Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best leaves for smoking are things like oak or beech . |
| 2 | When the window size is four words , the result for banking is 78% correct , estate agents is 58% and music is 50% . |
| 3 | The timescale for sedimentation is H/v S where v S is the Stokes free-fall velocity ; the timescale for cooling is H 2 / , where is the thermal diffusivity . |
| 4 | Many of the features of the Modular Course which present difficulties for monitoring are design features of the Course . |
| 5 | The leading case on exclusion of liability for negligence is Smith v Bush ; Harris v Wyre Forest DC [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 514 . |
| 6 | The primary mechanism of arterial haemostasis for epinephrine is compression of the artery in the serosal space . |
| 7 | This leading award for photography is part of the EPICA Awards — the top creative awards for Europe . |
| 8 | Others playing for Parliament were Tony Nelson ( C , Chichester ) , Nick Hawkins ( C , Blackpool South ) , and Independents Lords Redesdale and St John of Bletso . |
| 9 | After successive delays , aided by the law courts , the new deadline for payment is Thursday . |
| 10 | So far as they were concerned traders and sailors who had been blown off course were pirates ; and in the range of activity between purely peaceful traders and pirates who were ready to attack ships of any nation there were some traders who were prepared to use force to make Spanish ports deal with them , and others who were willing to appear to use force in order to provide Spanish settlements with an excuse for trading . |
| 11 | Notice from graph ( a ) that at an interest rate of 5 per cent , the speculative demand for money is £20 million . |
| 12 | The TGAT Report insisted that their framework for assessment was criterion referenced , that is , pupils ' achievements would be measured against specific targets , not against the average performance of the age group : |
| 13 | United States Secretary of State James Baker , visiting Mongolia on July 25-28 , in the first address by a leading Western politician to the Little Hural promised international aid for economic reforms [ for President 's January 1991 visit to USA see p. 37960 ] . |
| 14 | The candidates for president were Kate Jones , the present SRC secretary , and John Stewart , a former council member . |
| 15 | The base for gravel is hardcore or hogging , which is a rough , unwashed gravel . |
| 16 | In fact , the Aramaic word for Zealot was qannai , which was rendered into Greek as kananaios . |
| 17 | I never understood this kind of complaint — off side is n the rules so why not play by it . |
| 18 | Interestingly , while for positivist criminologists the causes of and cures for crime were matters that always needed ‘ more research ’ , for left idealists they needed no research at all — they were already clearly known : crime was caused by the inequalities and degradations of capitalism , and was cured by the transition to socialism . |
| 19 | The new Minister for Industry was José Planell Riera , then Vice-President of the state holding company , the National Institute for Industry . |
| 20 | A new target for action is laboratory animals and bills are pending in the US Congress to eliminate or minimise duplication of experiments involving such creatures . |
| 21 | All I knew about fighting was ruse and trickery . |
| 22 | Aside from gain the commoner motives for murder are anger , jealousy , lust and fear . |
| 23 | The punishment for murder was death . |
| 24 | The severest market penalty for under-performance is loss of office following corporate collapse , or , more probably , a change in control . |
| 25 | The closing date for entry is Thursday 28th February but the draw will not be made until the day after the team itself is selected on 26 August . |
| 26 | Closing date for contest is April 18th 1991 . |
| 27 | An alternative indicator of demand for labour is employers ' notification of vacancies . |
| 28 | Starting with a rate of national income equal to OY 0 , it is clear from graph ( i ) that the demand for labour is OL ( actually just equal to the labour force ) . |
| 29 | A practising certificate will expire in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) immediately upon its holder being removed from or struck off the roll ; ( 2 ) upon its withdrawal at the instance of the Law Society after the designated replacement date has passed without application for renewal being receivedbut such expiry will not be automatic ; ( 3 ) upon its replacement by a new practising certificate ; ( 4 ) upon the Society refusing to issue a new certificate or upon the replacement date if that is subsequent to the Society 's refusal . |
| 30 | Winner of the Stan Pearson Trophy for snooker was Alan Fletcher and runner-up John Russon . |