Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is accepted , in-house studies of use and surveys soliciting user opinions are amongst the most significant use measures . |
| 2 | Cholesterol values were in the lower part of the normal range for the 114 cancer patients in the appropriate sex and age matched groups . |
| 3 | The discharged cartridge cases were in the roadway and the gutter , close to the back wheel of the taxi . |
| 4 | ‘ The release of life sentence prisoners is at the discretion of the Home Secretary , subject to a favourable recommendation by the Parole Board and to consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and , if he is available , the trial judge . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , census returns are amongst the most reliable records that a local and family historian is likely to use . |
| 6 | So long as both the computer 's screen fonts and the printer or typesetter fonts were from the same source this caused no great problems but if the two were mixed then real trouble could occur . |
| 7 | On closer examination , however , it was immediately clear that Franco did not trust the Falangists in the areas most closely related to the exercise of real power ( i.e. to the control of the force of arms ) : all three defence Ministries were in the hands of military men well known for anti-Falangist political sympathies . |
| 8 | The probability So that while the mean position after n steps is at the origin , the root mean square ( r.m.s. ) path length is . |
| 9 | Right , that 's the surprises out of the way , for Blueboy are , together with co-headliners Brighter , residents of the Sarah Records stable , which means that delicate , dreamy , demure guitar songs are on the agenda and crotch-related stage action is not . |
| 10 | It may be that money worries are behind the disappearnce , but there 's no firm evidence to support that and police are carrying on with the investigation because there may yet be another explanation . |
| 11 | The stores and building sectors were among the hardest hit as traders anticipated a continuing squeeze in the high street and on house prices . |
| 12 | Moreover , historians who are teaching computer methods are under the same pressures as their counterparts in humanities computing departments to justify their activities . |
| 13 | The dealers and auction houses are on the other side , saying that any national droit de suite in the United States would create a huge administrative morass for the benefit of a few already-wealthy artists that would help drive the US art market overseas or underground . |
| 14 | Prayer and Bible study meetings are against the law and therefore great care and discretion must be used . |
| 15 | The light switches are behind the bar , and no one can get at them but Pepe himself . ’ |
| 16 | Some Women 's Action Groups were at the forefront of strike activity , sustaining its momentum ; indeed , many of the women involved were opposed to the final return to work , which they perceived as a capitulation by the men , after great hardship which had achieved little in tangible terms ( Young , 1985 ; Witham , 1986 ; Bloomfield , 1986 ) . |
| 17 | Since much of equity returns are in the form of capital gains , at least in the long run , which are taxed only on realisation , personal tax on equity returns is generally in effect much lower than that on the returns to investing in a company 's debt . |
| 18 | Once it has been established that radon concentrations are above the action level , remedial action must be taken ( Table 3 ) . |
| 19 | In patients with Zollinger-Ellison sydrome associated with MEN 1 , all cell densities were above the highest control value ; 53% of these patients had diffuse hyperplasia and 47% linear hperplasia . |
| 20 | She bolted the front door , checked her car keys were on the hall table , turned off the lights , all this briskly . |
| 21 | Above all , use was made of the great lake in front of the palace , the famous Étang des Carpes , where some of the fish were reputed to have been swimming since the days of Francis I. All sorts of pleasure boats were at the disposal of the guests , ranging from a Venetian gondola to a miniature frigate of the French navy — the latter the pride and joy of the Prince Imperial . |
| 22 | May flies and caddis flies were on the wing . |
| 23 | Edinburgh , Stirling and Paisley universities were among the institutions which fared well in the exercise , but there was some disappointment at Glasgow and Aberdeen universities . |
| 24 | Ibstock , however , as one of the largest and lowest cost producers , says that all bar one of its bricks plants are in the black . |
| 25 | The Trustee Savings Banks are in the process of changing from savings institutions into fully-fledged banks . |
| 26 | Turnover figures were among the lowest of the year with just 578 million shares changing hands and the FT-SE 100-Share Index closed just 6.5 better on the day at 2,922.4 . |
| 27 | His most loyal cocaine customers were in the City , Whitehall and the Palace of Westminster . |
| 28 | Their most important protein sources are from the sea as land mammals are now in decline . |
| 29 | After grinning broadly , Mr Kinnock replied : ‘ I continue to believe the place for the Elgin Marbles is in the Parthenon . ’ |
| 30 | The greatest concentration of bobbin mills was in the Furness district of what was then north Lancashire , and in the mid-nineteenth century more than fifty mills were at work in the region , making half the bobbins used in the entire textile industry of Britain . |