Example sentences of "[adj] area [prep] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quite separate area of interest has been the question of actuarial advice on pensions in divorce cases where the law in Scotland requires that the value of pensions is taken into consideration and could be the model for a change in English law . |
| 2 | At All Saints and St Barnabas the difficulty of a comparatively small total area of existing windows failing to light adequately a much increased area of floor-space has been overcome in two ways . |
| 3 | The usual area of wood has been dressed away on the upper edge of the body , in the name of player comfort . |
| 4 | A comparable area of research has been that by Genevan workers with a concern for environmental processes such as Doise and Mugney ( 1984 ) and Perret-Clermont ( 1980 ) , who have claimed significant advances in cognitive development when children work in pairs on Piagetian tasks . |
| 5 | Maybe , he suggested hopefully , a promising new area of investigation had been revealed . |
| 6 | Although an adjoining area of ground had been purchased for this purpose , it was never developed as a burial ground and its virgin state allowed the Ekarro Housing Co-operative to complement the conversion of All Saints and St Barnabas with a new building , in the style of the surrounding villas , accommodating further flats for co-operative members ( Plate 26 ) . |
| 7 | The main area for discussion has been the extent to which there should be close day-to-day supervision of television and radio . |
| 8 | The main area of abuse has been ‘ extraordinary items ’ , which have become a convenient repository for all unwanted costs ' . |