Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | *the influencer — individuals whose influence over the purchase decision is in some way significant or authoritative . |
| 2 | In the previous recession electronics were to some extent protected from the slump by companies ' enthusiasm for replacing old technologies with new . |
| 3 | Living on income support is for many a very negative experience — the intrusive questioning about income and about personal relationships ; the difficulties of queuing with young children ; the problems when benefits are delayed or lost ; the lack of control over income as more and more direct deductions are made — all these and more contribute to the difficulties of bringing up children alone on a low income . |
| 4 | Our building industry is in such a bad state that we will have no trained workers to build the stadiums and villages by then . |
| 5 | In the courtyard , a 14th-century half-timbered and thatched roof building was for many centuries the local courthouse where justice was meted out . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , well I suppose in your line of business you get used to bodies and blood and things , ’ said Mrs Foster , as if writing crime fiction was in some way akin to working in an abattoir . |
| 7 | Consequently , it 's unlikely that anyone who is n't in their fan club is at all fussed about what this record sounds like . |
| 8 | The sides of the pack must carry details of how much tar , nicotine and carbon monoxide are in each cigarette as well as explanations of why each is harmful to health . |
| 9 | An impulse passing along a nerve fibre is in some respects similar to an electric pulse passing along a wire . |
| 10 | Coal as an export commodity is to some extent a casualty of the shift in the economic mix of the Western industrialised nations away from energy intensive ‘ smokestack ’ industries and towards higher added value , higher technology industries . |
| 11 | And the first boat train 's at half past six . |
| 12 | Until about five years ago most boats in general club use were of this sort . |
| 13 | On the drive to Pelham Woods Rachel realised just how short the concentration span was of some members of the group . |
| 14 | Consequently , until 1935 the labour movement is of more interest when studied in its extra-parliamentary role , which centred largely around the issue of unemployment . |
| 15 | A police chief inspector , an optician and the general manager of Lerwick Harbour Trust were among those who saw it . |
| 16 | In the section on specific speech systems , we shall see under what conditions the speech search problem is of this type . |
| 17 | The East African Rift System is of this type and its interpretation as an incipient site of plate rupture is further supported by its continuity with the divergent plate boundaries of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden . |
| 18 | Current completion forecast is for all work , including furniture installation , to be concluded by end April . |
| 19 | Electric windows and mirrors , central locking , rear heating , rear wash/wipe and a tilt wheel are on all models , but today 's hard-pressed executive has to find another £701 for a sunroof and £1,092 for air conditioning . |
| 20 | This means that expert determination is of little use in cases where international enforcement is required , as experts ' decisions can not be enforced like arbitration awards under the 1958 New York Convention or like judgments of courts of European Community countries under the 1968 Brussels Convention . |
| 21 | Use proper connectors such as the screwed block type as all the alternator output is through this pint . |
| 22 | Evans says that the title of Gospel Oak was in many places conferred on to the tree that , ‘ in for instance the Suffolk village of Polstead , has long outlasted the ceremony ’ . |
| 23 | The wonder is not that social work and social work education are in such a mess , but that so much is being achieved , despite the difficulties . |
| 24 | Pest Control is after all , a matter of life and death , so if pests are your concern , book now . |
| 25 | The binder twine was in this thing you see and it went |
| 26 | Just who paid for the telephone call is in some doubt . |
| 27 | At Knossos too the wall and ceiling plaster was in some rooms modelled into relief forms , sometimes abstract , like the spiral reliefs found in the North Sector , sometimes representational , like the Bull Relief from the North Entrance Passage or the Bull-Grappling Fresco from the East Wing . |
| 28 | IF a dwelling house is in such a state of disrepair as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance , the tenant may lay an information against his landlord alleging the existence of a statutory nuisance under the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 29 | The legend of the Dent vampire is in all probability nothing more than an elaborate leg-pull , but it 's worth relating in case you have n't heard it before . |
| 30 | whole thing will be handed single storey garage is alongside each individual house . |