Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. Friend will agree that those questions must be answered and that we have to get to the very heart of the scandal to ensure that it should not happen again , not only in Leicestershire but elsewhere , and those responsible for the cover-up are made to realise what they have done and the subsequent effect it has had on numerous children . |
| 2 | A BOARDING house owner who killed his friend when they set fire to the building for the insurance was jailed for five years yesterday . |
| 3 | While Liphook awaits the judgement of the inspectorate , hoping it will clearly vindicate one side or the other , it is not possible — unless people have inside information — to blame either the headteacher or the parents for the damage being done . |
| 4 | While Darwinian processes are likely to be only one of several mechanisms responsible for evolutionary change in form ( there is much debate , which need not concern us here , about the relative contribution of these other mechanisms ) , the point for the present is that all forms of life on earth today are clearly the results of comparable evolutionary pressures over the whole of geological time . |
| 5 | The important point for the present is that the above clauses leave no room for doubt that a breach of contract will justify the victim in terminating the contract . |
| 6 | On this last point let me for the present be content with a simple observation . |
| 7 | The Governing Body has decided that the income from this fund , which is used according to the By-Law to provide Edith Haynes Scholarships for either undergraduates or graduates of the College at the discretion of the Governing Body , will for the present be available to make grants in the first instance to mature graduates of the College who wish to continue or resume academic work , and are ineligible for State Studentships , or similar public support , by reason of age or inability to meet the requirement of residence in the U. K. Should no such applicant come forward , graduates of another university who are or have been members of the College reading for a further degree will be considered eligible . |
| 8 | How shallow , how futile , how desperate that world sounds now , on the scythed grass , beneath the trees where the fruit they will conserve for the winter is ripening . |
| 9 | Their message for the winter is keep warm … but keep safe . |
| 10 | At first the winter months were used for training but when the policy of laying up cutters for the winter was discontinued the courses were held throughout the year . |
| 11 | One important goal for the patient is walking , but he has to be ready before he tries . |
| 12 | An over-extreme view of what counts as data for the sentence-grammarian was , according to Sampson ( 1980 ) , noticeable in some of the early work of generative grammarians . |
| 13 | ‘ The eternal problem for the Ministry is discerning which is the original document and which is the copy . |
| 14 | The problem that consciousness sets for the materialist is well known . |
| 15 | The benefit for the creditor was clear : no result , no fee . |
| 16 | Second , the telephone lists actually used for the sample were unrepresentative of the electorate . |
| 17 | As Table 4.6 shows , nearly 44 per cent of them did so , whilst the average for the sample was only 25 per cent . |
| 18 | The justification for the interpretation is theoretical analysis of the forced spherical pendulum . |
| 19 | More than half the 100 exhibitors have indicated that they will be using Rooftec for the launch of new or updated products , and these will be short-listed for the Federation 's coveted ‘ Ken Soulsby Innovation Award . ’ |
| 20 | For the surgery being considered here , often called ‘ conversion surgery ’ , involves one or more of several procedures which aim to transform as far as is possible the subject 's anatomy so that it approximates that of a member of the preferred sex . |
| 21 | Anthony King , David Broder and others have deplored the fact that candidates for the presidency are no longer subject to adequate party screening and peer review procedures . |
| 22 | But candidates for the presidency are becoming an increasingly rare breed , and this time round the officers ' task has not been easy . |
| 23 | The elections for the presidency were set for December and Louis-Napoleon put his name forward as one of five candidates . |
| 24 | Whether this was a firm intention , which he might reconsider , or a tactic designed to reveal potential rivals for the presidency was itself a component of the speculation . |
| 25 | He listened to a baseball update and waited for the sponsor 's commercial before turning to her . |
| 26 | But on the other hand I 'm pleased the reasons they 've given for the delay are the points we 've been raising with them over the last two years . |
| 27 | The planned partial flotation of Optus Pty Ltd , Sydney , Australia — expected to raise about $100m and release at least 5% of equity in the company — has been deferred until at least late 1994 : the reason for the delay is said to be to gain more detailed information about market share splits between Optus and the Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corp , says the Australian Financial Review . |
| 28 | The reasons for the delay were explained by the Minister for Science and Technology : |
| 29 | One apparent reason for the delay was the Bush adminstration 's fear that to conclude a free-trade pact in mid-1992 as originally envisaged would be an electoral liability in the US presidential contest , opening Bush to attacks from protectionists that he was encouraging US companies to relocate to Mexico in search of cheap labour while unemployment continued to rise at home . |
| 30 | Opposition critics claimed , however , that the real reason for the delay was to give the government time to build up its grassroots organization . |