Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest difficulty for the USRC was within the party , for any commitment to a positive social policy would be resisted by those whose vested interests were threatened , as Robert Sanders noted over labourers " wages : |
| 2 | One problem For the Chinese is in guaranteeing a consistent level of purity to customers . |
| 3 | Plants will normally come to bloom earlier in a greenhouse than outside , but in either case the most propitious time for the operation is during a spell , and after a couple of days , of bright sunny weather . |
| 4 | The date for the election was at first announced for November 26 . |
| 5 | Dr Ting 's proposal for the SSC was like L3 but bigger . |
| 6 | Revenues for the year were off 9.9% at $517.0m . |
| 7 | At first interview half the carers said they would prefer the sufferer to be in institutional care , and it was overwhelmingly from among these who wanted the sufferer to remain at home that those who did remain at home for the year were to be found . |
| 8 | One of the key things for the male is to time his departure from the first female correctly . |
| 9 | Er the reason for the get-together is for us to look closely at the aspirations of the group within the immediate future , and taking us forward three to five years . |
| 10 | When preparations for the desert were under way , we were given another child , four-month-old Sam . |
| 11 | Sartre in particular was especially reprehensible as a consequence of his advocacy of ‘ la littérature engagée ’ — such a delineation of a social and political function for the writer was at direct variance with the formalist prerequisites of the nouveau roman . |
| 12 | ‘ A significant area of income for the centre was in direct grant aid from the European Community , ’ Mitchell continued . |
| 13 | Basil 's widowed father , a natural son of the Earl of Sandwich , formed part of Wordsworth 's circle of London friends , and the proposal that Wordsworth and Dorothy should become responsible for the child was from the beginning an important part of their plans for life at Racedown . |
| 14 | Sleeping and living quarters for the crew were in the crew coach , with fifteen bunks in tiers of three , tables and forms , and a locker for each man 's kit . |
| 15 | Access : The most convenient parking for the cliff is on Cromford Meadows . |
| 16 | The two options for the road are in Cambridgeshire but it is believed the route will reduce the speed of traffic entering Suffolk on the A142 . |
| 17 | The kind of practical tasks they carried out for the sufferer were of course very variable . |
| 18 | Admittedly , there is no evidence of breaching in historical records , but interesting support for the idea is to be found from the history of Pagham Harbour in Sussex , where there are two spits comparable with the Poole ones . |
| 19 | Businesses targeted for the support are in the small to medium range , employing five to 50 people and must be able to show their viability and potential for growth . |
| 20 | That year , total sales for the company were in the region of £300,000 , of which £250,000 came from the shops . |
| 21 | An alternative form of fundraising or obtaining support for the school is through sponsorship . |
| 22 | [ I ] t can not be satisfactory for the Department to have to substitute its commercial judgment for the Board 's in this way . |
| 23 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 24 | The correct lawful fare for the journey was in the region of 10s. 6d . |
| 25 | His bid for the throne was in the first instance an aspect of Merovingian family politics . |
| 26 | It looked a harsh decision for the Welshman was on his back after making a tackle on the Saints forward Harrison and Bishop seemed merely to blunder into his legs . |
| 27 | Two surveys conducted for the committee were of particular relevance to post-school provision : one , of young people , carried out by the National Children 's Bureau ( of which more later ) and a survey by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate . |
| 28 | Although reported that the A.A. crews had shot down a Ju88 , their claims for the day were for five Ju87s shot down , four probables and one damaged . |
| 29 | The primary purpose of a promise is to undertake an obligation ; the special rights which arise for the promisee are in a sense secondary . |
| 30 | The shape of the budget line changes to 175 ; after point 7 the individual can consume more of good X , but to do so she must give up some quantity of good Y. In the example shown the new welfare maximum for the individual is on the corner point , 7 . |