Example sentences of "[noun] be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Koran and Islam are in danger . " |
| 2 | ‘ This just shows how hungry institutions are for commissions , ’ one banker said . |
| 3 | All of these institutions are in conflict with their counterparts in Belorussia and with the top Soviet nuclear institute , the Moscow-controlled All-Union Centre for Radiation Research . |
| 4 | Once all your books and ornaments are on shelves there will be much more floor space . |
| 5 | The great green myth is that the goals of economic development and environmental protection are at odds . |
| 6 | As their only specific spending pledges are on child benefit and pensions , I do not see how a Labour Administration would make one iota of difference to unemployment . |
| 7 | By far the greatest proportion of the world 's metals mines are in places where the relatively old mineral-bearing rock is near to the surface . |
| 8 | Those 10 mines are in Yorkshire , the north-east , Nottinghamshire , the Midlands and Wales . |
| 9 | If testing shows that our attachment to Christian friends or to a particular lifestyle is stronger than our attachment to God himself , we must ask whether these supports for faith are in danger of becoming substitutes . |
| 10 | Parkside pit camp mugs , T-shirts and badges are for sale , and a limited edition commemorative plate has been produced . |
| 11 | Above all , where ideologies are in conflict , the appeal to the imagined community of the nation appears to have defeated all challengers . |
| 12 | Where ideologies are in conflict , the appeal to the imagined community of the nation appears to have defeated all challengers . |
| 13 | There was a drafting meeting yesterday and discussions are under way in a Council of Ministers working group and various committees of the European Parliament . |
| 14 | At the time of writing , the proposal has been approved and discussions are in progress on the location of the agency 's headquarters . |
| 15 | New paintings though lately they seem more like coloured sculptures fixed to the wall by Elizabeth Murray are at Paula Cooper until the end of the month and Pat Adams , whose abstractions seem to result from a collision of the macro- and micro-cosmic , is at Zabriskie with twenty new paintings beginning 15 April and continuing until 15 May . |
| 16 | About 15 posts are supervisory and management jobs and the remainder are for checkout , shelving and other staff . |
| 17 | Two-thirds of the homes have been constructed and the remainder are on target for an autumn completion . |
| 18 | Only 50 of the remainder are in London , with the rest in Trowbridge , where Barclays stores the securities it is responsible for . |
| 19 | The remainder are in effect , although they may be called from memory with the READ PALETTE prompt from the PATTERN instruction in the main menu bar at the top of the screen . |
| 20 | The brightest objects are of course the lights themselves , but wide shots also include the darker areas which reduce the average brightness of the scene . |
| 21 | Everyday objects are of course the stock-in-trade of Arman , whose retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum continues until the 26th of this month . |
| 22 | The restored objects are on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo . |
| 23 | He , like many others , was to learn the truth of the Talmud that , ‘ our passions are like travellers : at first they make a brief stay ; then they are like guests , who visit often ; and then they turn into tyrants , who hold us in their power . ’ |
| 24 | Two broad tendencies are at work . |
| 25 | The main RIU meetings to discuss research funding are in May and September . |
| 26 | Compulsory labour involves working at a site designated by the authorities , where prisoners are under surveillance and restricted in their movements . |
| 27 | However , if prisoners are at risk of sentence under the Public Order Act 1986 , the pack of information can explain that just as easily as it can explain the contents of this miserable and irrelevant little Bill . |
| 28 | The theory is that the prisoners are in harmony with their surroundings and custodians , so they 'll become better citizens on their release . |
| 29 | Torpedo Moscow are on £80 a man to win — a huge amount of money by their standards , even if it is buttons compared to the wealth of United 's £4,000-a-week stars . |
| 30 | If a project is a genuine community-based initiative creating jobs and providing a service for the community , and if its management and accounts are in order , it is utterly unacceptable that it should not receive funding on the basis of its alleged political associations . |