Example sentences of "[noun] be [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ‘ invention ’ , like that of hobbits , has been well-chronicled by Humphrey Carpenter ( Biography , pp. 64 and 172 ) ; the two cases are in several ways similar . |
| 2 | Nor is it quite certain that the ordinary law Courts are in all cases the best body for adjudicating upon the offences or the errors of civil servants . |
| 3 | Nizan 's literary and political activities are in many ways best understood as a contribution to what he would doubtless have designated as a " cultural revolution " . |
| 4 | They find that unhappy childhoods are behind many difficulties in later life . |
| 5 | Although the RNLI has a unique appeal , the methods of attracting support are in many ways no different to those used by all the other major charities in the country . |
| 6 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 7 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 8 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 9 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 10 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 11 | It is not clear at present exactly what the rules are in such cases , nor whether the choices of readings are as clear-cut as they at first seem . |
| 12 | Humphrey ( 1976 ) has argued convincingly that animals are in many ways over-equipped for the inanimate environment , but the environment provided by other animals ( particularly clever ones ) is especially complex , difficult to predict and difficult to control . |
| 13 | The terranes are of several types and include slivers of oceanic crust , fragments of intra-oceanic island arcs and slices detached from unknown continental margins . |
| 14 | Alan and I served er , together as er , deputy Chairs , or vice-Chairs or whatever the appropriate words are for several years er , and I erm , well I think I would adopt the words that he used about the experience that he has had in the Chair , to whit , that his companionship and his contribution to our affairs has been stimulating , enlightening and particularly enjoyable . |
| 15 | Words are in many ways the tools of thought ; they are what the individual uses to formulate as well as express his ideas . |
| 16 | Electric windows and mirrors , central locking , rear heating , rear wash/wipe and a tilt wheel are on all models , but today 's hard-pressed executive has to find another £701 for a sunroof and £1,092 for air conditioning . |
| 17 | In contrast , Britain and the United States are among those countries cited as exhibiting a strong allegiant orientation . |
| 18 | If we can suspend the rigidity of the traditional comparisons , we can realise that Matisse and Picasso are in many respects part of the same enterprise . |
| 19 | In many cases , the latter variables were accounted for more than initial variables — ; ‘ first or last words were in many cases influential in my decision making process ’ and ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ . |
| 20 | The offices of Lord Warden , Ranger , and other Forest offices were in most cases abolished , and compensation allowed by the Acts to the holders . |
| 21 | This provided not only an overview of the stated intentions of Major Project schools but also some kind of check that the six schools chosen as the focus for our study were in these terms not atypical . |
| 22 | I never met her and it was just talk in the shops , the corner shops were in those days were the gossip places , you know . |
| 23 | If adults are not able to travel far to attend courses , any reduction in the range of courses in terms of subject content , levels ( eg HNC , degree ) and modes of study provided in a geographical area could result in some subjects being to all intents and purposes inaccessible to adults . |
| 24 | The problems that Sterling faced in recovering the aircraft were at some times almost insurmountable . |
| 25 | But though the churches are failing , religion is in some ways more powerful than ever , if by ‘ religion ’ we mean some way for people to make sense of their lives , and particularly suffering . |
| 26 | The ‘ happy ’ ending in which the Toons inherit their own ghetto is in some ways positive , but the Toons remain happy infants — has anyone ever tried to imagine the bedroom scenes of Roger and Jessica ? |
| 27 | ‘ How fit shooting is for all kinds of men : how honest a pastime for the mind ; how wholesome an exercise for the body . ’ |
| 28 | Stein-am-Rhein is in some ways a reproduction of all that is wonderful about Schaffhausen , but with enough added subtleties to give it an identity of its own . |
| 29 | The subconscious mind is at all times fully protective and will not allow the patient to betray himself by his actions or his words . |
| 30 | Ritual is in some ways akin to routine , the process of regularizing actions . |