Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new unionists , he discovered , were wrong in supposing that funds mattered less in the class struggle than the unity and solidarity of the workers and the Seamen were at a disadvantage compared with other unions in having , because of the nature of their occupation , to appoint and pay so many full-time officials . |
| 2 | Price Waterhouse , which took over from BDO Binder Hamlyn after the 1991 annual audit , points out in a ‘ subject to ’ report that the accounts are on a going concern basis and that the group is dependent on the continuing availability of adequate banking facilities . |
| 3 | The accounts are in an appalling state . " |
| 4 | It is no doubt true that there is a reduced need for rigorous liability rules where the shareholders are in a position to exercise a real , informed choice about the appointment and removal of directors , and are prepared to engage in active monitoring of management . |
| 5 | Most of the debate between the CNAA and the CDP concerned ‘ self-validation ’ , the CNAA 's role , progress towards autonomy or some particular aspect of the relationship between the CNAA and the polytechnics — and the discussions were on an ad hoc basis . |
| 6 | Each phospholipid series is characterised by a phase transition , below which its fatty acyl chains are in a quasi-crystalline array and above which the chains are in a more fluid state . |
| 7 | Michael normally takes the children on a shopping expedition on Saturday mornings unless the Reds are on an away day , in which case a family outing will be arranged . |
| 8 | My point is that , in general , the courts are under an injunction not to give custodial sentences to offenders under 21 . |
| 9 | The bikes are of a high standard touring bike — some without gears , some with three hub gears , and usually backpedal brakes . |
| 10 | The scripts were of a very high standard and , even when the obvious was about to happen , Raymond Allen 's writing and the performances of Crawford and Michele Dotrice — especially their comic timing — provided moments of dialogue to treasure . |
| 11 | A petition can only be presented in respect of a debt if ( s 267(2) ) : ( i ) the amount of the debt or the aggregate of the debts is equal to or exceeds the bankruptcy level ( defined in 5267(4) as £750 but subject to change by the Secretary of State ) , ( ii ) the debt of each of the debts is for a liquidated sum payable either immediately or at some future time and is unsecured , ( iii ) the debtor appears unable to pay or to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay the debt or debts , and ( iv ) there is no outstanding application to set aside a statutory demand served under s 268 ( see section 4 ( c ) below ) . |
| 12 | Perhaps people realise that in England these women are ultimately powerless , so they feel there is no point in helping them , or perhaps they think that the sons are to a certain extent justified , or may be it is just a matter of people not having the time or energy to do anything about it . |
| 13 | The notes were on a mixture of papers , mostly loose-leaf ; ruled , plain , squared , graph . |
| 14 | Since the birds were in a cold room I believe the filter matting provided extra protection from the low temperatures . |
| 15 | If the nuclei are from a female fetus , the sex chromatin body becomes visible in a proportion of the nuclei as the dark staining body illustrated in Figure 6b . |
| 16 | The houses are in a conservation area and have to be covered with slate roofing tiles . |
| 17 | It is in the field of domestic architecture that Pompeii is unique ; the houses are in a remarkable state of preservation and , apart from Herculaneum and Ostia , there is so little of such building extant . |
| 18 | No politicians ever come to visit them : 75% of the houses are in a precarious position , and compared to our lives the conditions are desparately poor for at least 40% of the population . |
| 19 | The Office of Works examined the damage and reported that the houses were in an ‘ extremely defective and unsound state ’ and should be rebuilt as soon as possible , but still nothing was done . |
| 20 | Now planning councillors on both side of the Thames will have to consider if the plans are for a bridge too far |
| 21 | He will need to decide whether the planning issues raised by the proposals are of a sufficient scale to warrant the cost and delays which a public inquiry would entail . |
| 22 | We are interested here in finding out what the norms are within a single social stratum and how they function for the speakers : at this point in our work we have no justification for relating this pattern to social class differences . |
| 23 | If the rules are of an unusual or onerous nature , for example allowing the exchange to alter dates of performance , the purchase price , or delivery obligations at will ; then a higher standard of notification may be required . |
| 24 | The petrological analysis has not been compared with the distribution of die-sets , yet the sheer volume of material , about 200 vessels from about twelve sites , one being the settlement of West Stow in Suffolk , might seem to argue strongly that the products are from a single workshop . |
| 25 | And you would n't have come down here in such a tearing hurry , and be accompanied by an expert in nuclear weaponry , unless the bombs were of a rather nasty variety . |
| 26 | Temporarily transformed into an ass , with Titania drugged into loving his new shape ( Apuleius ' Golden Ass must be somewhere in Shakespeare 's mental world ) , Bottom persists in the good-humoured prose of l'homme moyen sensuel , utterly oblivious to the fact that the Queen of the fairies is in an erotic tizzy over him . |
| 27 | The story of the Hebrews is of a nomadic tribal people who settled the Holy Land — a depopulated fertile agricultural area . |
| 28 | All the ponies are in a small room at the front of the ship . |
| 29 | This may be also a question which you will say the districts are in a better position to answer and maybe they should be forewarned that if you say that , they will be asked that question . |
| 30 | Each time the game is played the animals are in a different position on the screen . |