Example sentences of "[noun] is [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The EPA is within the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Service and is an agency of the Interior Department .
2 The wheel is inside the building , as is usual in this part of the country .
3 A second water wheel is in the heart of the main building , this being a smaller one producing around six horse power .
4 Our total budget for ethnic arts is in the region of about fifteen hundred pounds which , as you can probably appreciate in a region representing four million people , does not all us very much flexibility , but we also feel that it 's the type of event which we are prepared to support , which is also important .
5 If an abseiler becomes entangled and stuck during an abseil then the only remedy is for the instructor to cut the rope at the top .
6 The first for Hydro Electric is for the renewal of a maintenance contract for fire alarms at their Peterhead power station , while the second is to service the fire alarm equipment at Scottish Power 's Longannet power station .
7 Our Association is in the business of urging people to WANT a better rail service : too many are of the opinion that a rail network is superfluous to the needs of the people of rural Wales .
8 ‘ My thinking is at the moment that we are likely to be without him .
9 That is , the thinking is in the saying ; it is not behind it .
10 The biggest entry is for the handicap singles with 74 players competing .
11 In even-numbered years entry is to the University of Edinburgh .
12 UNIVERSITY of Ulster girl Sharon Cunningham is on the road to Rio .
13 There is a very good variety of rolling stock , particularly in the freight scene , while the majority of passenger stock is of the Mark I design .
14 Christmas time , when party-giving is on the whole overdone , may make the social aridity of the rest of the year seem almost attractive , but this exhausting seasonal overswill also points up the ordinary isolation that obtains for most of us nowadays .
15 The Mermaid is at the end of the Old Town in a row of narrow houses which peters out on to the beach past the Fisherman 's Museum ( complete with stuffed albatross ) and the new Sea Life Centre .
16 Your card is in the snail
17 The ultimate deal is for the promoter to guarantee the band the whole £4,800 .
18 The overall sum required to meet the payments due under the scheme to B.C.C.I. depositors is in the region of £78m .
19 A name that appears in Halling for a period of around five centuries is of the family of Usher .
20 Similarly a family of vertical parabolas is of the form y = ax n , where n is an even number .
21 The Herberg zum Goldenen Luwen is on the site of an inn which was active five hundred years ago .
22 ‘ Miss Carne is in the office . ’
23 The , the er , single regeneration agency is taking on board the issues of things like derelict land and a number of other ways in which , for example English partnership is in the regeneration industry , and a number of other ways in which the , the government have acted to , to try to make things happen .
24 A full description of the theory and practice of the generally accepted methods is beyond the scope of the guide , so please refer to the CFM , valuations training material ( from the advanced corporate finance course ) or textbooks ( see chapter 14 of the handbook for list ) for detailed technical guidance .
25 Dinmore Manor is on the site of a Knights Hospital dating back to the days of the crusades .
26 The main application of positive feedback is in the attainment of oscillation and switching .
27 The monument is on the land of Blacksyde Farm , almost 3 miles east of the Muirkirk/Strathaven Road .
28 The monument is in the form of a square tower , surmounted by a small spire , and overlooks Prestwick Airport to the south , the caravan park to the north , and the Monkton roundabout on the Prestwick bypass to the east .
29 Reducing waiting lists is at the top of all politicians ' political agendas , regardless of their political persuasion .
30 Her bedroom is above the kitchen , with connecting doors that lead to her bathroom on the right and her wardrobe on the left .
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