Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Policies with prefix letters PM or FM ( Motor Car ) , MC ( Motor Cycle ) or CM ( Commercial Vehicle — excluding policies numbered lower than 100,000 ) will qualify for a Special Discount of just under 6% where the policies have been in force continuously for at least three years when they are renewed during the year commencing 1st July 1981 . |
| 32 | At the beautiful ridge-top site of Phourni , above the Minoan town of Arkhanes , there is an extraordinary Minoan mortuary-complex which seems to have been in use continuously from 2500 to 1250 BC ( Plate 19 ) . |
| 33 | He 'd been in custody there for nearly thirty six hours altogether . |
| 34 | The canal engineer William Jessop was largely responsible for this pioneering work which had been in prospect ever since the Stuart period . |
| 35 | MGM , which made such classics as Gone With the Wind and The Wizard Of Oz , has been in turmoil ever since being bought by controversial Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti last year . |
| 36 | We 've been in flowers most of our lives but not demonstrating , which we 're finding a bit , a little bit er different . |
| 37 | The railway holds a steam gala event in May when all locos are in steam together with traction engines and steam rollers , while Santa Specials operate in December . |
| 38 | Co-operatives of women are in evidence all over Palestine . |
| 39 | They are nineteenth century images of poverty , and they are in Britain today in nineteen ninety . |
| 40 | Three hundred and fifty jobs at the sales headquarters of truck makers Leyland Daf are in doubt tonight after news that the company is in financial crisis . |
| 41 | We are the experts All our beds are made by our craftsmen and are in appearance just like top quality ‘ standard ’ beds — but only in appearance . |
| 42 | Any re-bindings are in effect only for the duration of the CLI command file . |
| 43 | Town Reserves are in action tonight against Crystal Palace Reserves at Ram Meadow , Bury St Edmunds ( kick off 7.30 ) . |
| 44 | Now Witney Town are in action tonight in the first round , first leg of the Southern League Cup against Gloucester ; special guest tonight will be the Sheffield Wednesday manager , Ron Atkinson . |
| 45 | WINE-growers from as far afield as South Africa and Chile are in Belfast today for the annual wine-tasting organised by drinks company Guinness . |
| 46 | Left-wing parties are in trouble all over Western Europe . |
| 47 | We are in fact closer to one of the world 's largest market places — USA — than other European countries . |
| 48 | The 24 texts which comprise her first work , Tropismes ( 1939 ) , are in fact closer to prose poems than traditional narrative . |
| 49 | Anti-discrimination measures are , of course , reflective of liberal values , many of which are in fact currently under attack . |
| 50 | Some of the erm people are in hospital there for problems that we do n't have in this country . |
| 51 | If the answer is ‘ not at all ’ then we are in reality close to option one and substitution of judgment . |
| 52 | We 're looking for male youth of around 18 years of age , the rest are in custody still at Milton Keynes |
| 53 | Ecologists warn that the gorillas are in danger both from government shelling attacks on suspected rebel positions , and from the latter 's introduction of cattle into the forest , which break down the bush . |
| 54 | All bar a fragment of the Anglo-Norman version of Cele qui fu foutue et desfoutue , found on an isolated leaf in a library in Clermont-Ferrand , are in manuscripts still in British libraries . |
| 55 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
| 56 | The US 's supplies are supposed to be for use only in national catastrophes such as war . |
| 57 | Driving under the influence of alcohol , although the subject of campaigning for over 20 years , continues to be of concern particularly in regard to young drivers and a hard-core of drinkers . |
| 58 | Accordingly , he has argued , it should be of concern only to those involved in the respective private sector transactions . |
| 59 | These digital data will now be of benefit both to further mineral exploration work in that area , and to the East Grampians mapping project . |
| 60 | Each title contains glossaries as well as exercises that will be of relevance both to students reading alone and those who are working in class with a teacher . |