Example sentences of "[det] [be] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAYOUTS of up to £1 million each are on the way for survivors of the M1 air crash . |
| 2 | of the union 's total membership , approximately half are under the age of 30. since the advent of rock in the 1950s and 1960s , the union has been the only independent organization to give service , protection and advice to rock musicians . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sure that the majority of runners have to get money because you can not survive without it , and only a few are in a position to do otherwise . ’ |
| 4 | Quite a few are from the madrigal group , or people Tom 's got to know through it . ’ |
| 5 | Many of the traditional monopolies applicable in the legal profession are under attack and some are on the point of disappearing . |
| 6 | Mental handicap can be caused by a wide range of medical , social and environmental factors , of which some are to an extent preventable . |
| 7 | Her portraits are largely of summer visitors , but some are of the seafarers who live all year round at Sheringham and have done so for generations . |
| 8 | Ann says someone will tell us when she comes back , some are with the church cos I know there is a service on today and them ones downstairs from but Ann says they 're going away just later on so there 's no point in going down , mm , now is there ? |
| 9 | Some are in a state of imminent collapse and in others , side passages branch off in all directions and shafts can suddenly appear at your feet dropping down hundreds of feet into the darkness . |
| 10 | Also some are in the police force , some in … |
| 11 | Some are in the hands of collectors or co-operatives of enthusiasts who see them as relics to cherish and maintain as part of our heritage , but these are in the minority . |
| 12 | Rulers of the oil-rich Trucial States in the Middle East have access to almost unbelievable wealth , and some are in the process of transforming patches of desert into architectural playgrounds . |
| 13 | Could this be at the end of the vacuum-packed salami syndrome ? ’ |
| 14 | It occurred to him that if this were over the Front he would be a gift for even the stupidest German pilot . |
| 15 | Speaking of hearing in Gertrude Stein 's prose the ‘ hypnotic ’ ‘ rhythms ’ of ‘ the saxophone ’ he concluded that if this were of the future , then the future was ‘ of the barbarians ’ . |
| 16 | This were in a school playground . |
| 17 | Our billetors were obliged , wherever possible , to provide us with one bath per week ; where this was not possible , facilities were available at B.P. , but this interfered with transport provisions , and sometimes a request for private transport was necessary , though not readily granted , and arrangements for this were in the hands of a Mrs Wildboar-Smith . |
| 18 | Remember we are concerned eventually to account for the repeatable contribution constituents make to the significance of signals involving them ; this being of the essence when syntax is recursive , or creative . |
| 19 | As there is only one fixing point , this being on the base , it would have had to have been fastened to a stable item , such as furniture . |
| 20 | Formerly , the villagers used to eat turtle eggs and flesh , despite this being against the law . |
| 21 | Quite a few were in the printing and paper trades as folders , envelope makers , envelope stampers etc . |
| 22 | Few were in the market for the Kuwaiti shares , but few were in the market at all with such an overhang : only 2.9m shares changed hands compared with Tuesday 's 30m . |
| 23 | Few were in the market for the Kuwaiti shares , but few were in the market at all with such an overhang : only 2.9m shares changed hands compared with Tuesday 's 30m . |
| 24 | A few were in the hands of private companies , but the majority were owned either by the Federal or state governments . |
| 25 | Surgical causes were mostly postoperative but some were in the category of acute surgical admissions . |
| 26 | Some of the organisations studied had upgraded the status of large numbers of their temporary workers for this reason in the past , some were in the process of doing so . |
| 27 | Half of the sentences were of the form B because A ( as in the above example ) , and half were of the form Because A , B ( e.g. , Because the sun started to shine , the snowman started to melt ) . |
| 28 | Curiously , of John 's first hundred Palace appearances , almost half were as a substitute and , although he demonstrated great potential , he never really established himself as a regular member of our side until the autumn of 1990 . |
| 29 | This is to the benefit of both parties . |
| 30 | No , the order seems to be fairly haphazard — and I feel that this is to the benefit of the patient . |