Example sentences of "[det] be [prep] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | of the union 's total membership , approximately half are under the age of 30. since the advent of rock in the 1950s and 1960s , the union has been the only independent organization to give service , protection and advice to rock musicians . |
| 2 | Many of the traditional monopolies applicable in the legal profession are under attack and some are on the point of disappearing . |
| 3 | Rulers of the oil-rich Trucial States in the Middle East have access to almost unbelievable wealth , and some are in the process of transforming patches of desert into architectural playgrounds . |
| 4 | Could this be at the end of the vacuum-packed salami syndrome ? ’ |
| 5 | Surgical causes were mostly postoperative but some were in the category of acute surgical admissions . |
| 6 | Some of the organisations studied had upgraded the status of large numbers of their temporary workers for this reason in the past , some were in the process of doing so . |
| 7 | This is to the benefit of both parties . |
| 8 | No , the order seems to be fairly haphazard — and I feel that this is to the benefit of the patient . |
| 9 | Nevertheless their aim was the expression of the experience of a knowledge which integrates human faculties , not a scholastic dissection of its separate parts , important though this is to the history of thought . |
| 10 | What you want to do er what you want after that , including marrying again is a separate matter , his primary responsibility and I 'm sure he would agree with this is to the wellbeing of those children |
| 11 | This is to the extent of the amount repaid . |
| 12 | Overall during last year , this is to the end of , of November actually because fin figures are n't available for the end of the year , the reduction was four point nine percent , which compares with four point three percent in the previous year , so not only are they still going down , they 're actually going down slightly more than they were in the previous year and that must be encouraging . |
| 13 | It will be aware of its master , in that it hears and smells him , and of its own exertions , in that it is awake , but it will not be aware that it recognises him , for this is of the order of tomorrow 's delayed return — a linguistic belief of which dumb brutes are incapable . |
| 14 | This is a letter er submitted by on behalf of who I believe is and this is on the question of the absence of an agricultural appraisal so we will be carrying that out prior to the decision of the Planning Committee . |
| 15 | Um now of course when they 're talking about things like physiological responses , when they 're talking about things like having orgasms and the like , erm this is on the part of the victims , it 's not too difficult to detach these physiological responses from pleasure . |
| 16 | 16 ) of the evacuation of Attica that the Athenians took it so badly because it was like leaving one 's polis ; this is on the face of it a paradox because they were going from their country demes to the polis . |
| 17 | This is on the motion of a minister but can be prevented if 20 members object . |
| 18 | Could I , what , what is not , touched on in the notes , but is , I I think the other side of the coin is that , if justice means treating people fairly , this is on the basis of treating the accused fairly . |
| 19 | Often , the applicants are recommended to re-contact their unions formally to seek access to accounts , stating that this is on the recommendation of the Commissioner , and access has been provided . |
| 20 | This is at the crux of one of the two major criticisms which Parkin ( 1971 ) makes of the functionalist theory . |
| 21 | But this is at the level of nationalist discourse . |
| 22 | And then they get er D I Y pack which these two I know you saw that before but this is at the back of it . |
| 23 | Although this is at the bottom of the main menu , it is the first option that you need to select before you can begin to use the program for any serious work . |
| 24 | This is at the heart of Wittgenstein 's criticism of St Augustine 's account : it is ‘ as if the child could already think , only not yet speak ’ ( PI 32 ) ; as if it were learning , not its native language , but a subsequent one . |
| 25 | They point out that ‘ sustainable growth is a contradiction in terms ’ This is at the heart of the Green Party 's policies , and has not been adopted by any other party that I know of . |
| 26 | This is at the heart of UNCED 's Agenda 21 , the European Community 's Fifth Action Programme and the UK Government 's Environment White Paper . |
| 27 | This is at the beginning of the Malvinas trouble . |
| 28 | However , this is at the expense of a new problem of economically providing , on the lowest model in the range , all the hardware facilities needed on models at the upper end of the range . |
| 29 | More meaningful results are obtained by producing budgetary accounts that are classified in a way which is specific to the particular service but this is at the expense of a uniform format for budgetary accounting . |
| 30 | Compared with a Butterworth filter of the same order , the cut-off may be steeper near the cut-off frequency but this is at the expense of slightly oscillating transmission in the pass band . |