Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [noun prp] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They were unfortunate in that batting conditions for them were not as favourable as they had been for the West Indians . |
| 5 | The original intention had been for the Quins players , seven of whom were in England 's Grand Slam squad , to have Easter off . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Perhaps if it had not been for the Shakoor Rana affair the TCCB might have handled this quietly and sensibly by issuing a non-committal statement and letting the fuss die down . |
| 9 | The pleas for conservative guards might have died away had it not been for the Bristol riots which broke out on 29 October and raged for three days . |
| 10 | Did this , he was asked yesterday , mean that the economy had not been managed as well as it might have been during the Thatcher years ? |
| 11 | I just wanted to know what the ticket arrangements are for the Liverpool game at Anfield later in September . |
| 12 | Culturally I must acknowledge my Spanish blood , but my sympathies are for the Quechua experience . |
| 13 | The instructions below are for the Osma system in which the joints , elbows and outlets have their own fixing holes . |
| 14 | All distances are as the Devon crow flies . |
| 15 | It 's the lowest I have been after a Wales game for at least 18 months . |
| 16 | High as their hopes had been after the OpEC price rise of 1973 , the Group of 77 failed to get substantial support for its proposed Integrated programme for Commodities . |
| 17 | The Department of Employment in their Partnership Handbook publication , recommend and increase in the numbers of teachers undertaking secondment into industry as a key performance indicator of partnership activity , as it has been of the TVEI extension programme . |
| 18 | Today nearly half of all the vines grown in the white wine vineyards of Champagne are of the Pinot Meunier variety — a practicality only possible because of Pérignon . |
| 19 | Its two reactors are of the Chernobyl type and became operational in 1983 and 1986 respectively . |
| 20 | Maybe they 're from the London end . ’ |
| 21 | Now , Lesley , you 're from the Elmore Support Group . |
| 22 | there 's one based at County Hall and if you 're from the Nottingham Arnold area there 's one based on Front Street at Arnold . |
| 23 | Elementary , my dear Watson ; they 're from the Gibson Firebird . |
| 24 | Well I think they 're in the van John actually , or you 've used them to stir paint with and other things . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're in the WH Smith Top 40 and it has only taken us four years to get there , ’ says Tom White of makers Upstarts . |
| 26 | with space to manoeuvre for once , they look and sound gigantic , climaxing with a serrated version of ‘ Potato Junkie ’ ( or ‘ Potatoe Junkie ’ , if you 're in the Dan Quayle camp ) . |
| 27 | Anyway , give us a ring on if you want to go on where are you now , if you 've lost touch with someone we 'll try and find 'em , especially if they 're in the East Midlands . |
| 28 | and it 's cute , if you 're in the United States , |
| 29 | And finally … if you 're in the Didcot area of Oxfordshire tonight , take a look up at the Power Station . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not going to be any different when they 're in the White House . ’ |