Example sentences of "[noun] be [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The 30 prisoners are from the Chilterns group of jails which includes Aylesbury , Grendon , Bullingdon and Huntercomb . |
| 4 | Most of Mrs Fields ' operations are in the United States . |
| 5 | Looking at other aspects of your life and work , you 're official history activities are with the East Sussex Record Office at Pelham House . |
| 6 | erm Looking at other aspects of your life and work , your official history activities are with the East Sussex Record Office at Pelham House . |
| 7 | The Scales are in the Cruachan Caves , in the Court of the Soul Eaters , and every soul I offer up is placed on the Scales . |
| 8 | About 90 per cent of exports are to the US , where Indian software systems cost half as much as American ones . |
| 9 | The contracts are with the Kuwait Oil company and cover maintenance of all KOC 's production facilities and the provision of manpower for the ‘ Al Tameer ’ rebuild project of Kuwait 's oil gathering centres . |
| 10 | [ … ] How shocked one 's ears are at the Paris Opéra by the unpleasant and continual noise made with his baton by the conductor . |
| 11 | While the Boat Race fans are on the Thames towpath here , the soccer supporters will be out on the terraces this Easter , and no-one will be shouting louder than at the County ground , where Swindon are taking on West Bromwich Albion . |
| 12 | Many of the offices are in the West End of London , where rentals are still growing , and there are quite a few rent reviews coming up in the next few months . |
| 13 | Failure to comply with the Act — which only covers agreements entered into under UK law or where one or both parties are in the UK at the time — can result in fines of up to £5,000 on summary conviction . |
| 14 | If their positions are marked on a map of the island it will be seen that the main concentrations are in the Ardnave-Sanaig area , with a few down the Rhinns to Port Charlotte , another group within the sweep of Laggan Bay and a third near Kildalton . |
| 15 | equipment , particularly in regard to such matters as route board brackets and the destination boxes on the ends of the car were of the L.C.C . |
| 16 | report on Fish Farming indicated that more than 50 sites are in the Outer Hebrides with the most important concentration being in the Uig area of Lewis . |
| 17 | Their eyes were on the Miracle-Worker , the Angel Gabriel , perched in motionless splendour on a silver-gilded cloud , his hair awash with sunlight and his magical face worn like a mask that concealed some greater magic . |
| 18 | All eyes were on the T'ang . |
| 19 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 20 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 21 | ‘ When he was vice-president , I met him at a stage dinner when the Reagans were in the White House and we had a dance and we talked about playing tennis . |
| 22 | Mr. Frank Farr leased a garden at the end of a lane called Prospect Place , the entrance being between The Saint Ann 's Street Post Office and Hibberds Antique Shop . |
| 23 | The facade of Eagle Warehouse is by the Glasgow architect Alexander Kirkland , who built the pedestrian suspension bridge over the Clyde at Carlton Place and became Chicago 's Commissioner of Public Buildings in 1877 . |
| 24 | It would be smug to imagine that all such violence is across the Atlantic . |
| 25 | A Spaniard like Picasso , Gris had arrived in Paris in 1906 and had moved into a studio adjacent to Picasso 's in the Bateau Lavoir . |
| 26 | One boat is in the Hull Museum and the other two are in the National Maritime Museum , Greenwich . |
| 27 | Hooker Olver , the England bench reserve for a record 27 times , explained : ‘ My friends at the Stoop did n't expect to be playing for the club at Easter , but now their re-arranged league game with Orrell is on the Monday . |
| 28 | The famous film director from France could speak no English , and so Miranda was being sent to do the interview as well as provide the paper 's weekly caricature ; she had the address of the location , a newsagent 's in the High Street of a part of the city she had never heard mentioned before , Giblett Park , though she had lived in London most of her life ; the Press Office had said that he would give her ten minutes between takes , or more if she were lucky and the filming was going well and Jean-Claude Meursault was feeling mellow . |
| 29 | The ore is waiting in the tubs , the snow 's upon the Fell , |
| 30 | Wain Wath Force is alongside the Birkdale road a short mile out of the village and can be viewed by motorists without leaving their cars . |