Example sentences of "is a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a dusting of snow in Cwm Glas Mawr and above , while clouds have just rolled back from the summit ridge . |
| 2 | Labour , however , is a minority in Scotland in the same way the Tories are in Britain . |
| 3 | The drift to comedy started by Hue and Cry ( 1947 ) , in which a group of kids foil some crooks , took Balcon 's studio in a similar direction , but there is a spirit of anarchy in the early Ealing comedies and a recognition that , since there can be no final victories , the little people must sustain their rebellion . |
| 4 | It is a measure of success in any society when this post is filled as a way of taking the pressure off the General Secretary and we are grateful to Mr Field for offering his services . |
| 5 | There is a shred of substance in these claims . |
| 6 | I do not know whether there is a shred of truth in the allegations . |
| 7 | anne Henderson says her prdicament is a warning to others in her situation … |
| 8 | Contrary to what is often said , there is a law of trespass in Scotland but it is rather a complex and grey area . |
| 9 | Now that the US , the IMF 's largest shareholder , has agreed a quota increase the main dispute is a wrangle over rankings in the IMF hierachy with the Japanese demanding their place as an economic superpower be fully recognised . |
| 10 | The problem was Ron Dennis and in a way , this clash between the two men is a microcosm of life in FI and deserves a brief aside . |
| 11 | The arithmetic shows that Scotland is a part of Britain in which there is an above-average Labour vote and a below-average Tory vote . |
| 12 | Ive said for a while that the missing ingredient in our side FOR THE WAY TEAMS PLAY TODAY is a bit of pace in central defence . |
| 13 | So there is a bit of needle in this bid . |
| 14 | There is a mass of goodwill in the African townships . |
| 15 | There is a parallel with actors in a play . |
| 16 | It is widely accepted that one of the main factors contributing to the relative decline and adverse trading position of the British economy is a shortfall of investment in private industry , and socialists can not afford to be indifferent to this since the employment prospects and livelihood of millions of workers are at stake . |
| 17 | It is a pity that , at a time when there is a resurgence of interest in jazz here in the province , the most experienced writer will no longer be read on a regular weekly basis . |
| 18 | Merton suggested that there is a rigidity of behaviour in a bureaucracy , due to : |
| 19 | ‘ For those were troublous times , ’ he said on a downward-curving cadence , ‘ and such times have come again , but take heart : for ‘ when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted , he said unto Moses , There is a noise of war in the camp . |
| 20 | These changes were partly to handle the massive , though poor , People 's Republic of China , incorporated into the ‘ low-income economies ’ and the dropping of the geographical reference is a nod of recognition in the direction of the African and Asian and other countries who claim to be socialist . |
| 21 | What I want now is a head of department in a really good school , and then I 'd do what our head of department has done . |
| 22 | that two of his chief advisers at Number Ten Downing Street appointed recently , one is Sarah Hogg , the wife of Douglas Hogg , who is a writer on economics in The Journalist , and the other is Judith Chaplin , who was his adviser in the Treasury . |
| 23 | What annoys English winemakers is that , for them , the English Vineyards Association 's seal is a guarantee of quality in itself . |
| 24 | Mrs Rita Fan , head of the government 's Security Panel , says : ‘ When there is a transfer of authority in any society , law and order suffer . ’ |
| 25 | This is a celebration of Puccini in trivial mood , a collection of songs written for odd occasions at odd moments through his career . |
| 26 | Twice a week , Wednesday and Saturday , there is a celebration of Compline in the choir at eight in the evening . |
| 27 | A debenture is a type of loan in which a fixed interest security , dated for redemption at its nominal value , is issued in return for a term loan . |
| 28 | A debenture is a type of loan in which a fixed interest security , dated for redemption at its nominal value , is issued in return for a term loan . |
| 29 | While all a mother 's got is a bottle of Dettol in the final analysis . |
| 30 | Richard Clutterbuck is a lecturer in Law in our School of Social Sciences at the University , and he 's taken a particular interest into legal aspects of violence in society . |