Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [be] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything about them was in a state of collapse , because everything was cheap and badly constructed — the low-grade chunki-crete of the frameworks , the corroded metal that trimmed or braced . |
| 2 | Soldiers , psychiatrists , and priests might on this basis be classified together as social controllers ; doctors and perhaps teachers should be classified as sustainers : the proper theoretical place for them is as the maintenance engineers of labour power ; playwrights , philosophers , accountants , sociologists , and lawyers must be classified together as conceptive ideologists . |
| 3 | The most striking difference between them is in the amount they wrote — Beccaria so little and Bentham so much . |
| 4 | Again , the difference between them is in the language used to describe this process : for determinists manipulation is achieved by altering the factors that cause criminal behaviour ; for indeterminists it is achieved by making crime a relatively less attractive choice . |
| 5 | Assume for example that Ford and General Motors between them are in a position to buy up the Great Lakes and pollute them as much as they desire in order to reduce the costs against such an action . |
| 6 | Communication between them was at a minimum . |
| 7 | And after it being for the money , I thought being an elf would please my son . ’ |
| 8 | But I felt guilty about her being in a Home … she just had to go in in the end — and I know it 's the best place , it 's safe and she has company all the time … ’ |
| 9 | Her next door neighbour , a Mrs. Ellen Greaves , gave evidence that she had constantly challenged Esther Dyson in sign language ( which she had learnt through daily contact with the deaf brother and sister ) over the preceding few months about her being in the family way . |
| 10 | Here , the Dialectical Theologians took up afresh one of the prominent motifs in the thought of the Reformers : that the kind of religion that man works out for himself is in the end idolatry , for its real object is not the living God , but man 's own secret divinity . |
| 11 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 12 | She lived there with her family , some of whom are on a skiing holiday in Europe . |
| 13 | The first match at the Hillsborough Centre , Sheffield , is against the Lancashire County U18s , several of whom are in the England squad . |
| 14 | Working on the template agreed with his fellow coaches , McGeechan and Douglas Morgan , Dixon has brought a dynamism to the driving mauls , mostly triggered from clean lineout ball , which had seemed largely beyond the Scottish Exiles — four of whom are in the pack — when they attempted to deploy that tactic during the inter-district championship . |
| 15 | Prosecutor Dorian Lovell-Pank told the court : ‘ A group of people , not all of whom are in the dock , were engaged in the wholesale theft or handling of a vast amount of property . |
| 16 | The Marriage Act 1949 provides that a marriage between persons either of whom is under the age of 16 is void . |
| 17 | The following are also void : marriages between parties who are not respectively male and female ; marriages between persons , either of whom is under the age of 16 ( see p. 43 ) ; and a polygamous marriage entered into outside England and Wales , if either party was at the time domiciled in England and Wales ( for domicile , see pp. 61–3 ) . |
| 18 | Under the present arrangement , single week Championship Series are guaranteed six top-rated players , although much to the surprise of four tournament directors , one of whom is on the Tour Board , the word ‘ guaranteed ’ has been changed to read ‘ Tour goal ’ . |
| 19 | A marriage celebrated between two persons , one of whom is at the time validly married , is in any case void ; and any person knowingly entering into such a marriage is guilty of bigamy . |
| 20 | Among visiting ploughmen this year will be Ray Robson and Adrian Brewer from England , both of whom were at the World Match at Limavady two years ago . |
| 21 | Despite the initial support of the boycott by international operatic stars — most of whom were at the time on contract to work with him — Barneboim 's case did not excite much public sympathy in France . |
| 22 | The students at Beida , some of whom were on the verge of taking to the streets , probably feared the possible repercussions and with the end of term imminent , they decided that open protest was not worth the risk . |
| 23 | The staff of both periodicals were approached by many artists , some of whom were on the list and many more who were not . |
| 24 | On the spur of the moment the other day I asked a seminar group of sixteen PGCE students ( a third of whom were over the age of thirty ) after a three-week preliminary block of school experience , whether they thought that schools were ( a ) fine as they were ; ( b ) in need of some modifications ; ( c ) failing a sizeable proportion of young people ; ( d ) seriously failing all young people . |
| 25 | Nine patients experienced minor leakage , six of whom were over the age of 50 ; such leakage , however , was of mucus only and of minor degree in five of the six patients , and the sole patient who experienced minor faecal leakage was assessed within six months of operation and has in fact improved after longer follow up . |
| 26 | It was such sayings as these that inspired the dervishes some of whom were in the armies of the Khalif and impressed the British soldiers as no other warriors ever did . |
| 27 | Traces of explosives were found on the clothing of the three accused , two of whom were in the back seat of the vehicle and one in the front passenger seat . |
| 28 | Seven out of ten of these employees worked for the seven largest employers , all but one of whom were in the motor vehicle , mechanical engineering and electrical engineering sectors . |
| 29 | Does my right hon. Friend appreciate that this is wonderful news for Glasgow and for Scotland and a great tribute to the work force and management , some of whom were in the House this week to meet an all-party group ? |
| 30 | Odd-Knut said that the locals , many of whom were in the fishing and related trades , were incensed . |