Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Even in the nineteenth century , many hundreds of vessels passed through the Straits each year , most of them small coasting ships but also a good many larger vessels trading between Europe and the East Indies ( Java and Sumatra were at that time prosperous Dutch colonies ) . |
| 32 | Li Yuan is not to know , but I want us to know where Kim is at all times . |
| 33 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 34 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 35 | Bee Moore , who worked in Westlands and was a sister of Paccy Moore the shoemaker , had heard that Eve was dead from horrible injuries and that Benny was in such shock she could n't be told . |
| 36 | Curtis was at that time Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal and he was not motivated in what he did by any particular animus towards Indians . |
| 37 | But despite her impeccable bed-cred , Karen was in most respects a very conventional person compared to someone like Manuela . |
| 38 | If one accepts the statement that Hizir Bey was mufti in Istanbul , then it is natural to suppose that Molla Husrev succeeded him ; but as with Hizir Bey , so with Molla Husrev , there is no positive evidence , nor even any suggestive indication , that Molla Husrev was in any sense Mufti before his return from Bursa : there is nothing , in short , to suggest that he became Mufti in any way other than that reported by the . |
| 39 | My impression is that just before his death Paul Gray was under some sort of pressure . |
| 40 | It was 1942 before he was allowed back at Fox to make another film — Zanuck was as that time away on war service and knew nothing about it . |
| 41 | Mr Goodman said if Laganside was in any doubt about the amount of sludge being dropped by the lorries a representative should be sent to watch them driving past . |
| 42 | This time Miss Havisham was in another room , which I had not seen before . |
| 43 | The Ayrshire land granted to Walter Fitzallan was in that part of the county still called Kyle , which is , roughly , the land between the rivers Irvine and Doon . |
| 44 | ‘ Then the journey to the Guildhall was to some purpose , my lord ? ’ |
| 45 | oh you missed Only Fools and Horses the other night , its the funniest one ever , its the one where Del was in this wine bar pretend to be a yuppy |
| 46 | Ray was at that time a member of the Morris Side and would be very glad to hear from any of his contemporaries , although his style of dancing is rather different these days . |
| 47 | Raybestos officials deny that the move to Ireland was in any way connected with the difficulties faced by producers of asbestos products in the US . |
| 48 | Ulster 's pair Hilton Meneely and Andrew Dennison are on each other 's heels , with 857 and 854 points respectively , with German-based Meneely moving up seven places to No 344 . |
| 49 | All my staffing costs for Smallwood are in that budget , and therefore I can promise Chair , that it would be extremely well examined . |
| 50 | As indicated above , it is possible to have an option on a future — indeed all of the options traded on LIFFE are of this variety . |
| 51 | Neither Coleridge nor the Wordsworths were in any doubt that ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ was a work of great power and originality , a poem , as Coleridge later said , which could not be imitated . |
| 52 | I know Sibelius is in many ways a very different composer from Bruckner , but I remember you suggesting that there are for you affinities between them . |
| 53 | The USSR is by most standards a highly militarised society ; in common with militarist movements of previous eras , the CPSU considers war to be the ultimate test for society and regards peace as a pre-war period . |
| 54 | As a replacement for the Bluebird , the Primera is on another planet . |
| 55 | And as well , as Vicky 's on that line as well . |
| 56 | No , Edge Lane is over that way . |
| 57 | The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was of this kind , although the four explosions that took place at its climax were so stupendous that a separate type of eruption , the Krakatoan , is sometimes referred to . |
| 58 | The club was a meeting place for musicians of his era , and Archer Street was for many years the centre of the British dance music business . |
| 59 | She was amazed how much easier the tube journey to Mornington Crescent was at this time of the day . |
| 60 | Coleridge was in many ways far ahead of his time . |