Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the form of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Gas welcomes the opportunity to play its part and our contribution has frequently been in the form of resources . |
| 2 | Much of our assistance has been in the form of contributions through the multilateral institutions the European community programmes , the European bank of reconstruction and developing , the world bank . |
| 3 | The lures of sex , relaxation , all the things that distract you from your high heroic task , are in the form of nymphs with Latin names . |
| 4 | The story goes that the ends of the bugle strings on the badge are in the form of thistles in remembrance of the regiment 's association with the Highlanders in battle . |
| 5 | Non-commercial clients , say charities , and large associations , may also have marketing staff for their " products " , which are in the form of services or benefits . |
| 6 | Most of the measures aimed at competing in the single market are in the form of directives . |
| 7 | Much data in geography are in the form of counts , and a frequent question of interest is the relation of an average count to a set of explanatory variables . |
| 8 | While the scheme makes some provision for grants , most of the payments are in the form of loans to those deemed eligible and able to meet the repayments . |
| 9 | However the minister admitted that most of the grants given to local authorities for cycling schemes — anything under two million pounds , are in the form of loans — they have to pay the money back . |
| 10 | However , all of the shaping print out types are in the form of diagrams and charts … the program does not produce full written patterns like the ones you get in magazines and books . |
| 11 | Alas , it does not indicate if these are in the form of concentrates ready for market , or whether they are run-of-mine stuff or hand picked cobbed material . |
| 12 | Although the proprietors and staff of EVERYDAY ELECTRONICS take reasonable precautions to protect the interests of readers by ensuring as far as practicable that advertisements are bona fide , the magazine and its Publishers can not give any undertakings in respect of statements or claims made by advertisers , whether these advertisements are printed as part of the magazine , or are in the form of inserts . |
| 13 | Although the proprietors and staff of EVERYDAY ELECTRONICS take reasonable precautions to protect the interests of readers by ensuring as far as practicable that advertisements are bona fide , the magazine and its Publishers can not give any undertakings in respect of statements or claims made by advertisers , whether these advertisements are printed as part of the magazine , or are in the form of inserts . |
| 14 | Saturday 's game illustrated the importance of taking scoring chances when they are presented , even if they are in the form of kicks at goal . |
| 15 | Such an ascription of effect to cause could only be in the form of hypotheses , of varying degrees of face plausibility . |
| 16 | They would not be tied to the goods of donor countries , and all funds from national sources should be in the form of grants ( already the case for a majority of donors ) . |
| 17 | Computer-aided design : ‘ The use of a computer-based system to assist in translating a requirement or concept into an engineered design , utilising a data bank of design principles and information on such matters as properties of materials , followed by production of information ( which may be in the form of drawings ) for manufacture . |
| 18 | The representations may be in the form of prints , sketches , drawings , paintings , photographs or sculptures . |
| 19 | The social fund was significant for three main reasons : it replaced individual rights based on regulations with discretion which was to be applied by social fund officers ; the budget for social fund payments was to be cash-limited ; and most payments would be in the form of loans rather than grants . |
| 20 | Prizes will be in the form of gifts or vouchers — there will not be any direct financial rewards . |
| 21 | In terms of hard cash the 1964 pie would have cost £250,000 but in fact there was never more than £1,000 in the bank , the sponsorship being in the form of services and goods rather than money . |
| 22 | Most of these were at important royal or administrative centres , and many of the churches were in the form of minsters or missionary centres . |
| 23 | Between the wars , nationally , only about 5 per cent of all subsidized dwellings were in the form of flats ; it was 40 per cent in London and 20 per cent in Liverpool . |
| 24 | This code is in the form of triplets , a different combination of three nucleotides corresponding to each amino acid . |
| 25 | Sontag 's article at least has the virtue of tentativeness ; it is in the form of notes ( dedicated to Oscar Wilde ) , and acknowledges the difficulty of defining a sensibility , especially one as ‘ fugitive ’ as this ( ‘ Notes on Camp ’ , 277 ) . |
| 26 | Not all of the output from a GIS is in the form of maps . |
| 27 | All the searcher 's other knowledge is in the form of rules about how best to apply this operator , and of facts about states which this operator can be applied to . |
| 28 | Much of the extant Etruscan sculpture is in the form of sarcophagi in stone and bronze . |
| 29 | The means by which much of the information held and generated at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is made available to a wider audience is in the form of publications . |
| 30 | The budget was heavily supported by aid , of which 40 per cent , totalling $65,500,000 , was in the form of grants . |