Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This criticism is part of a wider attack on the use of classification of functions as a criterion for deciding issues such as the availability of judicial remedies to control administrative action ( the remedy of certiorari was at one time said to be available only if the decision-maker was under a duty to act ‘ judicially ’ ) , or the applicability of the rules of natural justice in particular circumstances ( sometimes said to apply only to ‘ judicial functions ’ ) . |
| 2 | The bulk of receptions are under section 2 of the Child Care Act . |
| 3 | The bulk of translations are from Western languages ( and predominantly English ) into other languages — very little is translated from Chinese or Hindi into Western languages . |
| 4 | Thus , while Corporal Weatherall and a growing force of commandos were on interminable training exercises , or standing by for operations that were cancelled before they got afloat , very few slipped the mesh of authority . |
| 5 | These were that the maximum speed of flights was to be reduced from 835 kmph to 778 kmph and that the amount of time permitted at the lowest level of 75 metres was to be cut from 28 to 15 minutes , with the rest of the flight being made at no lower than 150 metres . |
| 6 | If loss of amenities is for the rest of the plaintiff 's life the court will need to take into account in assessing damages his age and his expectation of life . |
| 7 | International Literacy Year 1990 , whose programme of activities was to be co-ordinated by UNESCO [ for its announcement in 1987 see p. 35925 ] , was launched on Dec. 6 , 1989 . |
| 8 | The third main contribution of coins to the study of portraits is to their chronology . |
| 9 | Within England , the greatest concentration of inhabitants was in the southeast of the country ( that is , Greater London and the surrounding counties ) , with a population of nearly 17 million . |
| 10 | On a desk by the window a tray of stamps was in process of being sorted ; there were bookshelves , a cabinet of shallow drawers presumably for coins , a safe , a filing cabinet , journals and catalogues were piled on the floor and , incongruously , a pier table and a French commode stood against one wall looking uncomfortable . |
| 11 | Before ground was consecrated at Muker in 1580 , the nearest ground to Keld consecrated for the burial of corpses was at Grinton . |
| 12 | That is , it is unclear whether what is being maintained is that our conception of effects is of unnecessitated events or that we should change it to that . |
| 13 | The excellent soft tissue resolution and multiplanar capability of MRI are of particular value in imaging the pituitary fossa , where the relationship of tumours to the optic chiasm and other important surrounding structures can be shown . |
| 14 | The most fruitful feature of Pythagorean teaching was the key idea that the essence of things is to be found in the concept of number , which was regarded as having spatial and also temporal significance . |
| 15 | For instance , a clause providing for auditors to value shares may state that the auditor is to certify their " fair value " or similar words ( see 3.5 ) ; a minority holding of shares is to be valued without regard to the fact that it is a minority holding ( see 3.6 ) ; surveyors have to assume certain facts and disregard others in establishing a rental ( see 2.3.3 ) . |
| 16 | A whole new tragic category of bankrupts are in the making . |
| 17 | A bag with a change of clothes was in the boot . |
| 18 | The mass of instruments was like the cockpit of a seven-four-seven , even down to a control column . |
| 19 | When 5 Corps had first been informed by Gen Schmidt-Richberg of the approach of 600,000 Germans and Croats to the southern edge of the Corps area on the evening of 13 May , it had been assumed that this huge mass of fugitives was on the verge of entering Austria and that it would be difficult to prevent all of them from doing so . |
| 20 | Printed materials published or distributed to accompany petitioning campaigns , in 1792 and 1823–4 for example , were clearly in the first instance intended to produce as many petition signatures as possible ; the mass of petitions was to be the weight behind the parliamentary initiatives of Wilberforce and Buxton . |
| 21 | The funding of CTCs is on a par with that of other local education authority schools , and their recurrent funding will not be different from that of other schools in their areas . |
| 22 | The reduction was regarded by Ministers as modest grounds for hope that the high level of imports is at last beginning to ease and the three-month picture shows a 13.4pc fall in the deficit . |
| 23 | This would represent a fall compared to the full-year figure for 1991 , but Greenpeace claims that the actual level of imports is in fact much higher because HMIP 's data collection is inadequate . |
| 24 | But if the average level of prices is above the level generally expected , P , then , as we have shown , the quantity of output will be above its natural level , whereas if the general level of prices is below the level expected , then aggregate output will be below its natural level . |
| 25 | But if the average level of prices is above the level generally expected , P , then , as we have shown , the quantity of output will be above its natural level , whereas if the general level of prices is below the level expected , then aggregate output will be below its natural level . |
| 26 | If the level of fees is of concern , particularly in the event of a failure to sell , it can be helpful to break down costs and adopt a staged approach . |
| 27 | The future and prosperity of the north-west are best served by a Government who are determined to keep inflation down , who want to keep taxes down — and will not let interest rates rise as the Opposition would — and who recognise that the level of strikes is at its lowest for more than a century . |
| 28 | On 27th May 1854 while the Board of Guardians was in session a message was passed in to say that two persons from St. Cuthbert with smallpox had just been brought to the workhouse . |
| 29 | The Museum Documentation Centre in Zagreb and the Institute for the Protection of Monuments are in constant touch with UNESCO , ICOM , ARCH and other institutions involved in the protection of cultural property . |
| 30 | Attractive dolls with fabric faces in a variety of clothes are from £9 to £14 , with Santa Claus at £14 . |