Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only real teacher of Prayer is God Himself . |
| 2 | Genetic make-up , early childhood socialisation , class divisions and inequalities of opportunity are things which we either do not know how to change , or would involve a degree of social and economic transformation which is very unlikely to be embarked on in the name of reducing crime . |
| 3 | Her outburst had at least got some of her anger off her chest , but she was still a prisoner , and when fresh falls of snow were forecast she felt near the end of her tether at the prospect of being trapped any longer at Rocamar . |
| 4 | The impression given by the Bulletin and its Supplement is that there is universal acceptance that the car will be the preferred and available mode of transport throughout the lifespan of the houses that are being constructed ; that individual car-ownership for all eligible people will be the norm ; and thus , though the need to curb the excesses of the car is recognised , other forms of transport are aberrances which must be made to fit around the key elements of the design , which are car-friendly . |
| 5 | Because the object of contemplation is God himself , who opens to us the infinite possibilities of himself and of our own lives . |
| 6 | In practice , of course , economies of scale and economies of scope are processes which are usually run together as any firm diversifies . |
| 7 | ( 1 ) The primary meaning of democracy is government which is derived from public opinion and is accountable to it . |
| 8 | In addition to dealers , other objects of anger were farmers who were thought to be withholding grain from the market and thus creating an " artificial " scarcity ; merchants who attempted to buy up corn to move it from the district in which it had been grown at times when local markets were under-supplied ; and millers who were considered to be either bulk buying and hoarding corn or else charging the poor too much for grinding grain . |
| 9 | The double of theatre is reality which today 's mankind leaves unused ’ ( Esslin 1976 ) . |
| 10 | As said , ‘ The history of science is science itself ’ and , appropriately , Fox uses the history of the study of heat in eighteenth and nineteenth century France to demonstrate the changing aspirations and preoccupations of the participating scientists . |
| 11 | erm He apparently is adopting the position of a scientific naturalist , and yet all the ways in which he talks about nature are ways which personify it . |
| 12 | The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too . |
| 13 | Well , er not a lot is , is , is the honest answer , we , we work very hard at it of course , but er the truth is that er the only rights that people have are rights that can be enforced by law , and er in , in law , the only people that the local authority has to provide with accommodation are people who er have children who are particularly vulnerable , and there are very strict definitions of that . |
| 14 | The material under discussion is material which , by definition , is in the possession of a person who ‘ holds it ’ subject to certain obligations ; and the exclusion relates to material which is so ‘ held with the intention of furthering a criminal purpose ’ . |
| 15 | Configuring it for use is simplicity itself , although there are one or two caveats to observe . |
| 16 | One of the things that has been hardest for me to deal with in coaching is runners who want to train for both the marathon and the mile at the same time . |
| 17 | X X Y , now the B's should in fact be Y's It 's what comes of talking about it in A's and B's and then changing to X and Y's . |
| 18 | … the common law says that the damages due either for breach of contract or for tort are damages which , so far as money can compensate will give the injured party reparation for the wrongful act ( Admiralty Commissioners v SS Susquehanna [ 1926 ] AC 655 at p661 ) . |
| 19 | The exclusion of the author from critical analysis , the attention to form , the claims for scientificity are themes which have all been voiced before , but not in the same theoretical context , and so they acquire a different significance . |
| 20 | This amounts of money charged per hour is information which is currently missing from the spreadsheet . |
| 21 | Now , you know , behaviour that 's visible to college is behaviour which the college starts to think about wanting to regulate in some way . |
| 22 | Most of the MPs on the Select Committee on Transport are Tories who voted for the bill , now nearly through the House of Commons . |
| 23 | In some cases longer detention would be requisite , and there may from time to time be murderers who can never be released . |
| 24 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |