but these and a number of large oil and petrochemical projects are threatened by balance of payments problems .
13 Most conveyancers do not now object to dealing with requisitions on the title before exchange of contracts , although time limits are imposed for raising of requisitions after contracts have been exchanged .
14 These restrictions are imposed by virtue of powers vested in the board under rule 7.3 of the Rules .
15 No adjustments to the fees are made on account of changes to the membership of a firm during the year .
16 He rates only the Nippon Challenge and the New Zealanders ahead in his own group and feels that , although the French show promise , they are dogged by lack of funds ( it was subsequently announced that French funding by the City of Paris was likely ) .
17 ‘ Whilst the service has been very high , we are investigating with Eurodollar of ways to further increase customer satisfaction , ’ explained .
18 Like job production , batches are normally made to individual customer requirements , but sometimes batches are produced in anticipation of orders .
19 They are complaining about loss of assets ’ — looked as though they had n't come out of the Bermans and Nathans mothballs .
20 It is essential that all departments are notified in advance of guests due to arrive and those due to depart .
21 Western blot analysis using anti-serum against expressed proteins detected each corresponding subunit of HeLa TFIIF ( Fig. 1B , 1C ) providing immunological evidence that the recombinant proteins are derived from expression of cDNAs for each subunit of TFIIF .
22 Secondly , as the weights are derived from analysis of individuals there is a serious problem of applying them at the level of wards or districts where the information is readily available only in aggregate .
23 Moderator questions are asked for clarification of points in the report at this stage , they 're not asked , it 's not general questions that we 're into .
24 Applications shall be considered on behalf of the Senate by the board of the faculty which , in granting leave of absence , may prescribe that the student be required on resumption of studies to repeat any part of the course of study or research , or that the point of resumption be not decided until the time of the student 's return .
25 One advantage of such a site , however , is that samples of blood and urine that are required for analysis of rhythms are readily refrigerated so that deterioration is less of a problem than in other environments .
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