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

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1 ( 3.1 ) unc The order in which the expression/variable pairs appear is of no consequence .
2 We do n't , we , I do n't even know where Penny want 's to be buried .
3 Data creation and data capture are at odds with each other ; the protagonists and the interpreters of history are still at cross purposes .
4 The Daily Telegraph Individual Homes Show is at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham from April 18 to April 21 .
5 The Daily Telegraph Individual Homes Show is at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham over the Easter Weekend , April 18 to April 21 .
6 The final series of the Hudson and Halls show is to be screened by the BBC later this year .
7 If you are importing , the cheapest and most straightforward methods of settlement are by international payments in currency or sterling , and Midland offers three options : Priority Payments , where speed of funds transfer is of paramount importance ; Mail Payments , where there is less urgency ; and Bankers Drafts , which are particularly appropriate for low priority , low value payments .
8 Where Britain and the United States differ is in the way that the subject of politics is taught .
9 and the curriculum statement , all the kids do is on a sheet put the number of the courses
10 At present the advent of the All Blacks is concentrating the national rugby mind wonderfully and all four provinces have been in early-season action .
11 Now , if any of your other readers have been with you that length of time then , like me , they will have seen many changes in the magazine in terms of staff , reviews , layout and style .
12 They 're keen bird-watchers and their best sightings have been from the laboratory windows which overlook very special conservation areas .
13 Recent trips have been to Arran , Bute , Aberfoyle and along various cycle tracks in Ayrshire .
14 Sugar 's last 46 trips have been with an RAAF Squadron .
15 In parts of southern Africa individual units have been in use for over 20 years .
16 Since August 1992 , all Workplace Assessed Units have been in the new format .
17 ‘ I further assert that these spores have been with us since the birth of mankind .
18 Some public sector organizations have been through the debate over an agonizing number of years : local authorities in the UK did so at the turn of the century and generally concluded that ‘ receipts and payments ’ was not sufficient .
19 But the reaction of the most senior members of the judiciary — the Law Lords , the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls — was felt by many of the general public , I believe , to conflict with the image which the judiciary have been at pains to promote .
20 Within these phenomena four main areas of study have been of interest to rural geographers ; first , and most enduring of all , the study of rural population change ; second , and more recent in its concern , the study of rural communities ; third , and of more general relevance to other chapters in this book , the classification and definition of rural areas by both their population and employment characteristics ; and fourth , the study of employment in rural areas .
21 ‘ All the servants at the hacienda have been with the count for years , some since he was a child . ’
22 ‘ You mean those kids have been by themselves all the afternoon — just for the sake of a tea — or curling ? ’
23 Erm er just made an observation about er experience in hospital with children and apparently when kids have been in hospital for a length of time they do n't object so much when you go along and stick a the
24 Tony and Jean have been in their present home for two years .
25 The finances of the betting industry have been under pressure as well .
26 How grateful the Jews have been to God and how sorely treated by God the Jews have been .
27 ‘ I am thinking that maybe these gentlemen have been to one English Wine Shop , ’ said Dr Haidar , speaking in that slightly sanctimonious tone that Muslims sometimes adopt when discussing alcohol .
28 Designers have been at pains to ensure the Cornmill is not just a covered shopping mall .
29 After making a living in London and Scotland the family moved to Spennymoor in 1905 and Coias have been in the town ever since .
30 Electric cars have been with us as milk floats for many years .
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