Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun sg] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Europe the primary legal instrument for data protection is the Council of Europe Convention ‘ for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data ’ , 1981 . |
| 2 | For centuries agriculture was the main industry together with self-employed small businesses giving support , blacksmiths , cobblers , tailors , and village stores . |
| 3 | For centuries agriculture was the main economy of the Glarus . |
| 4 | THE one thing guaranteed to dampen your enthusiasm for home brewing was the uncertainty of it all . |
| 5 | The most significant source of the law about expert determination is the law reports . |
| 6 | The counterpart for expert determination is the line taken by the courts in the recent cases of Jones v Sherwood Computer Services plc [ 1991 ] NPC 60 and Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC Ltd [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 : see 13.6 . |
| 7 | The majority of other types of skin cancer are the result of continued exposure to sunlight over a long period of time . |
| 8 | The two major components of insect cuticle are the carbohydrate chitin , which accounts for 25–60 per cent of the dry weight of various cuticles , and a number of proteins . |
| 9 | The core of elite theory was the contention that democracy , in the strict traditional sense of rule by the people , is impossible : all government is government by an elite , or at best one among a number of competing elites . |
| 10 | The example of Theravada Buddhism is the most important because it has explicitly taught that there is no Creator God , yet Buddha has been turned into a father-like figure in popular devotion against the best intentions of the monks . |
| 11 | In this respect interest is often directed towards identifying which form of bargaining structure is the most ‘ efficient ’ , where efficiency is usually defined in terms which attach primarily to managerial interests ( Ogden , 1982b ) . |
| 12 | The intangible benefits of improved service to line management in quantity and quality of personnel information was the major influence on the management . |
| 13 | Another objective of case management is the efficient distribution of resources . |
| 14 | This was one of the reasons why they were more prepared than many sedentary peasants to escape over huge distances in the Famine , though of course hunger was the main spur . |
| 15 | It does n't re re replace repression completely because of course repression is the prime and in many ways fundamental mechanism of defence . |
| 16 | In fact , the main attraction of contract catering is the diverse opportunities for career development . |
| 17 | A crucial contribution of TQM theory is the redefinition of the concept of the customer . |
| 18 | The most interesting aspect of Roger Rabbit is the ambiguity about whether the Toons are better or worse than humans — much like the unresolved dilemma of Deckard in Blade Runner . |
| 19 | A rough but convenient measure of sentence complexity is the average number of words per sentence : that is , we have first to determine the complexity of each sentence by counting the words , and then to derive from this an overall measure of complexity . |
| 20 | The application of semantic knowledge to the problem of text recognition is the subject of this thesis . |
| 21 | Typical of the unusual and smart staircases marketed by Staircase Solutions of Alexandra Palace is the Niviv — a steel design which gives maximum flexibility , is self-supporting up to 16 risers , adjustable on site , suitable for internal or external use and is supplied in a range of colours , as well as stainless steel . |
| 22 | For all the children , the best indicator of response time was the size of the smaller number involved in the sum . |
| 23 | The marginal rate of income tax is the percentage taken by the government of the last pound that an individual earns . |
| 24 | The principal regulator of futures business is the Securities and Futures Authority ( SFA ) and the process of application for membership to SFA and the Rules of SFA by which a member is bound will be discussed . |
| 25 | Essential in the process of curriculum reform is the control of two aspects of evaluation . |
| 26 | At the end of Grindelwald village is the glacier gorge ( Gletscherschlucht ) which is a fairly easy walk along a very narrow road to the upper glacier which you can go inside . |
| 27 | The kind of fixtures that are best for this sort of accent lighting are the various types of spotlights , wallwashers , pinhole or framing projectors , as well as uplights and candles . |
| 28 | This issue of Action newsletter is the first to be typeset , designed and laid out on desktop publishing ( DTP ) equipment which has recently been installed at WACC 's offices in London . |
| 29 | Worse still , the epicentre of labour militancy was the capital itself . |
| 30 | This partial withdrawal of labour supply is the mirror image of an increased preference by workers for more leisure : a rise in unemployment is seen as a sort of holiday or , at the very least , as a manifestation of an increased demand for leisure . |