Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lived there with her family , some of whom are on a skiing holiday in Europe . |
| 2 | The result , however , is not in doubt ; the British housing system is becoming increasingly polarized between a majority of secure owner-occupiers who have made substantial capital gains and are receiving large continuing subsidies , and the rest ( this includes the group which space has precluded discussing : the marginal group of owner-occupiers , many of whom are in a more precarious position than local authority tenants , and whose problems will become much more prominent in years to come ( Karn , Kemeny , and Williams , 1985 ; Sullivan and Murphy , 1987 ) ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I wonder why you keep going to sea when you know it 's dangerous ’ ( quoted by B. J. Wagner , 1976 , p. 59 ) , muses Mrs. Heathcote to a class of children who are into a drama about pirates — and she from then on carries at the back of her mind the possibility that through the subsequent experience these children might understand something of what drives people to face dangers . |
| 4 | As a result there is now a large group who are at a similar stage of HIV infection at any one time . |
| 5 | Different clinics use differently designed weight charts but they all show the percentage of boys and girls who are at a particular height and weight at each age ( Tanner and Whitehouse 1975 ) . |
| 6 | Heads as they appoint new staff have the chance to turn the long-term realization of a school 's plan into a shared reality , but the same commitment can also be won from those teachers who are at a school when a new head arrives . |
| 7 | Students who are on a part-time course or on a postgraduate course , or students from outside the United Kingdom , will not normally be eligible for a loan . |
| 8 | Since 1983 Maureen Turnham has been a lecturer in a college of further education with responsibility for a group of students categorised as having severe learning difficulties who are on a ‘ life-preparation ’ course at her college . |
| 9 | There is also an alarmingly high number of people who are on a warning , especially in the Andersonstown area . |
| 10 | It is designed to be taken by people who are on a weight-loss diet , in order that they get the correct daily balance of vitamins and minerals . |
| 11 | One , one might be that for people who are on a fairly low income or on benefits , the home-loss compensation which the council was offering did i would in fact seem like quite a lot of money erm and for any tenants who were n't in arrears , then they would receive the full amount . |
| 12 | Leeds can usually handle teams who are on a downer when we play them . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
| 14 | Champions Marchwiel , heading the table again by a point , expect to be unchanged for their visit to Mold who are on a high after two welcome wins last weekend . |
| 15 | While the national team were put through their paces at Fort Stanley , base for the Black Watch , who are on a two-year tour of duty here , the Scottish Survivors , a team largely consisting of former internationalists , drawn together by Iain Milne , were making their debut in the Carlsberg Tens competition at the Hong Kong Football Club . |
| 16 | and there are some who are on a very trip from here to jail |
| 17 | Well , it 's not as bad in Oxfordshire as it is in some other parts of the country because there are a lot of urban areas around here , a lot of people who want digs and accommdation , so many farmers who are on a main route , on a bus route , whatever , can in fact let their properties . |
| 18 | He spent a pretty exciting day himself yesterday , taking lessons in ‘ rave ’ culture as he visited 400 unemployed youngsters who are on an eight-day break at a Norfolk holiday camp organised by the Prince 's Trust . |
| 19 | Despite this , scaremongering journalists have managed to cause fear and anxiety among those cat-lovers who are of a ‘ nervous disposition ’ . |
| 20 | Indeed , those of you who are of a literary bent will recall that Peter Rabbit was not an only child . |
| 21 | What about those people of a low social class who are of a high moral class , what about them ? |
| 22 | If it is lucky , it will have owners who are of an equally playful frame of mind . |
| 23 | And , if they maintain their attitude expressed freely to the Official Solicitor 's representative and to their mother , it would be all to no purpose , since no court would make a residence order in favour of the foster mother against the wishes of the children concerned who are of an age to know their own minds . |
| 24 | Control is vested in local planning authorities , who are under a duty to ens–e that all land and property within their area is used for the best possible purposes in view of the shortage of land and the needs of the community . |
| 25 | Protection is given to the malicious and the reckless as the price of protecting from the threat of vexatious litigation all who are under a powerful duty to state facts and opinions frankly . |
| 26 | If they have people they can talk to and relate to who are from a non-statutory body , it gives them a greater degree of self-confidence . ’ |
| 27 | They need us to back up the regular force … but some of the police who are in a supervisory role are anti reserve police . |
| 28 | The experiences of other people who are in a similar situation are used to convey to the new group a sense of purpose and to reduce the feelings of helplessness and isolation which are often encountered . |
| 29 | But this of course is an exaggeration ; it exists in the still-literate public — the customers , used in its correct sense , of the booksellers , and those who are in a real sense custodians of England 's literary culture , the staff and students of the Universities and large copyright libraries . |
| 30 | The operational effect is rather narrow ; it operates on a limited group of people who are in a state of physical decline . |