Example sentences of "[noun] [be] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Key to its framework are a series of virtual processors ’ that can be conditioned to handle communication , synchronous input-output and administration transactions separately . |
| 32 | Key to its framework are a series of ‘ virtual processors ’ that can be conditioned to handle communication , asynchronous I/O and administration transactions separately . |
| 33 | He has embarked on a drawing/painting course which seems to be about as full and hectic as yours , but then both your chosen activities are a mystery to me . |
| 34 | Sales promotion activities are a form of indirect advertising designed to stimulate sales mainly by the use of incentives . |
| 35 | With growing awareness of the hazard caused by the accumulation of elevated levels of radon in buildings , these maps are a guide to radon emission at surface related to different lithologies . |
| 36 | But at the level of experience , essentially the foothills of prayer are a matter of modifying our consciousness in certain ways and breathing is a way of purifying the affections . |
| 37 | These quiet hours are a time of peace , where every long soft minute is a luxury . |
| 38 | Flecks of sunshine dappling fissured bark are a reminder of summers past during the tree 's slow progress to maturity . |
| 39 | SPLASH OF COLOUR : Dahlias are a favourite with British gardeners |
| 40 | ‘ Mass mailings are a lifeline of communication and raise money for good causes , ’ a Greenpeace official says . |
| 41 | This is clearly illustrated in the Law Reports where Lord Denning 's judgments are a model of simplicity and clarity . |
| 42 | Competent solicitors are a blessing to their clients and a necessity for the economic life of the country . |
| 43 | an ’ emulator ’ , which is a program whose inputs are a representation of a current state of the truck and the output of the logical neural net . |
| 44 | The Posolskii Prikaz ( Department of Embassies ) had for several generations been a part of the central administration , but Russia 's relations with the outside world were still very limited . |
| 45 | You probably think that most meetings are a waste of time and you may well be right . |
| 46 | All along the trail are a number of low angle 500 foot domes composed of ‘ glued together ’ pebbles . |
| 47 | At present , they are not in accord over whether the proposals are a departure from the development plan , and I understand that Buckinghamshire expects to refer the application to the Secretary of State . |
| 48 | Does he recognise that his proposals are a kick in the teeth for that devoted service and an invitation not to services that are democratically accountable to the local community , but to the spivs of the free enterprise service sector such as Mr. J. G. L. |
| 49 | Sadly , the GP practice budget proposals are a diversion from this . |
| 50 | Victorian houses are a bit of a drag on the market just now — too big for most people — so we should be able to get one quite cheaply , particularly if it 's a bit run-down . |
| 51 | ‘ The Superspec houses are a response to two very strong areas of demand in the homes market , ’ says Wimpey Homes Middlesbrough 's regional director , Euan Cresswell . |
| 52 | The more the government dislikes the income distribution thrown up by the free market , a distribution reflecting differences in innate ability , human capital , and financial wealth , the more the government is likely to judge that the inefficiency costs of distortionary taxes are a price worth paying in order to secure a more equitable distribution of income and utility . |
| 53 | The lower morning values are a consequence of overnight conversion of NO 2 to other reservoirs of NO y . |
| 54 | The plans are a variation on an earlier form of PEPs which restricted investors to bonds and insurance plans . |
| 55 | Sculptures in cities are a part of cultural history , and can be the symbols by which the cities are known or remembered . |
| 56 | If other cities are a guide to Milan then it also served as a useful quarry for the inhabitants . |
| 57 | Rating scales are a subset of questionnaires which invite informants to select a number corresponding to the extent of their response , or to select one of a series of descriptions , usually corresponding to an ordinal scale with a neutral midpoint , to which the investigator can easily assign numbers . |
| 58 | Just like the M.I. in Hollywood , clinics and demos by well-known musicians are a feature of the school . |
| 59 | There has at times been a degree of common cause between the PUK and the Iraqi Communist Party ( ICP ) , which was once involved in a national front with the Baath , but subject to repression in recent years . |
| 60 | Clustered around the main building are a number of older stone-built dye-houses , drying stoves and outbuildings , some of which have been imaginatively converted . |