Example sentences of "[noun] is [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Mrs Connon 's bedroom is at the front . ’ |
| 32 | Hartlepool chairman , Garry H Gibson , says the future of H football is on the greenfield site even though he has no plans to relocate away from the Victoria Ground . |
| 33 | A further recommendation is for the setting up of an independent body of journalists that would abide by an agreed code of conduct . |
| 34 | The articulatory loop should also be seldom used since it would slow down processing of a message whose speed is beyond the control of the interpreter . |
| 35 | If speed is of the essence — and all marketing surveys say it is — then the microwave is the manufacturers ' version of the licence to print money . |
| 36 | If you like the house the chances are that other people will like it too , so speed is of the essence . |
| 37 | what these reports have shown is that speed is of the essence and such projects should be chosen and approved far more quickly , in time for the researchers to be able to compete with rival projects . |
| 38 | Speed is of the essence , especially when it comes to losing weight . |
| 39 | These are generally used when speed is of the essence , but you may be called upon to give an oral report to accompany a written one . |
| 40 | Speed is of the essence when following up newspaper advertisements . |
| 41 | If you do not have a microscope of your own , prepare a slide as above and take it , without delay , to a veterinary consultant specialising in fish diseases ( having made a prior appointment , since speed is of the essence ) . |
| 42 | Grant applications have to be made to the EC , the Rural Development Commission and the Department of the Environment , with approvals taking months at a time when speed is of the essence . |
| 43 | ‘ Speed is of the essence here , Schellenberg , and reminding you of your oath as a member of the SS , I will now tell you why . |
| 44 | The urban riots of 1981 , the continuing troubles in Northern Ireland , and the headline-making supporters of many football clubs , combine to give the impression that crowd violence is on the increase in contemporary Britain . |
| 45 | They all agree violence is on the increase . |
| 46 | Yes , yes , our intelligence is that erm planned meetings , in other words , planned violence is in the pipeline for Sardinia , which means the Dutch and English fans . |
| 47 | The famous Old Roses Brewery premises at Malton is on the market at £300,000 . |
| 48 | ‘ The changing-room is on the right , when you want to undress . |
| 49 | As the ‘ laar ’ ( breath ) of wind is from the south east , I head slowly up the western shore , knowing that , with the ebbing tide , there will be a few seals hauled out on the rocks . |
| 50 | Unexpectedly peaceful gardens with Delphinium called Johnson 's Blue , some mauve-white and cobalt Campanula ; peonies ; poppies ; trefoils in brilliant mauve ; scents of lavender and musk rose ; four phallic cypress bushes , two of acid-green-yellow , two of dark green ; on the tower , eyeless turrets each with a little pennanted wind-vane , the wind is from the west and the flag flies , brilliant yellow predominating , a ship with sails filled , a cross in black and red , and an antlered deer 's head ; in the bright , southern lee of the castle 's core , long buildings roofed with tiny slates , stepped corners ; the comfort of a loosely-enclosed , highly aromatic rose-garden ; a peony walk , a wall of Euphorbia ; in the reaches of the garden , oasal recesses , stone steps leading up to stone seats ; a bee visited along thick heavy honeysuckle ; rectangular stone troughs , abundant and velvet with flowering plants ; old walls placid with centuries of absorbed heat from the sun ; a holly tree : did Cawdor once contain all the seven sacred trees from the Celtic grove ? |
| 51 | If the pointer moves right , wind is from the right . |
| 52 | If L/R pointer moves left , wind is from the left . |
| 53 | WILLIAMS : The Countess is of the party with your husband in Oxford . |
| 54 | The most marked change however which is obviously connected with the smaller number of candidates is in the number of lost deposits which were only 35 against 64 . |
| 55 | Whatever the mechanism of the assumed intron loss is in the chlorophyte mitochondrial lineage , that massive loss should have appeared after the bifurcation of lower and higher plants . |
| 56 | The opponent 's open side is on the left as you view him . |
| 57 | One slight disappointment is in the fret finishing : the frets seem properly set into the fingerboard but some of the ends on the treble side are sitting ( or have lifted ) slightly off the fingerboard , allowing the top E to occasionally catch underneath them . |
| 58 | Her best is about the reaction to her public appearances : Every time Margi is on the television , she claims , she goes home to be pursued by her mother with buckets of holy water . |
| 59 | According to a recent RSPCA report , cruelty to animals is on the increase , yet , using one of the privileges of his beloved free society , he condones a form of ritualistic animal abuse merely because it is a ‘ tradition ’ within a tiny percentage of our population . |
| 60 | A lot of the argument among the authorities on these animals is about the equivalence or otherwise of certain bones in dinosaurs and bird skeletons ( and particularly the Jurassic bird Archaeopteryx ) ; this makes for rather dry reading for the layman . |