Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [art] [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Descartes believed firmly that universals were formed in the mind and that ideas possessed ‘ objective ’ and ‘ formal ’ reality ; that is , that it was an irreducible feature of ideas that they were able to be about a class of objects . |
| 2 | Perhaps your next issue should be about the arbitrariness of categories . |
| 3 | This could be as a result of considerations of national security . |
| 4 | In order to be legal a lease must also be for a term of years absolute , according to s. 1(1) ( b ) , Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 5 | But then it was only going to be for a matter of weeks , so what did it matter anyway ? |
| 6 | But it should only be for a matter of months . ’ |
| 7 | It was only to be for a matter of months . |
| 8 | As York finds , workers prefer not to involve their clients in short-term task processes , but this may be for a multitude of reasons other than that of effectiveness : lack of time ( client participation is generally time consuming ) , agency policy and pressure ( paternalism ) , professional socialization and norms , and so on . |
| 9 | Where there is to be a separate exchange and completion , which can be for a multitude of reasons , or where there are conditions which need to be satisfied before completion of the subscription can take place , then the subscription and shareholders ' agreement will set out the various conditions precedent and how they are to be satisfied . |
| 10 | The prediction would be for the ownership of cars to rise by 52,000 in 2 years , and so total market demand for cars in Panaragua in this period would be about 52,000 ( or slightly more , allowing for old cars being scrapped ) . |
| 11 | We are all familiar with that quaint parliamentary phrase , ’ It may be for the convenience of Members ’ , and then some information is imparted that is often for anything but the convenience of hon. Members . |
| 12 | The first two vehicles fitted-out will be based on the new Mark III sleeping cars and will be for the use of members of the Royal Household and other support staff . |
| 13 | A second potential means of reducing the Soviet trade deficit with Latin America would be through the sale of arms . |
| 14 | ‘ 111 Sides ’ is an artistic statement whose clarity of aim , musical achievement and depth of vision would make a dog puke up its ring in horror at how pompous , unfunny , dull , long-winded and self-indulgent Bobo The Pop Star can be after a couple of hits . |
| 15 | Here in particular , however , I think the German art-historical slant will increasingly be towards the conservation of buildings and monuments . |
| 16 | The radical differences will be of a variety of kinds . |
| 17 | I mean it 's good for them learning to be amongst a lot of children and they soon learn that erm they ca n't have their way . |
| 18 | We seem to be into the season of awards and I was here only the other night for the Bafta awards , so I 'm making a habit of it . ’ |
| 19 | In spite of Scott LJ 's efforts the prevalent view of textbook writers is that " It can be said that any covenant which affects the landlord qua landlord or the tenant qua tenant will probably be with the class of covenants which [ run ] , but this is not very helpful , and it is better to note examples from decided cases " ( P.F. Smith , Evans : The Law of Landlord and Tenant ( Butterworths : 1985 ) 75 ) . |
| 20 | Governing bodies are empowered to specify the duties and to determine the grading of non-teaching staff appointed after LMS , but this should be within the scale of grades currently applied within the LEA . |
| 21 | Warrants are also required to be reported within shareholders ' funds , provided they do not contain an obligation to transfer economic benefits ( in which case they would not be within the definition of warrants contained in the [ draft ] FRS ) . |
| 22 | As we have seen , this spoken form may be in a variety of accents , from Devon to East Anglia , from the United States to Australia . |
| 23 | Specifiedly general objects , such as forms and universals , by their very nature stand for the many things which are instances of them : a single particular may be in a variety of relations — most obviously causal , spatial or temporal - to others , but the nature of a ‘ standing for ’ relation is obscure . |
| 24 | It 's cool yet compared to what it will be in a couple of hours ’ time . ’ |
| 25 | I estimate that 'll be in a couple of days . |
| 26 | The reports given can be in a number of formats to help you decide which directory must go . |
| 27 | To enable investigation of a plurality of views the modelling framework will be one which is designed to answer counterfactual or ‘ as if ’ questions rather than one which attempts to predict what the position of the economy will be in a number of years . |
| 28 | ‘ But you know how she always likes to be in the centre of things . ’ |
| 29 | Ideal if you like to be in the heart of things as the hotel is next to one of Hamburg 's premier shopping areas and the Altona railway station . |
| 30 | Questions were raised in the House of Commons about a group of local hippies arrested early in 1967 , and local MPs vied with each other to be in the vanguard of efforts to control the ‘ army of secret drug takers in the area … ( who need to be ) brought back from the brink of madness ’ ( Newcastle Evening Chronicle : 27 February 1967 ) . |