Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [coord] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are desperate to raise funds for research and are in the process of setting up the British Brain Tumour Association . |
| 2 | Mick Redmond had finished a tour of operations and was on leave when John came on leave so the brothers were able to spend some time together for the first time for years . |
| 3 | This is so even if the alternative job offered involves a change in your terms of contract or is with an associated employer , such as another company which is controlled , in terms of shareholders ' voting power , by the same person or people who control the company that you work for . |
| 4 | She participated in the founding of the League of Nations and was on the Council , though she failed to get a racial equality clause inserted in the League 's charter . |
| 5 | Thus in the case of job H the early start time is not 10 , which is the early finish time of preceding job G , but 15 which is the early finish of F and is on the critical path . |
| 6 | Thus in the case of job H the early start time is not 10 , which is the early finish time of preceding job G , but 15 which is the early finish of F and is on the critical path . |
| 7 | Having house full of kids and being on dole . |
| 8 | As one who believes that life exists from the moment of conception and is in the image of Christ , I support the petition and am opposed to anything that damages life in the way in which this pill is alleged to do . |
| 9 | Again his meteorological observations resulted in the practical theory of how tropical storms arise in the Gulf of Mexico and are of a similar nature , if vastly greater in scale , to water spouts and whirlwinds . |
| 10 | Since I accept his primary submission I do not find it necessary to consider his other options , but I observe that in every case they would involve the court in a far more creative exercise in framing the law , which I doubt we would be entitled to undertake , than by holding as I would do that a corporate public authority has no right to sue for the tort of defamation and is to be left , if necessary , to such other rights as it may have , in particular the right to sue for malicious falsehood . |
| 11 | ‘ She had lost a lot of blood and was in a state of shock lying on the footpath at the end of an alleyway . |
| 12 | The Project Trust ( 08793 444 ) is based on the island of Coll off the west coast of Scotland and is in its 25th year . |
| 13 | A large proportion of the miniatures are attributable to known artists such as Jean Bourdichon : four sheets by this artist were originally in a Book of Hours belonging to Henry VII of England and are among the great finds of the collection . |
| 14 | Vic has eaten his two slices of toast and is on his third cup of tea and first cigarette of the day when Marjorie shuffles into the kitchen in her dressing-gown and slippers , a scarf over her curlers , her pale round face puffy with sleep . |
| 15 | It is all made of wood and is in good condition . |
| 16 | Keith Rankin , representing Michael Lowther said his client had had a childhood of abuse and was of limited intelligence . |
| 17 | They apply to most places of work and are of particular importance in regard to health and safety in the office . |
| 18 | Adult prisons ( for those aged 21 or over ) are divided into ‘ local ’ prisons , which receive people from the courts , whether on remand or at the start of a sentence ( and where short sentences may be served in their entirety ) ; closed ‘ training ’ prisons of which Maidstone is one , and ‘ open ’ prisons , which have a minimum of security and are for prisoners perceived as posing no real risk to the public . |
| 19 | If , for example , the buyer sends his own lorry driven by one of his own employees to collect the goods , then the goods , once loaded onto the lorry , are not in the course of transit but are in the buyer 's possession . |
| 20 | This is a major reason why sexual deviance is found threatening : in deviating from normative truth and the ‘ nature ’ which underpins it , such deviance shifts and confuses the norms of truth and being throughout culture . |
| 21 | They were Miss Margaret ( Peggy ) Herbison , who is the oldest surviving Scottish woman MP , having served in the Labour Party cabinet in the 1960s ; Councillor Sheila Ritchie , who has been a Liberal Democrat councillor in Gordon for a number of years and is at present a member of the party 's National Executive Committee ; and Miss Ann Hay , who is an influential key organiser for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association in Edinburgh . |
| 22 | Where the fund of damages is likely to be substantial , including future nursing costs and the like as well as loss of earnings , an accountant 's evidence can help the court to decide the multiplier , as well as the multiplicand , for example in the case of a one-man business where the accountant has been concerned with the accounts over a number of years and is in a position to give an expert opinion as to the future prospects of the business . |
| 23 | These substances are all known to be mediators of inflammation and are at least partly responsible for the macroscopically obvious inflammation of the intestine on days 6–9 . |
| 24 | They cost around £40 to £50 an hour , but these elegant craft are the epitome of Venice and are worth the splurge just once . |
| 25 | The sexual act , it seemed , was low on the list of priorities and was on offer at bargain prices ; then , as you toured the body 's locations , the cost increased . |
| 26 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the phrase ‘ office or employment ’ in section 16(2) ( c ) of the Act was not confined to the narrow limits of a contract of service but was to be construed in a wider sense as a matter of ordinary language ; and that , accordingly , the provision of services by the appellant as a self-employed accountant was properly described as employment within the ambit of section 16(2) ( c ) ( post , p. 506B–D , E–G ) . |
| 27 | On the uniformitarian side , in my glorious over-simplification , were the Whigs or Liberals who sought to dispute the absolute rule of a monarchy as the natural state of affairs and were in favour of majority rule . |
| 28 | The chapel is dedicated to the patron saint of spinsters Catherine of Alexandria and is worth a visit for even more impressive views on all sides . |
| 29 | This gives a sterling value , at this rate of £36,363.64 and is of course the expected return . |
| 30 | His elder daughter , heir to the throne , was just twenty-five years of age and was on a trip , with her husband , Prince Philip , to Kenya , so they hurried back to London . |