Example sentences of "[pron] is [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our British reputation for ribbing ourselves is in danger of degenerating into an uncharacteristic meanness of spirit . ’ |
| 2 | He shows me charts of average weight and height , because now he is working on his motorbike , going from door to door selling insurance policies , and they use the charts to decide whether someone is at risk of a heart attack . |
| 3 | To him who is able to do infinitely more abundantly above all that we ask or think in accordance with the power which is at work within us . |
| 4 | Yet the Finale , taken at a rather leisurely speed , has tremendous swagger , and my only complaint is an occasional element of heaviness which is at odds with Schumann 's more playful writing . |
| 5 | Since then we have witnessed the development first of all of the Keynesian view of the importance of money , followed by the monetarist view which is at odds with the former and is closely associated with the original quantity theory . |
| 6 | For instance , the finding on equivalent doses ( which is at odds with the views of the CSM ) is handled by reference to oral evidence , to published work , and to a transcript . |
| 7 | There is a kind of confidence , typified in the prayer to Christ the source of sweet honey-cells of devotion , which is at odds with the stark mood provoked by a revulsion from sin in the whole piece and which is very different from the whole thrust of the short version : The profound realisation of Jesus as a source of grace at the heart of this passage in the long version colours the meditator 's longing for it in the other expanded meditations that open out of this sequence of prayers . |
| 8 | This is the issue which is at stake in the third level of understanding . |
| 9 | In fact , it is his whole way of envisaging the history of styles and of history itself which is at issue in this discussion . |
| 10 | At an official level however it is solely the financial budget which is at issue in the determination of the net amount to be assigned to gainers or losers . |
| 11 | Religion is often castigated for encouraging an attitude of dependence upon authority or tradition , which is at loggerheads with the attitude of taking responsibility for oneself . |
| 12 | This was bought-in at £6 million at Christie 's on 15 April , largely because the estimate was considered to be too high for what one expert commented was ‘ an early , dark , Leyden-period picture , which is at variance with what people want and expect in Rembrandt . |
| 13 | This shows a Spartan caution which is at variance with their previous bellicosity over Samos . |
| 14 | During this study oxygen saturation values did not fall below 86% , which is at variance with some studies , although in agreement with others . |
| 15 | No , no , I would n't , I would n't , I would n't agree there , because , because the institution may well have policy which is at variance with your council 's policy . |
| 16 | His answers were : ‘ Systematic activity that is directed towards providing knowledge , or adding to the understanding of existing knowledge , which is of relevance for improving the effectiveness of education ’ , which he later expressed more succinctly as ‘ systematic activity made public ’ . |
| 17 | His answers were : ‘ Systematic activity that is directed towards providing knowledge , or adding to the understanding of existing knowledge , which is of relevance for improving the effectiveness of education ’ , later expressed more succinctly as ‘ systematic activity made public ’ . |
| 18 | In that process , it may well be that some of those concerned in the management of the company , and others as well , have been guilty of some misconduct or impropriety which is of relevance to the liquidation . |
| 19 | From this case , it would appear that all the goods supplied under the contract have to be of merchantable quality which is of significance with regard to " free gifts " and promotions supplied with goods . |
| 20 | For example , the proceedings in the Philip Morris case , which is of significance in the context of mergers and takeovers ( see pp. 87–134 ) , arose from the rejection by the Commission of a complaint by a cigarette manufacturer that certain agreements between two of its competitors were likely to restrict competition . |
| 21 | This is the question of self-regulation , which is of concern to the Institute 's practising members , particularly smaller firms . |
| 22 | Their common feature — if I can capture the interest of hon. Members — is that they seek to ensure the efficacy and integrity of the judicial process , which is of concern to us all , so that justice may be administered to all without interference from any quarter . |
| 23 | This is the central issue which is of concern in Freud 's more sociological works . |
| 24 | The transfer function of the low-pass prototype is given by equation ( 12.12 ) and substituting expression ( 12.43 ) for s generates the modified transfer function On the other hand , direct analysis of the network of figure ( 12.4 ) yields or which is of course of the same form . |
| 25 | Thanks , erm the report refers to East Oxford , which is of course for two wards , East and St Clement 's , but the problem extends city-wide , and I think the solution should be seen as a city-wide solution . |
| 26 | I shall cover our response to the needs of the voluntary sector , of Eastern Europe , of Africa and I shall say a particular few words about the needs of children , the subject which is of course at the very heart of your work . |
| 27 | The loss on the sale of the business er various selling purchased expenses , loss of the profit , potential profit on their home , , the cost of borrowing er loss of earnings of the plaintiffs , loss on surrender of insurance policies er and er then some unspecified sums relating to pension and credit worthiness and ill health and loss of business My Lord those er headings are taken from and dealt with in er , much more detail in the report prepared by the expert 's accountant Mr for the er plaintiffs which is of course in the erm bundle C the third bundle . |
| 28 | International hotels can produce the registration card in several languages , which is of assistance to foreign travellers . |
| 29 | They all provide bulk in the diet , but some are better at retaining water , and thus softening the stool , which is of benefit for constipation , for example , and others are better at lowering the blood cholesterol level than others . |
| 30 | ‘ Appropriate ’ technology might usefully be defined as an idea which is of benefit to the people of developing countries , and which meets the following criteria : |