Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Koran and Islam are in danger . " |
| 2 | Simple endorsements of one or another nostrum are of no service to the teaching of reading ’ . |
| 3 | Today nearly half of all the vines grown in the white wine vineyards of Champagne are of the Pinot Meunier variety — a practicality only possible because of Pérignon . |
| 4 | The great green myth is that the goals of economic development and environmental protection are at odds . |
| 5 | The Thermai is only 80 metres from the centre of town and both Old Rhodes Town and the nightlife are within a few minutes walk . |
| 6 | IT 'S strange but true : the earliest ancestors of the video camcorder are to be found in holes deep below ground which were inhabited by cave dwellers long before the dawn of recorded history . |
| 7 | If testing shows that our attachment to Christian friends or to a particular lifestyle is stronger than our attachment to God himself , we must ask whether these supports for faith are in danger of becoming substitutes . |
| 8 | If this is true ( and it is not so far-fetched : if you carry on an intelligent argument with your readers in the columns of a newspaper , you can not expect them to believe that the responsibilities of self-government are beyond them ) , then it would seem a good example of propaganda having the opposite effect to that intended . |
| 9 | The tasks of planning and liaising , and monitoring are of particular relevance here . |
| 10 | If you are importing , the cheapest and most straightforward methods of settlement are by international payments in currency or sterling , and Midland offers three options : Priority Payments , where speed of funds transfer is of paramount importance ; Mail Payments , where there is less urgency ; and Bankers Drafts , which are particularly appropriate for low priority , low value payments . |
| 11 | About 15 posts are supervisory and management jobs and the remainder are for checkout , shelving and other staff . |
| 12 | Ten parts of South Africa ( not necessarily contiguous geographical entities but based on ethnic groupings ) have been designated by the government as " homelands " for Africans ; four of these have been declared independent sovereign states but are recognized only by South Africa and by each other ; the remainder are at various stages of " self-government " . |
| 13 | Two-thirds of the homes have been constructed and the remainder are on target for an autumn completion . |
| 14 | Most of the remainder are in the 40–70 range , with the highest grades reaching almost average mental ability . |
| 15 | The remainder are in effect , although they may be called from memory with the READ PALETTE prompt from the PATTERN instruction in the main menu bar at the top of the screen . |
| 16 | Only 50 of the remainder are in London , with the rest in Trowbridge , where Barclays stores the securities it is responsible for . |
| 17 | Other examples of discrimination are to be found in role titles such as foreman or tradesman widely used in business which imply the positions are normally ( and rightly ? ) filled by men . |
| 18 | Students ' attitudes on university funding are to be studied by means of the following design : where S 1 and S 2 are random samples of students starting their second and first years respectively interviewed at time T 1 . |
| 19 | The main RIU meetings to discuss research funding are in May and September . |
| 20 | The two courses of defence are by contact and systemic fungicides , such as Maneb , Zineb , Dithane , Orthocide and others . |
| 21 | ‘ No , the nose and the hair are in the family , ’ my brother agreed . |
| 22 | The specific social relations of such privilege are of course derived from the social order as a whole ; it is there that the patron 's powers and resources are enrolled or protected ; in the crudest terms , he is doing what he wishes with his own . |
| 23 | Briefly the requirements for short story are for fictional narrative based er narrative based scripts of two thousand one hundred to two thousand three hundred words do not use a factual accounts or anything longer or shorter on this , nor can we consider 60 Writers Monthly |
| 24 | This may seem to have moved a.long way away from the Creation , but not if the full significances of the Mayan story are to be enjoyed . |
| 25 | Many of the stories selected for short story are from published collections established authors some are commissioned specifically for the slot . |
| 26 | While no-one likes to see anyone lose his job the Glentoran Board are to be congratulated on having been decisive at such a vital time for the club . |
| 27 | One recent letter deplored the excessive influence of academia , pointing out that 10 out of 12 of the Bulletin 's editorial board are from universities . |
| 28 | In practice , the Director of Public Prosecutions does not prosecute films with BBFC certificates for cinema showing , so distributors prepared to pay the certification fee and to carry out the " cuts " insisted upon by the Board are in effect guaranteed freedom from police harassment . |
| 29 | The facts of this case are of such gravity that a sentence of general deterrent is necessary , ’ said the judge . |
| 30 | Notwithstanding the fact that Dirks was found not guilty , the tests laid down in the case are of great significance : a tipper 's liability is contingent upon the purpose of his action ; while a tippee 's liability is limited to those situations where he knows or ought reasonably to know of the insider 's breach of duty . |