Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This just shows how hungry institutions are for commissions , ’ one banker said . |
| 2 | The nation has a very large civil service but a mixture of disdain for and suspicion of its civil servants … our leading governmental institutions are without the benefits of great formal authority and respect . |
| 3 | From this it can readily be seen that only 56 institutions are of the size advocated in ‘ Better Schools ’ and yet this 19% caters for nearly half the student population whilst 148 sixth forms ( 52% of the total ) each with less than . |
| 4 | While the medical care , in a technical sense , is generally excellent in the municipal hospitals , all of which are affiliated to major teaching centres to try to ensure high standards , these institutions are like the NHS only more so . |
| 5 | These institutions are among some 200 ‘ unverified and lost ’ , and so excluded from the 11th edition of the Directory of British Associations , just out . |
| 6 | All of these institutions are in conflict with their counterparts in Belorussia and with the top Soviet nuclear institute , the Moscow-controlled All-Union Centre for Radiation Research . |
| 7 | In the USA big name institutions are in the race : Princeton , Los Alamos , MIT . |
| 8 | Conflict of Interest Rules : financial institutions are in a unique position of trust when handling funds belonging to the public . |
| 9 | Will he now look at those matters seriously because , in the present recession , those institutions are in a grievous plight about which the Minister must do something ? |
| 10 | Because such religions are of more interest to the media than are more ‘ ordinary ’ religions , it is quite likely that whenever the tragedy occurs we shall be treated to the headline Cult Member Commits Suicide . |
| 11 | STRUGGLING tycoon Donald Trump 's bedroom secrets are to be plastered all over American TV . |
| 12 | Many beginners are at first baffled as to how to make the shout . |
| 13 | SCOTVEC courses for beginners are on the basis of a half day per week for one year while the NWRAC Home Machine Knitting Course requires a full day per week for two years , or three if Part 2 is included . |
| 14 | Moore ( 1938a ) considered the main spawning period to be winter and spring although egg capsules are to be found throughout the year . |
| 15 | Once all your books and ornaments are on shelves there will be much more floor space . |
| 16 | In his introduction to the published plans of this and some of his other early houses he writes , ‘ Ornaments are to be cautiously introduced ; those ought only to be used that are simple , applicable and characteristic of their situations : they must be designed with regularity and be perfectly distinct in their outlines … |
| 17 | Rhetoric and promises are all right , but if Labour 's pledges are to be honoured , there is no question but that the ordinary taxpayer will be affected — or that some of those pledges will have to be reneged upon . |
| 18 | As their only specific spending pledges are on child benefit and pensions , I do not see how a Labour Administration would make one iota of difference to unemployment . |
| 19 | Labour 's spending pledges are in an equal muddle to its policy position , which was described , in two separate New Statesman and Society articles last week and this week as being meaningless . |
| 20 | Before long , the only vacancies are near the entrance . |
| 21 | However , planning ahead may not always be possible — for example if your circumstances change quickly or vacancies are in short supply . |
| 22 | Most British coal mines are outside the main industrial conurbations , and their employees live in isolated settlements — ‘ pit villages ’ — which offer no alternative work and are not very accessible to other employment opportunities . |
| 23 | Most of my companions on this field trip to the mines are from the Third World . |
| 24 | By far the greatest proportion of the world 's metals mines are in places where the relatively old mineral-bearing rock is near to the surface . |
| 25 | Those 10 mines are in Yorkshire , the north-east , Nottinghamshire , the Midlands and Wales . |
| 26 | ‘ Follies are in their way heroic , ’ William Feaver has commented on these grand narratives , aligning them with the epic paintings by the vainglorious diarist , Benjamin Robert Haydon . |
| 27 | ‘ How many militiamen are with him ? ’ |
| 28 | This usually means that melody benefits if notes are of different durations . |
| 29 | Henceforth , the quarterly auctions of 30-year Treasury bonds are to take place only twice a year , nearly halving in volume ; auctions of seven-year notes are to be scrapped altogether . |
| 30 | You will need a great deal of paper if your notes are to be kept useful . |