Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bust , bosom or cleavage was for the Fifties the apotheosis of erogenous zones . |
| 2 | Burks & Hare are on the road with the Addams Family and the cast of Macbeth — all the funeral of the fair ! — and you 're stuck with the Inspiral Carpets , The Real People and Family Gotown . |
| 3 | Above all , Mosley had tried to reassure the country that persecution of race or religion was against the fundamental tenets of Fascism as it had evolved in England . |
| 4 | Ginny bought some milk from Mr Ahmet 's Corner Emporium & Newsagent 's on the corner . |
| 5 | Should business leaders be bracing themselves for a wave of intervention now that the Department of Trade & Industry is in the hands of Michael Heseltine ? |
| 6 | Marriage , or engagement is on the cards for next February . |
| 7 | A detailed analysis of the sale of businesses operated under licence or franchise is outside the scope of this book . |
| 8 | For the moment it is enough to observe that the Historie/ Geschichte dichotomy could very easily end up looking rather like Lessing 's between the accidental truths of history and the necessary truths of reason , or Fichte 's between the historical and the metaphysical , and thus lead to a position open to the same charge of Gnosticism that Baur had laid at the door of Hegel and Schleiermacher . |
| 9 | As we have seen , a public company is no longer permitted to have a charge or lien on its shares except ( a ) when the shares are not fully paid and the charge or lien is for the amount payable on the shares , or ( b ) the ordinary business of the company includes the lending of money or consists of the provision of hire-purchase finance and the charge arises in the course of a transaction in the ordinary course of its business . |
| 10 | The further problems are associated with difficulties that are encountered when trying to be precise about just how probable a law or theory is in the light of specified evidence . |
| 11 | In the 1860s Gaskell , Deacon & Co. was among the largest and most successful chemical works in Widnes , owing to Gaskell 's commercial management and Deacon 's method of recovering chlorine for bleaching-powder manufacture . |
| 12 | No but I mean let's be fair about these though , be fair to them , and in the erm , to see that they carry out your suggestions or advice is with the area local authorities , |
| 13 | We also accept responsibility for the negligent acts and/or omissions not only of our own employees or agents but also of our suppliers and sub-contractors and their servants or agents ( provided of course that any such negligent act or omission is within the scope of or in the course of their employment ) in respect of claims arising as a result of death , bodily injury or illness caused to the person who signed the booking form and/or any other person named on the booking form . |
| 14 | ‘ When I estimate prices I look at how important the costume or prop was in the film , and how significant the film was . |
| 15 | The theory was rounded off by the idea that the structure and content of the curriculum as practised in any school whatever , formal or free-form was to the advantage of those capable of indefinite linguistic and conceptual elaboration . |
| 16 | A state of temporary confusion or puzzlement is at the heart of all learning . |
| 17 | Neither Bayer nor MAN was in the same desperate straits as AEG ; but even in the electricals firm 's case capital spending fell sharply as a percentage of sales only in 1982 . |
| 18 | The contents of her handbag and briefcase were on the table beside him , the Pan Am ticket conspicuous . |
| 19 | In drama we have a great advantage over other subjects in that non-verbal language and narrative are at the centre of our work . |
| 20 | The opposition Byelarussian Popular Front had claimed that both government and parliament were under the control of former communists . |
| 21 | And freedom is at the very heart of the idea that is America . |
| 22 | Trust is essential to intimacy , and intimacy is at the core of a successful marriage . |
| 23 | Steam ploughing was another area where the Bethell family and Rise were in the forefront of development at the turn of the century . |
| 24 | His deviousness and dishonesty were in the front window for all to see . |
| 25 | Innocence and Experience is at the Ferens Art Gallery , Hull until 10 Jan 1993 ; Castle Museum , Nottingham 16 Jan-28 Feb ; Kelvingrove Art Gallery , Glasgow 6 Mar-25 April . |
| 26 | Their inclusion and removal is at the discretion of the force which enters the record on the police national computer . |
| 27 | My younger brother and sister were in the same room , sleeping in bunk beds . |
| 28 | The president cares , and money is on the way . |
| 29 | Turn-taking and interaction are among the first communicative skills . |
| 30 | The association 's concerns have been backed by the National Rivers Authority who said in a letter : ‘ The site and building is on the flood plane of the River Eden and the flooding of the area and the building can not be discounted . ’ |