Example sentences of "the [noun] [pron] be [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For obvious reasons , financial security at a level which permits old people to join in the activities which are part of everyday society is a foundation on which much else rests . |
| 2 | Since these transformations must preserve the order of the data points , all the transformations which are powers of less than zero are multiplied by — 1 . |
| 3 | Learning that x is not sufficient — simply being able to recall a Shakespearean play , or a formula for a chemical compound , or the artists who were members of a particular school of painting , is not what higher education is about . |
| 4 | In the afternoon there were sports on the playing fields for the children , a children 's fancy dress competition , welly-throwing greasy pole , side-stalls and a tombola . |
| 5 | The annual feast when the ‘ men only ’ members wearing blue sashes and white gloves marched with a band to the church for a service followed by a dull dinner in the Board inn clubroom , then in the afternoon there were sports for the whole village . |
| 6 | Get tips on identification , good birdwatching areas and equipment and be guided on a walk around the reserve which is home to such rare birds as bitterns , marsh harriers and bearded tits . |
| 7 | Although , as I soon found out , the Russians themselves were models of inefficiency and poor organization , they nevertheless believed that anything that went wrong was a deliberate act of sabotage rather than the normal sort of mistake which occurs in every large organization . |
| 8 | Artemesia Gentileschi is the subject of Dei Treanor 's new play Redefining the Whore which is part of the Soho Poly 's Workstage programme to be performed in April . |
| 9 | During the storm there were moments of joy and light ; the aftermath contained only the sickness . |
| 10 | After he retired form the University he was Clerk of London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends . |
| 11 | Fifteen minutes of shooting has elapsed , and outside the building there is confusion amongst the police as to the number of vehicles on the scene , and as to just who is in command . |
| 12 | Outside the building there were skirmishes among several thousand protesters when a minority attempted to protect the East German flag , which was hauled down by other demonstrators and replaced with the hammer and compass emblem cut out . |
| 13 | When Iraqi Kurdish civilians were among those killed during the operations there were protests from the Iraqi government , the two Iraqi Kurdish organizations and also the German government . |
| 14 | However , before he could redpoint the route it was stole by Peak District raider John Arran . |
| 15 | At that time , Chiswick still comprised three districts around Turnham Green — to the west there was Strand-on-the-Green with houses facing the river and behind a ‘ Back Lane ’ . |
| 16 | At the other extreme , there are arguments for reduction in the at the other end of the spectrum there are arguments for reduction in the level er of housing provision proposed er in North Yorkshire . |
| 17 | The term ‘ mystery ’ refers to the trade or métier ( from the French mestier ) of the performers who were members of various guilds . |
| 18 | In the curriculum there were problems concerning two subjects . |
| 19 | and the course she was dynamite on the course , she was cruising on the course |
| 20 | Like the frottole they were music for a wide public and , as with the frottole , the printing-presses multiplied their popularity by producing them in alternative forms . |
| 21 | In some areas of the swamp there are growths of small evergreen trees up to ten feet in height . |
| 22 | Just within the entrance there were mounds of horse dung . |
| 23 | Furthermore ( and perhaps most convincingly ) , even in the provinces there were differences between legacies and trusts ; not in procedure , it is true , but certainly in interpretation and in the event of intestacy . |
| 24 | In the shops there are refrigerators from West Germany , jazz records and detergents . |
| 25 | Meet the dads who are Top of the Pops in tomorrow 's Echo Woman Extra . |
| 26 | Originally on either side of the doorway there were statues of nude young ladies , languidly posed . |
| 27 | If you look at er the erm the er papers , what 's the book called , the order of proceedings , you 'll discover that we are quite a small body of four a convenor , vice convenor four ministers four elders four others and one representative from each of the four faculties erm of divinity .. from those members of the faculty who are members of the Church of Scotland . |
| 28 | Electors in various parts of the country had cleared out some of the cranks who were prostitutes in the Labour movement in order to get into the House of Commons . |
| 29 | Norman lost 15-14 , 15-11 , 5-15 , 15-13 to Anthony Hill , the Australian who was runner-up in the world junior championships to England 's Del Harris . |
| 30 | He spent all his spare time at the Hampstead house now , not only from a liking for the work he was doing for Paul , and Paul himself , but for the sight , the nearness , of Dinah . |