Example sentences of "[noun] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | KPMG Peat Marwick , Sakura Global Capital and BDO Binder Hamlyn are among the companies that have paid £1,000 for a table to seat their team of 10 contestants . |
| 2 | The nation has a very large civil service but a mixture of disdain for and suspicion of its civil servants … our leading governmental institutions are without the benefits of great formal authority and respect . |
| 3 | From this it can readily be seen that only 56 institutions are of the size advocated in ‘ Better Schools ’ and yet this 19% caters for nearly half the student population whilst 148 sixth forms ( 52% of the total ) each with less than . |
| 4 | While the medical care , in a technical sense , is generally excellent in the municipal hospitals , all of which are affiliated to major teaching centres to try to ensure high standards , these institutions are like the NHS only more so . |
| 5 | In the USA big name institutions are in the race : Princeton , Los Alamos , MIT . |
| 6 | Today nearly half of all the vines grown in the white wine vineyards of Champagne are of the Pinot Meunier variety — a practicality only possible because of Pérignon . |
| 7 | SCOTVEC courses for beginners are on the basis of a half day per week for one year while the NWRAC Home Machine Knitting Course requires a full day per week for two years , or three if Part 2 is included . |
| 8 | MICKEY MOUSE and Donald Duck are in the dog house with Goofey . |
| 9 | Before long , the only vacancies are near the entrance . |
| 10 | Most British coal mines are outside the main industrial conurbations , and their employees live in isolated settlements — ‘ pit villages ’ — which offer no alternative work and are not very accessible to other employment opportunities . |
| 11 | Most of my companions on this field trip to the mines are from the Third World . |
| 12 | Its part is written a perfect fifth higher than it plays and as long as its notes are on the stave it sounds well . |
| 13 | Some of pop 's flavour-of-the-month acts are on the bill . |
| 14 | Whilst this section is confined in its application to acts expressly authorised to be done on behalf of a firm , the general law of agency will continue to attach liability to the firm for the unauthorised acts of its employees when those acts are within the course of their normal or apparent activities for the firm . |
| 15 | Goblin wolf riders are among the fastest and most mobile of all troops . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman can be absolutely certain that we agree that the measures proposed by Mr. MacSharry are to the detriment of his farmers and farmers in every corner of the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | However , these and similar discussions are beyond the scope of this book . |
| 18 | Most of the remainder are in the 40–70 range , with the highest grades reaching almost average mental ability . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , census returns are amongst the most reliable records that a local and family historian is likely to use . |
| 20 | Since much of equity returns are in the form of capital gains , at least in the long run , which are taxed only on realisation , personal tax on equity returns is generally in effect much lower than that on the returns to investing in a company 's debt . |
| 21 | The 30 prisoners are from the Chilterns group of jails which includes Aylesbury , Grendon , Bullingdon and Huntercomb . |
| 22 | The famous ‘ spider woman ’ of Erddig duly appears on the cover of The Servants ' Hall , but most of the accounts are of the menservants . |
| 23 | All our accounts are with the auditor . |
| 24 | Since these appropriation accounts are on the cash basis , accounting standards would hardly seem relevant . |
| 25 | These accounts are for the period from 15 July 1991 to 30 September 1992 . |
| 26 | Because most of the closest-fought states are in the Eastern Time zone , American TV networks expect to be able to forecast the final result from 2am on Wednesday . |
| 27 | Many eastern states are near the end of their landfill capacity . |
| 28 | ‘ No , the nose and the hair are in the family , ’ my brother agreed . |
| 29 | … The proceedings in the present case are for the direct purpose of handing the appellant over so that he may be dealt with on these charges . |
| 30 | Do not worry about this so long as all or most of the important symptoms of the case are in the remedy . |