Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other main distinction between camcorder types is in the style of the body-shell . |
| 2 | The only study of ‘ causality ’ for index futures is by Merrick ( 1987 ) . |
| 3 | The transfer of information between computer systems is at the heart of our current computing strategy . |
| 4 | The sample of 800,000 credit searches showed a 14.7pc rise in credit inquiries in the year to July for new car loans ; finance houses reported a 9.2pc increase with a 7.4pc rise in the retail sector and inquiries for home loans were up 4.3pc . |
| 5 | Two such big orders for winter suits were in the make now . |
| 6 | Some respondents to the Discussion Paper suggested that these methods for accounting for issue costs were in conflict with the requirements of the companies legislation * in the case of issues of debt instruments because the legislation prohibits setting off assets and liabilities . |
| 7 | THE number of cheap-rate days for telephone users is to be cut from eight to five next year because not enough people took advantage of it , British Telecom announced yesterday . |
| 8 | The exporter who has to plan for his company 's future in a climate of uncertainty about exchange rates is like the man forced to build his house on sand . |
| 9 | By the time that significant numbers of NMDA channels are in an open state the neuron has been hyperpolarized by the i.p.s.p. and this greatly enhances the block of NMDA channels by Mg 2+ ( ref. 22 ) . |
| 10 | For a variety of reasons , connected with the nature of the literature and the nature of users , a knowledge of user needs is by no means an easy thing to achieve . |
| 11 | The guidelines sent to the the county council reveal that up to 400 ministry of defence officials are on standby to take over . |
| 12 | By section 66 of the Act , the Secretary of State may also order that rentals of computer programs are to be treated as being licensed by the copyright owner subject to payment of a reasonable royalty . |
| 13 | Consolidation needs can be met within an increasing number of ledger systems ( see suppliers panel ) , or when a variety of ledger systems are in use , with the aid of dedicated consolidation packages or EIS-type products . |
| 14 | ‘ We have 950 customers around the world , and even within one individual customer a variety of ledger systems are in use ; BP for example . |
| 15 | When , for instance , the president 's programme of budget cuts was in danger of being subverted in the summer , a rash of horse-trading took place as Stockman reveals . |
| 16 | An exhibition of University regalia was on display in the MacRoberts Arts Centre including : Silver gifts to the University , hoods representing degrees , Chancellors ' gowns and the mace . |
| 17 | By far the biggest concentration of football boozers is to be found in the streets around Hibernian 's Easter Road ground where players like Alex Cropley , Jimmy O'Rourke and Peter Marinello have all had bars . |
| 18 | Exchange of witness statements is to be the norm in all actions , not just personal injury actions . |
| 19 | A plan to turn over millions of hectares of unused agricultural land to the growing of willow trees is to be implemented in Britain . |
| 20 | For Youth Allyah , Zionism came before all , an article of faith expressed with terrifying force by David Ben-Gurion , Jewish leader in Palestine when the flow of refugee children was at its height . |
| 21 | Above all , use was made of the great lake in front of the palace , the famous Étang des Carpes , where some of the fish were reputed to have been swimming since the days of Francis I. All sorts of pleasure boats were at the disposal of the guests , ranging from a Venetian gondola to a miniature frigate of the French navy — the latter the pride and joy of the Prince Imperial . |
| 22 | The average ward population is 9488 ( Table 5.1 ) and so the RMS errors are comparatively small ( the range of RMS errors is from 815.13 for the Shotgun ordinary least squares ( OLS ) to 1035.29 for the Simple Poisson ) . |
| 23 | The greatest concentration of bobbin mills was in the Furness district of what was then north Lancashire , and in the mid-nineteenth century more than fifty mills were at work in the region , making half the bobbins used in the entire textile industry of Britain . |
| 24 | A similar case of petitio principii is to be found in Trevor Roper 's presentation of the claim that good history emerges from imaginative counterfactual analyses of events and states of affairs . |
| 25 | POLICE suspect an organised gang of car thieves was at work in Darlington over the weekend . |
| 26 | This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education . |
| 27 | Roughly speaking , the relative merits of research programmes are to be judged by the extent to which they are progressing or degenerating . |
| 28 | Since much of equity returns are in the form of capital gains , at least in the long run , which are taxed only on realisation , personal tax on equity returns is generally in effect much lower than that on the returns to investing in a company 's debt . |
| 29 | Another use of bar codes is in security applications , and there must be many other novel uses for them . |
| 30 | The words of marriage ceremonies are in fact usually spoken in just such a low-key but deliberate manner . |