Example sentences of "a [noun] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was probably the success of these steps which , in 1337 , caused Philip VI to decide upon the building of a naval base at La Rochelle , a base which was to be ceded to the English by the terms of the treaty of Brétigny , thereby underlining the significance of ports as pawns in international diplomacy . |
| 2 | But a case which is of enormous embarrassment to sport may not yet be over and the International Amateur Athletic Federation might not regard the matter as closed . |
| 3 | While the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) decision R v Sanyo Electrical Manufacturing ( UK ) Ltd , is a case which is of interest in its own right , its real significance is that it is yet more evidence of an increasing awareness by the courts of the crucial role they have to play in securing a healthier and safer working environment by ensuring that infractions of health and safety , and related legislation , are properly penalised . |
| 4 | Reversing the courts below , the Court of Appeal refused his application ; his credibility was the key issue , and in such a case it was of ‘ extreme importance ’ that his evidence be tested by cross-examination in open court . |
| 5 | I would say that they ought to be able to spend at a level which is within the S S As that have been given both for the county and for the districts , and therefore we should be below the three hundred and seventy eight . |
| 6 | Now Mill seems to be very unsure what to do about this because he does n't want to say that the poor should be disenfranchised , because after all everyone is entitled to their say in government , but he does seem to be worried that if the poor are given an equal say or the uned uneducated poor are given an equal say , then they will make a very bad decision , a decision which is against their own interests and this is one reason why he favours plural voting because he recognizes that the numerical majority might make a erm wrong decision , so we should make sure that the numerical majority do n't have sway in a democratic process by giving another client more weight in it so he seems to between wanting to disenfranchise them altogether which he seems to consider and just emasculating their vote by giving other people more votes . |
| 7 | Well what this springs up is the issue , one of the issues we started with which is democracy in the tyranny of the majority is what Mill recognizes is is that a maj well he claims to be concerned that the majority will make a decision which is against the interests of everyone , but he 's equally concerned about the issue that the majority might make a decision which is against the interests just of a picked-on minority , people with unpopular views , people who hold er members of a different religion and so on . |
| 8 | Well what this springs up is the issue , one of the issues we started with which is democracy in the tyranny of the majority is what Mill recognizes is is that a maj well he claims to be concerned that the majority will make a decision which is against the interests of everyone , but he 's equally concerned about the issue that the majority might make a decision which is against the interests just of a picked-on minority , people with unpopular views , people who hold er members of a different religion and so on . |
| 9 | Now you 've set a budget which is below the level of at which the Oxfordshire County Council would be rate capped , or Poll Tax capped . |
| 10 | And of course it 's a budget which is on an attitude towards the Parkside Pool problem which we disagree with therefore in no way do we support it . |
| 11 | I had to help Uncle fetch the coal for us and some corn oats for Prince the colt , and a mare which was in foal . |
| 12 | It illustrates , in an acute form perhaps , the frequently encountered problem of establishing the version of a text which is in force at a given time when that text has been much amended , whether it be the latest version or the version in force at a particular date in the past . |
| 13 | ‘ as a trespasser ’ Means an intentional entry , whether reckless or negligent , into a building which is in possession of another who does not consent to the entry . |
| 14 | The great neo-classicist , Sir John Soane , for example , vehemently opposed the use of a pediment upon a building which was of neither sacred nor great civic importance . |
| 15 | For example once he went to Rome on business and when he got back he told me about a building which was like the sky at night , so big that even when you stood in front of it you could n't believe you were actually seeing it . |
| 16 | He has a cottage which is in not good enough condition to let , he ca n't afford to do it up , and it does n't quite qualify as decrepit . |
| 17 | In a flash she was off her bed and on her way to have it out with the one man responsible . |
| 18 | And Miss Plum walks through the playground carrying two heavy bags , and in a flash I am beside her , smiling a face full of teeth like Tom in a Tom and Jerry cartoon . |
| 19 | In a flash he was on his feet , followed instantly by Baal and Set . |
| 20 | Quick as a flash he was at her side , catching her before she hit the ground , his arm hooking behind her knees to scoop her up into the air . |
| 21 | She was the daughter of a scientist who was at one time Deputy Master of the Mint . |
| 22 | Rather than rather than having a sort of under the counter scenario where er material considerations you know will be considered when it when it 's a separate planning application comes in there are there an ack there is an acknowledgement or a framework which is in a formal local plan which which identifies what the main considerations will be . |
| 23 | But again , too evident delight in surmounting a difficulty which was after all self-imposed suggests that the Resident 's obscuration of the nature of his influence was primarily not a form of reticence or uncertainty , but of display . |
| 24 | They had no objections to application 02/90/1065 for a bungalow which was in keeping with the character of the surrounding area , but the present application for a large house with brick walls and a concrete tile roof is totally out of place and would dominate the adjacent properties to an unacceptable degree . |
| 25 | Allen climbed a tree but although he climbed to a high bough and hung there swaying like a squirrel they were in a low-lying bowl of forest and he could see neither the Smoke nor the last rays of the westering sun but only leaves . |
| 26 | Then he kissed me , and for a moment I remembered a play we were in together , when we 'd done the same sort of kiss , starting with his hand under my chin and just our lips lightly together , and then developing into a full clinch ; but by the time we were deeply embraced I had forgotten the play and could think only that this was like coming home . |
| 27 | There was a youth group being set up to perform a play which was about teenage gay men and lesbians and their experiences . |
| 28 | In 1974 I was at the National Theatre doing Shakespeare with Sir John Gielgud and whenever there was a play it was in repertory form , so another play came on and I had five days off , so I 'd fly to Toronto , have a three day ‘ loon ’ in Canada and then come back . |
| 29 | He appreciated how difficult it was for me ‘ to give way ’ , what a wrench it was for someone who always operated on his own to cooperate with an act he neither understood nor , at that time , actively sought . |
| 30 | If as a GP you are in somebody 's home and give a thrombolytic and the patient dies , you will be blamed . |