Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the ninth century a German monk , Walahfrid Strabo wrote : No man can say , no man remember , how many uses there are for Oil of Roses as a cure for mankind 's ailments . ’ |
| 2 | He is known to have been in receipt of pensions from at least three institutional clients ( the abbeys of Glastonbury and Ramsey and the priory of Durham ) and probably received similar pensions from many other individuals and institutions . |
| 3 | Starting next year the Official Custodian for Charities , who has been in charge of investments on behalf of 40,000 charities , will be giving back the investments to the individual charities . |
| 4 | He had been in charge of situations for the previous half century , since he had commanded guns on the Barham at the Battle of Jutland , as a midshipman , in the First World War . |
| 5 | But — so long as it was made clear that this was a genuine option , and entirely voluntary — we are in favour of lenders in this country at least recommending insurance and pointing out its advantages . |
| 6 | Later , I reflected that to be in receipt of confidences of this kind , if my own experience was anything to go by , could be insufferably taxing to the patience . |
| 7 | Older people who remain active in the formal labour market will be in receipt of earnings from employment . |
| 8 | Thus under a credit sale agreement , the buyer will as soon as he takes delivery , be in possession of goods of which he is the owner . |
| 9 | We heard what Mr er Davis had to say this morning , and at at one point was very very important , we are expecting to be in possession of reports on the greenbelt local enquiry and your report er round about the same time , and indeed since they they are in control of proceedings thereafter they are in a position to make sure that they do n't have to reach decisions on one until they are in possession of the other . |
| 10 | However , as a resource of what is a question in a flagging economy which is unlikely in the near future to be in search of recruits to the labour force from marginal groups , as it was in the days of labour shortage in the 1950s ( Harper and Thane , 1989 ) . |
| 11 | Francis Mangon , an inventive lighting designer , had been brought over from America to be in charge of productions for the Plaza company . |
| 12 | ‘ It has been her acting experience , being in front of cameras from an early age which sets her apart . |
| 13 | ‘ My whinge is being charged 10 for being overdrawn with National Giro for the first time ever and by only 3.11 — and even though they were in possession of cheques for 36.53 which they knew would be honoured . ’ |
| 14 | Cohen , March and Olsen ( 1972 ) provided a stark contrast to the planning-oriented literature on organization design and decision making with their ‘ garbage-can model ’ , which in essence claims that people and systems in organizations were in possession of solutions to problems and predispositions to take certain actions when problems or specific situations arise . |
| 15 | All surgical patients are at risk of disturbances in their fluid and electrolyte balance due to the effect of trauma and stress on the body . |
| 16 | When they grow up they may think that power is about domination of others without regard to their needs , thoughts and feelings . |
| 17 | It 's about collison of cultures in Britain since the end of the war , and it looks at the way that some artists of non-British origin have come to terms with modern art — or , rather , have made a personal art by calling on ways of expression that might have been absolutely native to them in other countries than this . |
| 18 | NELSON MANDELA , the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress , is in favour of negotiations with F W de Klerk 's government , but feels strongly that the black majority of South Africans should be in favour too , before embarking on such a venture . |
| 19 | The International Animal Welfare Alliance said Mary , whose husband is in charge of monkeys at Woburn and Longleat , is a director of a firm involved in the sale . |
| 20 | Philip Gregory is in charge of museums under O'Mara . |
| 21 | One is Hill Air Force Base in Ogden , Utah , which is in charge of parts for F-16s . |
| 22 | WE have been asked to point out that the Crown Office — which is in charge of prosecutions in Scottish courts — does not run the courts , which are the responsibility of the Scottish Courts Administration . |
| 23 | ‘ The removal or the retention of a child is to be considered wrongful where — ( a ) it is in breach of rights of custody attributed to a person , an institution or any other body , either jointly or alone , under the law of the state in which the child was habitually resident immediately before the removal or retention ; and ( b ) at the time of removal or retention those rights were actually exercised , either jointly or alone , or would have been so exercised but for the removal or retention . |
| 24 | The emphasis is on restoration of things in specie and physical things . |
| 25 | Confirmatory diagnosis is by examination of faeces for eggs ; for differentiation from other nematodes , larval identification following faecal culture may be necessary . |
| 26 | It is then possible to see how much room there was for choice of strategies in terms of competitiveness and jobs . |
| 27 | And they had flats in London and there was like sort of guys like Peter there . |
| 28 | At the very end of his life there was also a suggestion that he was in receipt of bribes for the release of prisoners at Newgate , though this allegation seems not to have been proved . |
| 29 | To those who wished to have this discretion , his message was always the same : It is quite clear from several sources that general opinion among the bishops was in favour of relaxations for ‘ reasonable ’ causes , but Anselm resisted every appeal for moderation : for him no relaxation could be ‘ reasonable ’ . |
| 30 | The strike was in support of demands for better pay and conditions following unsuccessful negotiations with TCL . |