Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For there to be such a fact about me is for it also to be true , roughly , that in certain circumstances I would consciously believe , desire , fear , intend , or whatever . |
| 2 | Soldiers , psychiatrists , and priests might on this basis be classified together as social controllers ; doctors and perhaps teachers should be classified as sustainers : the proper theoretical place for them is as the maintenance engineers of labour power ; playwrights , philosophers , accountants , sociologists , and lawyers must be classified together as conceptive ideologists . |
| 3 | It will be pleasing if the features of this sketch seem intuitively natural , as indeed we would claim , but justification for them is of course to be sought primarily in the observations of Chapters 2 to 10 and the way that these observations fit our assumptions about the bases of adjectival syntax . |
| 4 | The young Edward Fitzgerald , who became a sceptic , wrote to his friend Thackeray , ‘ I think the evidence for them is to be doubted . |
| 5 | However , despite the complications , each of these types of function has a relatively clear central core , and the distinction between them is of importance in several areas of administrative law . |
| 6 | The distinction between them is of considerable importance . |
| 7 | The most striking difference between them is in the amount they wrote — Beccaria so little and Bentham so much . |
| 8 | Again , the difference between them is in the language used to describe this process : for determinists manipulation is achieved by altering the factors that cause criminal behaviour ; for indeterminists it is achieved by making crime a relatively less attractive choice . |
| 9 | The significance of the work for me is in its effort , not its intentions . |
| 10 | So you can out it 's for access only . |
| 11 | Here , the Dialectical Theologians took up afresh one of the prominent motifs in the thought of the Reformers : that the kind of religion that man works out for himself is in the end idolatry , for its real object is not the living God , but man 's own secret divinity . |
| 12 | To dwell on the Caledonian Canal for a moment , this was my first of many passages through which is for me the most beautiful of all the canals — the ultimate in inland waterways , so I had been looking forward to it immensely . |
| 13 | Erm you will notice that er halfway through which is after item five , er I have actually done the sum because it comes to sort of half er half a million , er and it 's |
| 14 | SunSoft claims to have learned the process from Sun 's hardware manufacturing experience , the model for which is at least 10 years ahead of software , argues Bourne . |
| 15 | Prominent among these buildings is the hop-kiln , which was used for drying hops ( the main use for which is in beer , although they are also incorporated in other delicacies ) before they could be despatched to market . |
| 16 | On our Boeing 757 charter flights to Mombasa you have the opportunity to upgrade to Sovereign 's Silver or Gold Service , seating for which is in the front section of the aircraft . |
| 17 | The Marriage Act 1949 provides that a marriage between persons either of whom is under the age of 16 is void . |
| 18 | The following are also void : marriages between parties who are not respectively male and female ; marriages between persons , either of whom is under the age of 16 ( see p. 43 ) ; and a polygamous marriage entered into outside England and Wales , if either party was at the time domiciled in England and Wales ( for domicile , see pp. 61–3 ) . |
| 19 | One patient had a combined cholecystoscopy and endoscopic sphincterotomy to clear stones from the gall bladder and bile duct , leaving two patients with a failed clearance , one of whom is without symptoms ( patient IV ) . |
| 20 | Under the present arrangement , single week Championship Series are guaranteed six top-rated players , although much to the surprise of four tournament directors , one of whom is on the Tour Board , the word ‘ guaranteed ’ has been changed to read ‘ Tour goal ’ . |
| 21 | Mr. A. J. Beith ( On behalf of the House of Commons Commission ) : The Computer Officer , who has responsibility to both Houses for computer developments planned for Parliament as a whole , has a staff of two assistant computer officers , one of whom is on secondment to the House , and one full-time and one part-time secretary . |
| 22 | A marriage celebrated between two persons , one of whom is at the time validly married , is in any case void ; and any person knowingly entering into such a marriage is guilty of bigamy . |
| 23 | I shall draw up a rota of ministers , each of whom is to be referred to in turn as ‘ the next leader of the Tory Party ’ , thus destroying their careers . |
| 24 | One of them 's over a G |
| 25 | ‘ And do you know what each of them 's worth ? ’ |
| 26 | Well one of them 's on the second one , and one 's on |
| 27 | ‘ In case one of them 's from the kidnappers . ’ |
| 28 | Erm , unfortunately one of them 's in hospital at the moment . |
| 29 | I think one of them 's in a wheelchair . |
| 30 | None of them is worth this sort of money . |