Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile I am exploring the edges of a continent where most of its people are clustered and , except in city and suburb , well scattered where settlement is at the mercy of geography , as indeed is the peroipatetic topographer , constantly on the lookout for some assembly of landscape elements that can be turned into pictures and — because of indoctrination by a European culture — pictures of a particular sort . |
| 2 | High regime , where drive is from the variator , provides overdrive of up to 1.8:1 . |
| 3 | Where proceedings are in the name of the firm , Ord 81 of the Rules of the Supreme Court ( RSC ) constitutes a code relating to partnerships and all its component rules should be construed together . |
| 4 | Ease of use , Mr Rosenbaum admits , still requires some work but ‘ we are working hard to establish a common ‘ log off ’ — important where billing is by the minute ! |
| 5 | Heading north from Los Angeles , through Santa Barbara , the towns of Pismo Beach , Morro Bay , Carpinteria and Guadalupe — where architects are in the process of unearthing the replica pyramids buried by film director Cecil B. De Mille after he finished making The Ten Commandments on the beach — all offer pretty and uncrowded beaches and interesting restaurants and bars . |
| 6 | Let the n equation in m unknowns unc be written Ax - p = e , where A is of the order ( n × m ) , x is the column of m unknowns |
| 7 | Back at the Branch , customers were greeted by cashiers clad in red noses , and at the end of an enjoyable day , more than £40 was in the kitty . |
| 8 | Once Ratcliffe was in the side on a regular basis , he cemented a partnership with Andy Moles . |
| 9 | ‘ Today I say to our financial and business leaders that although change is on the horizon , we understand the need to pursue stability even as we pursue new growth . |
| 10 | Once Lucy was in the cot you could just squeeze in the door . |
| 11 | The task is on-going ; just as education ought not to have an end , in the sense that an individual could claim to be ‘ fully educated ’ , so schools are in the process of becoming effective . |
| 12 | The solar challenge is the race to the future … fifty machines looking more like spaceships than cars are on the grid in darwin … ready to roll for 2000 miles … ready to soak up the sun … |
| 13 | Further , although Marseilles was under the rule of Childebert by this time , the latter 's governor Rathar , arrested Theodore and sent him to Guntram . |
| 14 | When United held the upper hand , which was for most of the first half , they were more dominant than Aberdeen were after the interval . |
| 15 | Once Arthur is in the boat Bedivere realises for the first time that ‘ the true old times are dead ’ . |
| 16 | Although Piphros was in the lead , Nell hurried past , and ran into the room towards the shower curtain . |
| 17 | Although Rangers were under the cosh for most of the first half , they went into the interval with the lead they refused to relinquish . |
| 18 | Next , it might be said that although Locke was in the business of trying to explain communication in terms of ideas being conveyed from one mind to another , now we know better . |
| 19 | Once Eric was in the car they had driven towards Soragna , then by a roundabout route to a big plantation of poplars near the right bank of the Po , where they had directed him to a well-hidden place in the middle . |
| 20 | An Collins 's expression of self-effacing humility is better than Herbert 's in the sense that Collins 's humility is paramount where Herbert is maintaining a strong concept of self and , indeed , self-applause . |
| 21 | She continued to try to convince Mrs Singh that although Jeetinder was in the bottom set he was doing well and was not ‘ the bottom of the bottom set ’ . |
| 22 | But women were less offended by the sight of a woman masturbating than men were at the sight of a man masturbating . |
| 23 | The last grants to pass the great seal ( although others were in the pipeline ) were the appointments of the chief baron of the exchequer and two serjeants at law on 14 and 15 June — a last attempt by the establishment to pretend that it was business as normal . |
| 24 | The last grants to pass the great seal ( although others were in the pipeline ) were the appointments of the chief baron of the exchequer and two serjeants at law on 14 and 15 June — a last attempt by the establishment to pretend that it was business as normal . |
| 25 | Marion had hoped for a disco maybe , or else a smart hotel , but this … well , once weddings were in the air , they all came out of the woodwork : aunts and cousins you had n't seen in years , bringing engagement presents . |
| 26 | The transport firms should consider this issue carefully before they make any changes to schedules especially if change is for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 27 | On the other hand , if you have had a number of unsuccessful taxations it may be that your draftsman is being too optimistic , especially if payment is on the basis of a percentage of the costs as drawn — If you want to test out your costs draftsman , having received a bill back , send the file off to someone else and see how they draw it . |
| 28 | He observes that , ‘ if Parliament be in the eye of the law a supreme legislature , the essence of representative government is , that the legislature should represent or give effect to the will of the political sovereign , i.e. of the electoral body , or of the nation . ’ |
| 29 | The line continued its progress as if Denwood were at the North Pole . |
| 30 | If speed is of the essence — and all marketing surveys say it is — then the microwave is the manufacturers ' version of the licence to print money . |