Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dementia and/or confusion was by far the most common condition requiring such a move ( 50% ) . |
| 2 | This shows that the Bristol & West is behind you , and says you 're a genuine , serious house-hunter , with real buying power — to be treated with the greatest respect ! |
| 3 | All of the other theories to be discussed here can only describe what has happened ; they have no real conception of what the motive force of power or change is in society over time other than to rely on describing the eclectic , indeterminate behaviour of subjective and free individuals . |
| 4 | A communal approach over a broader socio-economic field is required if a rural development strategy for a particular area , community or settlement is to be established . |
| 5 | In fact one of the simplest and best ways to extend any kind of seafood salad or cocktail is with fresh pineapple . |
| 6 | But the contest between the two rulers or super-powers was of much deeper significance , amounting to a total re-assessment of Christian society and its government . |
| 7 | When transmitted , the letter must be accompanied by certain other documents , intended for delivery to the person on whom the process , summons or subpoena is to be served , and all must be translated into the official language of the state of destination . |
| 8 | Debenham & Freebody 's of Wigmore Street did so in 1920 , but not for tardy payment of a long outstanding account but for an order which the customer denied had ever been given . |
| 9 | And though the Archidamian War accelerated this process no doubt , Athens was at war , or Athenians were on campaign , like Phormio in Akarnania , virtually every year of the pentekontaetea . |
| 10 | Whoever slew a hart or hind was to be blinded . |
| 11 | Meanwhile I am exploring the edges of a continent where most of its people are clustered and , except in city and suburb , well scattered where settlement is at the mercy of geography , as indeed is the peroipatetic topographer , constantly on the lookout for some assembly of landscape elements that can be turned into pictures and — because of indoctrination by a European culture — pictures of a particular sort . |
| 12 | the wife 's perfume or hubby 's after shave , |
| 13 | But generally the arena for attack or defence was in England and Europe . |
| 14 | However , planning ahead may not always be possible — for example if your circumstances change quickly or vacancies are in short supply . |
| 15 | Compulsory labour involves working at a site designated by the authorities , where prisoners are under surveillance and restricted in their movements . |
| 16 | When a special event or a victory like the Nile , Trafalgar or Waterloo was to be announced , the Mail Coach and horses were decorated with laurels and a red flag floated from the roof of the coach . |
| 17 | This rebellion had two main foci : the Viceroyalties of the Rio de la Plata and of New Granada , where resistance was to be symbolized by Bolívar , the greatest of the liberators of Latin America . |
| 18 | you know , or Patrick 's into psalms , she loves poetry |
| 19 | In each case , if I am to claim that this revelation or experience is of ‘ God ’ , and is not simply an expression of some form of mental delusion which should be referred to a psychoanalyst , then I am forced to debate the interpretation that I am giving . |
| 20 | He 's like a fairy skylarking in attendance , Lee decided , where Philippa is like a clumsy , banished elf struggling for attention . |
| 21 | The value transferred is to be reduced by the value of any other interest in possession in the property to which the beneficiary becomes entitled at the same time or by the amount of any consideration in money or money 's worth which he has received in respect of the determination or disposal . |
| 22 | The rate of tax payable is arrived at by reference to the total of that value and the value of any previous chargeable transfers made by the beneficiary , but that value is to be reduced by the value of any other interest in possession in the property to which he becomes entitled at the same time or by the amount of any consideration in money or money 's worth which he has received in respect of the termination or disposal of the interest . |
| 23 | " Capital sum " for these purposes has the same meaning as in s677. ( b ) Associated payments In relation to any capital sum paid to the settlor by a body corporate the expression " associated payment " means : ( i ) any capital sum paid to that body by the trustees of the settlement ; and ( ii ) any other sum paid or asset transferred to that body by those trustees which is not paid or transferred for full consideration in money or money 's worth being a sum paid or asset transferred in the five years ending or beginning with the date on which the capital sum is paid to the settlor ( s678(3) ) . |
| 24 | Above all , where ideologies are in conflict , the appeal to the imagined community of the nation appears to have defeated all challengers . |
| 25 | Where ideologies are in conflict , the appeal to the imagined community of the nation appears to have defeated all challengers . |
| 26 | It 's not the council 's job to decide , or Parliament 's for that matter . |
| 27 | Few exercises or investigations are of value unless they reach a clear conclusion and best practice reviews are no exception . |
| 28 | Partial results from the 70 constituencies , where election was by proportional representation according to party lists , gave the DLP 35 seats with 42.6 per cent of the vote , Sajudis 18 seats with 21.6 per cent and the Christian Democrats , expected to ally with Sajudis , 10 seats with 11 per cent of the vote . |
| 29 | But you liked those erm were they countryman 's or ploughman 's in a packet and you just throw them into the pan and cook it for about fifteen minutes ? |
| 30 | The parricide probably occurred in different parts of the globe , where groups were at the first stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens , It is probable that the killing was done , although Freud is not insistent on the point , if the horror of the actual deed has been faced emotionally and the resistance to the idea that it was a deed is not based on emotional resistances . |