Example sentences of "be [conj] [noun pl] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An actual criticism of the ley theory , as opposed to mental attitude , has been that lines on the plane surface of a map can not accurately represent alignments on the curved surface of the Earth . |
| 2 | The result of all this has been that proponents in the press of the fashionable pro-government doctrine of ‘ new realism ’ have somehow found themselves spending most of their time constructing and then reporting on a fantasy world . |
| 3 | The introduction There are hundred of stars that shine there are hundred of fish in the sea , there are hundreds of people the whole world over , there 's only one mother for me , only one mother for me , I love her and she loves me , there are and shells on the shore , there are and shells on the beach there are the whole world over but there 's only one mother for me . |
| 4 | The introduction There are hundred of stars that shine there are hundred of fish in the sea , there are hundreds of people the whole world over , there 's only one mother for me , only one mother for me , I love her and she loves me , there are and shells on the shore , there are and shells on the beach there are the whole world over but there 's only one mother for me . |
| 5 | Boys appear to outnumber girls by about five to one , but it may be that girls with the problem are less overtly hyperactive , and tend to display more subtle symptoms , such as inattention , speech disorders and mood changes , which may not always be identified as hyperkinetic syndrome . |
| 6 | With NCA 's expertise on the type , it may well be that operators around the world may have finally found a real replacement for the DC-3 ! |
| 7 | So it may be that elements of the sibling altruism will develop in families , too . |
| 8 | In an old house , it may be that gaps in the skirting boards are the chief causes of heat loss and/or draughts , in which case a quick brandishing of wood filler around the home will solve that problem . |
| 9 | In a similar way , it may be that courses in the Spring programme , which have been low on numbers but well received , will attract more participants if they are repeated . |
| 10 | If only they knew that to him their revelations were but bricks in the house he was trying to build , rungs on the ladder of discovery , twisted curve-edged pieces in the current puzzle ! |
| 11 | So , what probably happens is that women at the bottom of the social heap in the United States , having poor health care , high stressed lives , crime , drugs and all these kind of problems , probably have more spontaneous abortions , therefore the sex ratio away from males towards females , whereas women at the top of the social scale , low stress lives , good health care , better maternity erm medicine , stuff like that , retain more foetuses , therefore you 'd expect them to have more males , and this is what seems to happen . |
| 12 | The reason , Time explained , is that women under the age of 30 picture a feminist , to quote one college senior , as ‘ someone who does n't shave her legs and is doing everything she can to deny that she is feminine ’ . |
| 13 | Birdland 's manager Wayne Morris told NME : ‘ All I can say is that reports of the band leaving Lazy are totally untrue . |
| 14 | One solution to the problem is that monopoles within the Sun catalyse certain nuclear fusion reactions , but not those that produce the neutrinos detected here on Earth . |
| 15 | The crux of the matter is that attitudes on the character and scope of planning have changed . |
| 16 | The intention is that operations in the QBE language are analogous to the way people would naturally use tables . |
| 17 | An argument by many atmospheric physicists , for example , is that shortcomings in the accuracy of weather prediction over periods of more than a few days largely results from the unsophisticated nature of existing models , the lack of suitable data and inadequate computer power ( see Fig. 9.3 , derived from Tyler 1989 ) . |
| 18 | The underlying problem is that cases concerning the employment rights of public employees often raise both public law and private law issues which are not easily separable , if at all . |
| 19 | The crucially important aspect of it is that changes in the level of prices which are foreseen , or are expected , have no effect on the level of output . |
| 20 | The immediate cause for concern is that changes in the Sun 's diameter are linked with changes in its heat output . |
| 21 | Wolpe 's argument is that changes in the labour process have resulted in a disjunction between the skills taught by the education system and the skills ( or , in a sense , lack of skills ) demanded in the labour market . |
| 22 | The classical view of the company is that shareholders as the property owners are entitled to all the profits of the enterprise and hence that the company should be run in their interests alone . |
| 23 | One expectation of the ASW is that others in the patient 's social network — relatives , friends , neighbours and so on — should be consulted to help build a picture of the individual and their behaviour ( DHSS , 1983 ; Department of Health , 1989 ) . |
| 24 | The interesting point , however , is that divisions within the student body would become less significant as conditions for all students deteriorated throughout the reform decade and optimism gave way to despair . |
| 25 | ‘ Eventually the council concerned made an offer of £1,000 in compensation , but counsel 's opinion is that damages in the region of £5,000 are appropriate . |
| 26 | The most significant change , therefore , in the top half is that funds for the Family Practitioner Services will pass through the Regional Health Authorities , before being distributed to the Family Practitioner Committees . |
| 27 | The evidence is that communications from the judiciary to the Home Secretary on this topic are confidential ; and I accept that there is at least a tacit agreement that neither side will disclose them without the consent of the other . |
| 28 | He is backed by Adrian Sinfield , professor of social policy at Edinburgh University , whose concern is that attacks on the welfare state are being carried out in a climate of increasing economic inequality and worsening poverty . |
| 29 | Another interesting point is that measurements of the velocity dispersion of the galaxies in HCG62 suggest that they have drifted inwards by a factor of about three compared with the dark matter . |
| 30 | The precedent for this — and hence the reason for hope — is that bees in the past caused the evolution of bee-orchids . |