Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nature of the evidence about coin finds is of varying quality . |
| 2 | The equipment already purchased for estates work is at present unlinked to the LAN but may be in the future for more efficient financial management . |
| 3 | The landscape which generation after generation created is like a classroom blackboard at the end of a day , on which each lesson has been written without entirely erasing the previous one . |
| 4 | ‘ The problem of drug taking is on the increase and we have taken every precaution to prevent it ’ . |
| 5 | If you are importing , the cheapest and most straightforward methods of settlement are by international payments in currency or sterling , and Midland offers three options : Priority Payments , where speed of funds transfer is of paramount importance ; Mail Payments , where there is less urgency ; and Bankers Drafts , which are particularly appropriate for low priority , low value payments . |
| 6 | One method of dating finds is by the use of typology , the importance of which was demonstrated by Pitt-Rivers . |
| 7 | Teaching is almost always by the expository method of demonstration and description , and the kind of learning involved is at a lower level of the hierarchy . |
| 8 | Male Thai teens head to the fleshpots of Bangkok to make is as transvestite beauty queens in Ladyboys . |
| 9 | I have covered all the major items of tackle that warrant discussion , but before this chapter is concluded I think that a comparison of end tackles is worth looking at . |
| 10 | The requirement that a candidate must get the support of 20 per cent of the Parliamentary Labour Party in order to stand is like asking someone to collect 13,000 nominations in a constituency before they can stand for parliament . |
| 11 | The market factor price ratio suggests A as the appropriate combination but , because the return on capital required is above normal , combination B is chosen . |
| 12 | Sca Fell and Snowdonia … and swum across Loch Lomond and Derwent Water … yesterday in wales they tackled Lake Bala … in between the swimming and running the rest of the road to lands end is on the bike … whay are they doing it … for charity they 're hoping to raise over five thousand pounds |
| 13 | * Finally , another place for presuppositions to hide is in a clause which sets the scene in a sentence ; an example is the TEMPORAL CLAUSE , as in the following example : When Blake saw his first angels he was sitting in his garden . |