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

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1 ‘ Not yet ’ , was the reply : ‘ At present I am the Member of Parliament for Henley ’ ! ’
2 ‘ For li the grace of God I am the Reviver of ADORATION amongst ENGLISH-MEN . ’
3 I am the officer in charge of all cultural activities in Birnin Gwari local government of Kaduna State in Nigeria .
4 I am the bringer of death to your world ! ’
5 I am the bringer of death to your world ! ’
6 I am the bringer of death to your world ! ’
7 I am the author of War in the Nursery ( Virago , 1983 ) , have contributed to several books and journals , and have published collections of poetry , the most recent of which is Dry Air ( Virago , 1985 ) .
8 ‘ It 's impossible for there to be a lower point , simply because of this result and the fact that I am the manager in charge of a team representing the country . ’
9 The difficulty with this has been the lack of confidence in building budget forecasts for 1993–4 out of not very precise market-mapping exercises done with only 1992–3 figures .
10 One of the problems facing libraries in the use of video material has been the lack of standardization between different systems .
11 Michael Phizacklea , the Institute 's director of finance , replies : The overriding consideration in the preparation of the Institute 's accounts has always been the provision of information to members .
12 The regulation of these issues has been the subject of activity by the European Community institutions and by the Council of Europe .
13 The decision of the European Court of Justice in the Torfaen case has been the subject of exposition in two cases in this country , W. H. Smith Do-It-All Ltd. v. Peterborough City Council [ 1991 ] 1 Q.B .
14 The present monarch of Great Britain has recently been the subject of criticism for failure to all make her collection readily available to her subjects .
15 The UK system of income taxation and income support measures has been the subject of criticism from many quarters for a variety of reasons .
16 I remind you that the local authorities have been concerned , in return for the core funding support , that free advice is given to farmers , and this has been the subject of discussion at various times .
17 Such packages have never been the subject of discussion with IBOA and members are advised of the dangers of individual negotiations on these very important issues .
18 The government initially claimed that it had no prior notice of the Commission 's intention to initiate proceedings , but it was later disclosed that this had been the subject of correspondence between the Commission and the Department of Transport .
19 Point ( b ) has been the subject of controversy about the impact upon professional activities of organizational , and particularly public , employment , the conclusion to which would seem to be , in short , that ‘ it depends on the profession and upon the organization ’ .
20 The special salience of a radical French petite bourgeoisie has long been the subject of commentary for historians and political scientists .
21 However , the climatic influence has been the subject of review on aspects of geomorphology ( Derbyshire , 1976 ) and the map produced by Walling and Webb ( 1983 ) is included in a volume on palaeohydrology which is one of the more recently developing temporal approaches ( p. 172 ) .
22 The duration and nature of this disability has been the subject of comment in subsequent cases .
23 Starting from the classical theories of elasticity such questions as the prediction of elastic moduli from the inter-atomic forces and the part played by crystal structure and crystal defects have been the subject of research for a great many years .
24 Pied flycatchers have been the subject of study in the Forest of Dean ever since 1942 when the first eighty boxes were nailed into place .
25 Interaction within groups has been the subject of study by social scientists , and a number of different behaviour categories have been isolated .
26 Impoundments that went beyond that and involved policy change had occurred in the past , but these were either justified under the Commander-in-Chief clause in the Constitution , or had been the subject of consultation with congressional leaders .
27 The question of local government finance has been the subject of debate for some years .
28 There he worked as a gardener for Sir John Blencowe ( 1642–1726 ) who had been the Member of Parliament for Brackley from 1690–1695 , and from 1696 –1714 had served as a Baron of the Exchequer and Justice of Common Pleas [ DNB , 2 , 672–3 ] .
29 Purbeck House on the right has been the Convent of Mercy since 1935 .
30 He had been the guard on duty at the gate for the last week .
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