Example sentences of "[noun] be [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Follies are in their way heroic , ’ William Feaver has commented on these grand narratives , aligning them with the epic paintings by the vainglorious diarist , Benjamin Robert Haydon . |
| 2 | Neil and Ian are in their last year at school . |
| 3 | They also insinuate that relatives of the prisoners are on their lists . |
| 4 | In principle it is impossible because skills are by their nature totally integrated and interactive so that they can not meaningfully be separated into independent parts . |
| 5 | We have been granted city status , the Polytechnic is to become a university and Sunderland are on their way to Wembley . |
| 6 | but Swindon are on their way … and looking forward to a home tie against Oldham Athletic from the premier league in round three … |
| 7 | All power , all profits , all our sources of livelihood are in their hands — but the one thing they leave behind will destroy them — the hatred of a million coolies ! |
| 8 | THE WHEELY GREAT CONTESTS ARE IN YOUR RED-HOT MIRROR |
| 9 | Workers are off their notional labour supply function , L s , but employers are on their notional labour demand function , L d . |
| 10 | Gosh , what wags The Shamen are with their record ‘ Take Drugs , They 're Great ’ . |
| 11 | Consignments of his nutty bushwackers are on their way to UK gift shops to compete with fir-cones in frocks and teasel mice . |
| 12 | " The terms of purchase are on your receipt , sir . " |
| 13 | Some cases are beyond our help . |
| 14 | His fingers are in my hair , on my neck , touching and touching me . |
| 15 | My health , I am feeling strong and looking confident on the outside , so you must try and feel it on the inside oh dear the planets are on your side this week for love , needless to say |
| 16 | Bakers are numerous , but their ovens are unlike our own and very defective . |
| 17 | David and Gary are in their final years , and playing at Queen 's makes sense from an academic point of view . |
| 18 | our next challenge takes us the length of Britain … two RAF sergeants from Hereford are on their way from John 0 Groats to Lands End … what 's new … they 're running … cycling … and swimming all the way |
| 19 | Because teeth are at their sharpest when the horse is four , five and six years old , the mouth is more prone to ulcers . |
| 20 | The signs are in his new budget , which while characterised as ‘ freezing ’ domestic spending , actually pumps huge new sums into basic research ( New Scientist , 3 February , p 290 ) . |
| 21 | AT CRAIGENDARROCH , THE MANY SPLENDOURS OF THE HIGHLANDS ARE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS . |
| 22 | Herbs are at their best when freshly picked . |
| 23 | in London , John Nicoll , stressed that many of Yale 's plans are in their early stages but that some texts would undergo revision whilst others would probably be redone completely ; some classics would remain untouched . |
| 24 | Musicians are by their very naming good — media folk are noisy , rackety , flip . |
| 25 | Your blokes are on their way , but there are definitely bits of blood and hair on one of the metal parts of this thing — the truss , the bloke here says . |
| 26 | Few products are without their warts , though , and the JMP-1 is not without its own . |
| 27 | God 's purposes will be fulfilled , but the times are in his hands . |
| 28 | The League , who will discuss Grima 's case today , has confirmed that Widnes are within their rights to demand a fee even though they have cancelled his registration with two years of his contract left . |
| 29 | By May and June , courtship rituals are at their peak , with three to five offspring born five weeks later . |
| 30 | Amazingly the wild elephants accept the koonkies even though the catchers are on their backs and despite the fact that the herd is being chased by them . |