Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as futures dealing is concerned , the key exclusion is that for market counterparties , although investors in corporate finance transactions can also be excluded ( see page 33 below ) and trust beneficiaries are in any event not customers ( see page 34 below ) . |
| 2 | Similarly , the reason why we want hospitals is for such aims as the preservation of life or the improvement of health or peace of mind . |
| 3 | Now er I could make a point here that when they introduced one man operated buses , they thought they were on to a new thing but one man operated buses were in this town before the war . |
| 4 | All these trapping methods are to some extent selective , but they are augmented by observation and hand-netting . |
| 5 | I did n't realize things were like this . |
| 6 | While the IFL were responsible for some of the outrage , BUF members were behind much of the increased conflict . |
| 7 | This would suggest that around 30 per cent of the " living-out " labouring classes were to some extent skilled , but if living-in servants of all classes are included the proportion would shrink to a quarter and if unskilled " manufacturers " are removed , we can conclude that at least a fifth of the men of the labouring classes of the eighteenth century were more or less skilled , that is had something other than " common " labour power to offer on the labour market . |
| 8 | The fact that this may take centuries is of little importance , for mankind has limitless time if it uses it wisely . |
| 9 | If this right to emit sparks is worth more to the railway than stopping the sparks is to the farmers ( because suppressing sparks is costly , say ) , then the railway will buy the right to emit sparks from the farmers , and the damage will continue . |
| 10 | The actualizing tendency suggests that even these failing individuals are at all times capable of growth and development , so it is an essentially optimistic view of the human condition , and this is particularly important when working with older people . |
| 11 | Agatha Christie 's many clues involving mirrors are of this material type . |
| 12 | It was really interesting to hear from a personal view , as well , actually , you know , I mean rainforests are to most of us just something we see on the television or we see pictures , it 's sort of a rather romantic idea , or a mythic idea , it 's lovely to talk to someone who 's got a much more overall view of the whole problem . |
| 13 | Recommended by live letters of the Daily Mirror , comfortable family run guest house , away from the hustle of the town centre yet only twenty minutes walk to the conference centre , and two minutes walk to the seafront , situated in old worldy Kemptown , you will be welcomed by Hilda and Doug Beard , and be served a full English breakfast , tea making facilities are in all rooms also colour TV , keys are provided with access at all times , there is also free street parking . |
| 14 | Transparent glass is no more a part of a bee 's mind set than mimicking orchids are to those of a wasp . |
| 15 | Touring caravans are at all times to be treated as trailers for the purposes of the application of the Agreement . |
| 16 | The distribution of the District 's activities was beginning to reflect the efforts being made in Essex and Norfolk by Hampden Jackson and Douglas-Smith and in that year some 20% of the District 's classes and enrolled students were in these two counties . |
| 17 | Utrecht and Haarlem Cathedrals are of this type . |
| 18 | Unless he does , the right to make representations is of little value : see Kanda v. Government of the Federation of Malaya [ 1962 ] A.C. 332 , 337 . |
| 19 | Mothers are all right , I suppose , you 'd miss them fussing about the place , but ould fellows are like that hind tits of a cow – no good for use or ornament . |