Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as we saw , this claim is asserted with more fervour than is justified , since the case for reduction is by no means watertight . |
| 2 | However , other circumstances of the changes suggest that similar forces for change were at work to those elsewhere in the country : rationalization , the drive for cost-effectiveness and the redrawing of hospital catchment areas . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | However , the general rule is clear — if liability for negligence is to be excluded , the clause should expressly say so . |
| 5 | And I think about admiral was about erm |
| 6 | A reference may be controversial from the start , with allegations that the question referred for decision is outside the terms of the expert clause : if a reference is outside the scope of the expert 's jurisdiction , there it will stay , and the issue will be unaffected by an expert having purported to make a decision about it . |
| 7 | Limited though the desire for Unity was in the Labour Party , both the Communists and the ILP were anxious to take advantage of it . |
| 8 | Living in Soweto , for instance is like living in an occupied camp . |
| 9 | pointed out ) an effective police force requires a margin of reserve strength in order to deal with emergencies , and to employ that margin of reserve , when not otherwise required , on special police service for payment is to the advantage both of the persons utilising their services and of the public who are thereby relieved from some part of the police charges . |
| 10 | Questions of value for money are about political judgment — the judgment of what is value for money . |
| 11 | Once again , however , the volunteer with powerful friends to reinforce his claims for advancement was in a much stronger position than a volunteer without influence . |
| 12 | However , in the 1991 edition there is a special form N111 for use where the order for committal is under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 , and the alleged contemnor has been arrested under a power of arrest attached to an injunction . |
| 13 | The order for committal was in County Court Form N79 . |
| 14 | For Cave , the sole possibility for heroism is in fatalism , a stoic dignity in the face of your plight , the blight that is your negative birthright . |
| 15 | All that was needed for defeat was for a couple of Liberal Democrats to switch sides . |
| 16 | Yet principles for action are within Mr Clinton 's grasp ; Mr Christopher 's February list is as valid as ever . |
| 17 | If a scenario for action is to be socially and politically acceptable in an area it has to be linked into people 's beliefs about their present positions and purposes . |
| 18 | One of the focuses for action was to be the revival of the " social dialogue " between employers and trade unions . |
| 19 | The most commonly applied method for recognition is by matching input script with a database of previously collected ‘ template ’ characters . |
| 20 | The statutory remedy does not , where compensation for loss is to be sought , impose any liability on those ‘ knowingly concerned ’ in the contravention . |
| 21 | The present procedure when a judge is about to pass a life sentence for murder is for him to invite defending counsel to make submissions on what advice the judge should give to the Secretary of State on the appropriate tariff . |
| 22 | The law says 16 years ' wrongful imprisonment for murder is worth £100,000 damages . |
| 23 | Another opportunity for research is in developing plastics for packaging chips . |
| 24 | An emphasis on its own policy for research was to be one of the CNAA 's most tangible responses to the development of a public sector of higher education . |
| 25 | Industry , especially chemical and pharmaceutical , was no less involved in the great expansion , and the opportunities for research were on an unprecedented scale . |
| 26 | Although the obligation to provide instruction about maintenance is to be limited only to the first occupier , it is likely that subsequent purchasers will require the information to be passed on every time the property is sold . |
| 27 | So all the books about fishing are in one place , all those about Chinese cooking in another , and so on . |
| 28 | The ending of a marriage before old age and the creation of step-families through remarriage is by no means a recent phenomenon , but in the past these events occurred more commonly through the early death of one partner than through divorce . |
| 29 | 5 of the bulls up for auction were from the Lower Hope estate near Leominster . |
| 30 | Le Corbusier mounted an attack on nineteenth century furniture , ornament and stuffiness ; his vision for living was of sunlight and exercise , space and harmony . |