Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps your next issue should be about the arbitrariness of categories . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A second potential means of reducing the Soviet trade deficit with Latin America would be through the sale of arms . |
| 6 | Here in particular , however , I think the German art-historical slant will increasingly be towards the conservation of buildings and monuments . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ But you know how she always likes to be in the centre of things . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Since lunch-time I 'd done nothing except be in the company of women , hanging around in pubs or crawling through traffic . |
| 15 | It is a strange feeling to be in the company of men and sense the great joy in your soul and yet no one recognises it and your joy can not be communicated . |
| 16 | Not every older person wants to be in the company of peers , or find it difficult to include younger people among their circle of friends . |
| 17 | People living in the houses were also less likely to be in the company of individuals who had competing needs to their own ; clients living in staffed houses were likely to be the only service user in the room for 63 per cent of the time ( and mostly with just one other for the remainder ) , compared with 42 per cent in the three ‘ campus ’ houses , 33 per cent in ordinary hospital wards and 27 per cent in special units . |
| 18 | It will tend to mean retailers will keep prices lower than they would be in the absence of rivals . |
| 19 | Such an ascription of effect to cause could only be in the form of hypotheses , of varying degrees of face plausibility . |
| 20 | They would not be tied to the goods of donor countries , and all funds from national sources should be in the form of grants ( already the case for a majority of donors ) . |
| 21 | Computer-aided design : ‘ The use of a computer-based system to assist in translating a requirement or concept into an engineered design , utilising a data bank of design principles and information on such matters as properties of materials , followed by production of information ( which may be in the form of drawings ) for manufacture . |
| 22 | The representations may be in the form of prints , sketches , drawings , paintings , photographs or sculptures . |
| 23 | The social fund was significant for three main reasons : it replaced individual rights based on regulations with discretion which was to be applied by social fund officers ; the budget for social fund payments was to be cash-limited ; and most payments would be in the form of loans rather than grants . |
| 24 | Prizes will be in the form of gifts or vouchers — there will not be any direct financial rewards . |
| 25 | Once the trust of the workforce has been lost , it is difficult to regain it , even if future change is perceived to be in the interest of employees . |
| 26 | The point at which the saving of the differential tax at 15% on income outstrips the increased National Insurance liability is likely to be in the region of earnings of £75,000 as is illustrated by the following example . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , Ipswich yesterday signed two players from the Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon for a fee believed to be in the region of Pounds 200,000 . |
| 28 | In extreme cases it might actually be beyond the range of townsmen 's knowledge . |
| 29 | A positive interaction with these characteristics can only be to the benefit of artists and their followers alike . |
| 30 | The criminal law sees only some types of property deprivation as robbery or theft ; it excludes , for example , the separation of consumers and part of their money that follows manufacturers ' malpractices or advertisers ' misrepresentations ; it excludes shareholders losing their money because managers behaved in ways which they thought would be to the advantage of shareholders even though the only tangible benefits accrued to the managers ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; it excludes the extra tax citizens , in this or other countries , have to pay because : ( i ) corporations and the very wealthy are able to employ financial experts at discovering legal loopholes through which money can be safely transported to tax havens ; ( ii ) Defence Department officials have been bribed to order more expensive weaponry systems or missiles in ‘ excess ’ of those ‘ needed ’ ; ( iii ) multinational drug companies charge our National Health Services prices which are estimated to be at least , £50 millions in excess of alternative supplies . |