Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A second focus for integration has been through the design of materials based on one subject discipline but specifically planned to feed across the curriculum .
2 But the finality of the announcement is another cruel blow to the young princes who have already been through the wringer over revelations in the Andrew Morton book Diana : Her True Story .
3 It would not have been terrible — only like Frank — if it had not been for the pain of stones , metal , pressed into soft skin .
4 The Schimmel sale was a perfect opening for the nervous novice , as the works were fresh , having been off the market for decades , familiar from exhibitions and publications , and generally trouble-free .
5 The research aims to describe how police authorities give effect to this duty and to analyse what the consequences of their adopting different strategies — formal consultative committees , public opinion surveys , informal liaison etc — are for the work of police authorities , for policing priorities and for police management practice .
6 Proposals should be carefully worded to emphasise that our costs are for the provision of services , rather than equipment , whose ownership could be the subject of later discussion .
7 Orders commonly sought are for the delivery of pleadings and particulars , and for discovery , and , as may be appropriate , for the following : ( 1 ) Amendment of pleadings and change of parties where leave is necessary .
8 In other words , sacramenta procta hominas the sacraments are for the good of men and woman , of course the hominas in Latin includes both , it 's inclusive language for the sake of er well of certain persons who will be picking me up
9 Remember : Crowns are about the range of services and facilities .
10 Remember : Keys are about the range of facilities and equipment .
11 Here the individual pixels are about the size of characters and you can Set and Reset them at will .
12 They are very , very , very quick indeed and very , very efficient , and this is why , since the War London has been the centre of the recording industry , simply because it 's been worth the while for Americans in recording companies , for example , to record in London rather than anywhere else because we are so efficient .
13 They are of the substance of dreams and of an intangible reality — hybrid ideas of the mind .
14 if you feel tired or unwell , fatigue can cause serious accidents , never drive if you 're under the influence of drugs or medicines , it can seriously affect your driving ability , always ask your doctor whether it is safe for you to drive when taking prescribed medicines .
15 WE 'RE IN THE SUPER-LEAGUE OF NATIONS .
16 As we 're on the subject of complaints , I might as well say that we 've had one from Naomi Marks .
17 We certainly , if you look at the breakdown of our sales er , we only sell about a hundred and fifty er , million pounds worth er , of goods and services in Asia , Pacific erm , we would certainly like to make acquisitions in that area just as we did in North America er , in the seventies and eighties and we have now small Pearson er , office , for instance in Tokyo , it 's quite slow , erm , er , in that area but certainly we 're on the lookout for acquisitions in , in Asia , Pacific .
18 And you 're on the phone for ages and ages talking about A B and C , and all a sudden you think I can smell something burning .
19 For another thing , the region is one of the edge of things if I may so put it and that 's why I 'm down here I mean as , as I know when we 're up there we 're at the centre of things , but lots of people do n't
20 The names which have previously confused scholars would in effect have been like the variety of names used for , say , a contemporary political party or , at most , for the spectrum of groups and individuals which coalesced into a single movement — the French Resistance , during the German occupation .
21 My gut reaction has always been against the placing of bolts , and I 've never used them .
22 You have a one in six chance of coming a cropper on the slopes — which is trebled if you are under the influence of tranquillisers .
23 So let's just have a look then at what our statutory rights are under the Sale of Goods Act .
24 Would it be fair to say that you accepted his decision when you thought it was the right decision , regardless of whether he may have been depressed or he may have been under the influence of drugs or some other pressure ?
25 Some of them were loyal and trusted men who had been with the Prince for years and , as well as relying heavily upon them , he liked them .
26 Er , she runs the whole of this course , and erm she 's been with the school for years .
27 Paul has been with the council for years .
28 ‘ All the servants at the hacienda have been with the count for years , some since he was a child . ’
29 His face was so familiar that he seemed to have been with the production for weeks .
30 ‘ It should 've been with the batch of papers given .
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