Example sentences of "[adj] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the 31 pits on British Coal 's hit list is Point of Ayr , near Prestatyn , where the jobs of 478 are on the line . |
| 2 | But the reasons for that are in the general principle that people are responsible for the consequences of their actions . |
| 3 | Indeed , the innovation opportunities that changes in the numbers of people and their age distribution , education , occupations , and geographic location make possible are among the most rewarding and least risky of entrepreneurial pursuits . |
| 4 | Of the Assembly 's members 500 are from the legislative House of Representatives ( Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat , to which 400 were elected for a five-year term by direct universal adult suffrage in April 1987 [ see p. 35326 ] ; the remaining 100 were appointed by the President . |
| 5 | Of the MPR 's members 500 are from the House of Representatives ( Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat — DPR ) , the country 's legislative organ , and the remaining 500 are government appointees ( often from the armed forces ) , delegates of regional assemblies and representatives of parties and groups , the latter appointed in proportion to their elective seats in the DPR . |
| 6 | Currently , records back to 1986 are on the system , and retrospective cataloguing will be carried out from data picked up at the loans desk when books are issued , so that we will have records for all material in current use . |
| 7 | The Eider and the Shell Tern and North Cormorant platforms also on alert are in the Shell Brent Field 100 miles north east of Lerwick in the Shetlands . |
| 8 | Detailed discussion of restrictive trade practices which are regulated by anti-trust laws such as the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Competition Act 1980 are beyond the scope of this work . |
| 9 | PAYOUTS of up to £1 million each are on the way for survivors of the M1 air crash . |
| 10 | The RFU is recruiting youth development officers and , of the 11 so far appointed , eight are in the North . |
| 11 | In fact , gardens that are long and narrow are among the more simple to design because they can be broken down very easily into separate garden areas or ‘ rooms ’ , each of them having a different function or theme . |
| 12 | A pair of cloches made by Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers in 1770 are from the Orloff service and are expected to bring FFr800,000–1.2m ( £80–120,000 ; £140–210,000 ) . |
| 13 | Borland wants the rest of us to stick with Paradox and like it ( and we do ) , so most of the improvements in version 1.5 are for the pros . |
| 14 | ‘ Better ways of doing this are among the main objectives of PROFIT . |
| 15 | The pressurized water reactor ( PWR ) predominates in most national nuclear power industries with some notable exceptions , including the UK ( some advanced gas-cooled reactors or AGRs but mostly gas-cooled reactors or GCRs ) , Canada ( the Candu type of reactor which uses heavy water as the coolant ) , and the USSR ( half are of the light-water graphite reactor or LWGR type ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | On the other hand , it could be argued that the procedural restrictions of Ord. 53 are in the public interest and should not be waivable . |
| 18 | The first ESAs designated are in the Pennine Dales , West Penwith ( Cornwall ) , the South Downs , the Broads , the Somerset Levels and Moors , and in Scotland , Breadalbane ( in the Grampian Mountains ) and Loch Lomond . |
| 19 | A few are by the main road , but most are quiet . |
| 20 | Quite a few are from the madrigal group , or people Tom 's got to know through it . ’ |
| 21 | The British are among the biggest sugar consumers in the developed world , eating around 100grams or 4oz a day . |
| 22 | The wealthy nations of the world generate most of the tourists — the Japanese , Germans , Americans , Scandinavians and British are among the most widely travelled . |
| 23 | Many of the traditional monopolies applicable in the legal profession are under attack and some are on the point of disappearing . |
| 24 | Her portraits are largely of summer visitors , but some are of the seafarers who live all year round at Sheringham and have done so for generations . |
| 25 | Some are for the young . |
| 26 | Ann says someone will tell us when she comes back , some are with the church cos I know there is a service on today and them ones downstairs from but Ann says they 're going away just later on so there 's no point in going down , mm , now is there ? |
| 27 | Also some are in the police force , some in … |
| 28 | Some are in the hands of collectors or co-operatives of enthusiasts who see them as relics to cherish and maintain as part of our heritage , but these are in the minority . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Another 30 are in the embassy in Prague . |