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

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1 The last time these clubs met was at Wembley in the 1983 FA Cup final , a game that needed two bites for United before they finally ran out winners .
2 Hence the provision made was in the form of public sector over spill , particularly at Longbenton , but also within Wallsend and Tyne mouth County Borough .
3 Mutations that affect corepressor binding are of two types .
4 ‘ The last two groups to perform are from Donegal and Leitrim .
5 The programmes undertaken are of two main types , the one country-specific , the other regional in emphasis .
6 Another significant change in carp fishing technique has been in surface fishing .
7 Unless otherwise specified , the futures contracts reported are for the USA .
8 referring to adjudication those cases where a client 's entitlement to benefit is in doubt ;
9 The staple crop has for centuries been rice , and wet-rice agriculture has been of crucial significance in the evolution of Japanese society .
10 Lotus Notes has been on the market for some time , and is already being used by many of the world 's largest companies .
11 Though its timing caught out the markets , the krona/ecu link has been on the cards for some months .
12 The channel tunnel rail link has been at the centre of my thoughts about my own urban concerns .
13 perhaps the best-known attempt to make such a link has been by Peter Hall .
14 Indeed it has been a skill whose weakness has been at the root of many criticisms of GCSE papers where short answers are not deemed to be adequate foundation for A level .
15 Last month Amnesty International called for all charges against him to be withdrawn and concluded : ‘ At every stage the behaviour of the authorities has been in open defiance of the authority of the courts and the rule of law . ’
16 This action plan makes it evident that many of the organisational improvements recommended are in fact features synonymous with an ‘ openly run ’ school with an ‘ open ’ form of decision-making .
17 Mike Rowbottom has been inside Grendon Prison in Buckinghamshire , where the prisoners face a regime that 's unique in Britain .
18 Studies of rape in England and Wales suggest that two-thirds of rapes take place in the home of the victim or the offender , and that only one-third involve strangers ; that two-fifths of victims suffer physical violence as well as rape , and one-sixth suffer additional sexual indignities ; that recent years have seen an increase in the reporting of rapes between acquaintances , and that rapes are increasing a little in their intrinsic seriousness ( i.e. in terms of the violence used , other sexual acts , etc ) , but that the most significant rise has been in the average length of sentences imposed on rapists by the courts .
19 Strach has been on his last legs for the past 2 seasons and while he still produces high quality performances more often than not he is looking more tired with each game he plays , not suprising for someone of his age .
20 Jenkins has been in the job for about ten days , so she can be forgiven for forgetting a lot of names , but she does have a long history of dealing with elderly people .
21 Given the amount of time that Karsten Schubert has been in business and given the new wave of gallery/dealers , this year is going to be the year to break with a much more open policy towards new art , are being seen as central to the contemporary art scene .
22 Why his Lordship should have concluded that the facts did not give rise to the issue is unclear , but subsequent events have shown that the decision has been of much greater importance for the scope of the right of public meeting than his Lordship imagined it would be .
23 Often the emphasis on shared values has been at its greatest in time of war or other national crisis .
24 One of the Moths now at Mandevelle has been on static display in a motor museum for years , and is now almost ready to leap into the air again ; an excellent idea .
25 This conc has been in progress all today .
26 Short 's preparation has been under way for six months and has been intensive .
27 Bramham Park has been in the Lane Fox family for eight generations , since Robert Benson and the first Lord Bingley built the House and laid out the grounds in the manner of Versailles in 1698 and George Fox married his daughter .
28 ( 1982 ) have shown that about three-quarters of the change has been to woodland , as shown in Figure 8.4 , and that this pattern is fairly geographically even , except for Dartmoor as shown in Table 8.4 .
29 Both suggest that in the area of sexual morality the change has been towards less restraint , less control and more choice .
30 One recent change has been among the so-called shabashniki .
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