Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reported , for instance , that of the nationally mixed marriages in Turkmenia from the 1920s to the 1970s , not a single one had been between a Turkmen girl and a Russian man . |
| 2 | Around 730,000 of the new registrations have been through the Share Information Office and the rest with the many Share Shops set up by banks , building societies and other financial firms . |
| 3 | A mole working inside Cranborne School had supplied them with a mailing-list of all Muslim parents whose children had been rejected by ‘ This is a Christian Country ’ Gyles , the Junior School headmaster , and Robert and Maisie had been through the telephone directory , picking out anyone with a Muslim-sounding name . |
| 4 | We 'll think you 'll agree , after we 've been through the Covermaster Plan , it 's choc-a-bloc full of features , waiver of premium , escalating premium , insurability option , life cover , selective periods , bonuses , you name it , there 's hundreds of features of the plan . |
| 5 | ( e ) Self-help groups : The rehabilitation programme can be the setting off point for a self-help group , so that patients who have been through the exercise programme , which may well last anything from 4–12 weeks , can continue to meet and exercise together with friends they have made . |
| 6 | Recent figures show offenders who 've been through the Grendon process ; many of them for murder , manslaughter , or serious sexual assaults are far less likely to re-offend . |
| 7 | When the water 's been through the reed system it 'll flow back out to the river through established Kingfisher pools . |
| 8 | I mean obviously once she 's been through the learning process herself , so Doug came away feeling quite pleased that he 'd made that contact and he also sort of made one or two , he , he had one or two wise observations I think about the evening , he made one or two new contacts himself and the suggestion and things , he spoke very well about it , at our committee on our last meeting last week |
| 9 | It 's already been through the planning department , our planning department . |
| 10 | The iron grey , Tero , got by because her coat was almost black , but Maldita was so dazzlingly white , except for a sprinkling of rust-brown freckles on her belly , that she looked as though she 'd been through the car wash . |
| 11 | Given that you have already been through the design process and selected the details concerning the number of columns , typeface and so on , now is the time to load all the prepared information into your chosen publishing package . |
| 12 | This explains , says the professor , why all Archer 's characters seem never to have been through the growing-up process . |
| 13 | We know you 've both been through the HMS Dolphin Submarine Escape Tower and that you 've done more than a fair bit of free diving . |
| 14 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 15 | Still , I 've been through the trade directory and come up with something a bit more hopeful . |
| 16 | Then again , too many young people have been through the finals course , often at considerable financial hardship to themselves or their families , only to find that they can not be absorbed into a recession-hit profession . |
| 17 | I was just gon na say , some sometimes , I have n't been for a bit mind you , oh , well the last time I went , sometimes I go to Wales to Blaenau Ffestiniog or to congregation |
| 18 | Those clients whom we estimated as least likely to have remained at home had it not been for the Home Support Project were , as expected , particularly heavy consumers of community services . |
| 19 | Had it not been for the guillotine debate , for the way in which the Government put the pressure on , for the way in which they shepherded all the sheep , ministerial and other , through the Lobbies , we would not be here today . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , as I say , the worthy burghers of Oswaldston would not have asked me to spread the artistic products of my maturity before their admiring gaze if it had n't been for the Machin boom . |
| 21 | Had it not been for the honey pigment of her skin , any one of her small circle of friends might have described her as a porcelain doll . |
| 22 | The only cost would have been for the satellite transmission , which would have been shared . ’ |
| 23 | Yes , the difference of course is that in two day cricket you ca n't necessarily guarantee a result er and forcing wins was what we did n't quite manage to do , it was er it was a season of what might have been for the County Cricket Club er a very good season but not quite as successful as last year . |
| 24 | Had it not been for the EPA relaxation of the ozone standard from 0.08 to 0.12 ppm in February 1979 , following strong pressure from the petroleum industry , many more tens of millions of people would be regarded as living in areas with unacceptable air quality . |
| 25 | As far as is known all the records have been for the period spring to autumn . |
| 26 | The facsimile editions are worth the £12.95 price tag for the Frenchified handwritten text and superb colour printing . |
| 27 | The situation in the Gulf may now dwarf the Palestinian issue , but no Middle East crisis can be seen in isolation ; a thousand days of protest has assured the plight of Palestinians has rarely been off the world agenda . |
| 28 | And they have warned they are only prepared to leave services as they are for a trial period . |
| 29 | Whose Tongues are for a Week supply 'd |
| 30 | I just wanted to know what the ticket arrangements are for the Liverpool game at Anfield later in September . |