Example sentences of "a [noun sg] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tacograph readings are used to enforce European safety limits on the length of time a driver is behind the wheel without a break . |
| 2 | Tachograph readings are used to enforce European safety limits on the length of time a driver is behind the wheel without a break . |
| 3 | Government statistics indicate that during 1988 , there were around 850 fatalities and 20,000 casualties in accidents where a driver was over the legal blood alcohol limit ( 80mg/100ml ) . |
| 4 | Although ministers have suspended moves to reduce subsidies until May , many dentists in the North-East say they still believe a reduction is on the cards . |
| 5 | By a notice of appeal dated 24 December 1991 the local authority appealed with leave of the judge on the grounds that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law or misdirected himself as to the criteria to be applied to the decision whether leave should be granted in respect of an application by a former foster parent ; ( 2 ) the judge should have applied the test whether ( a ) there were quite exceptional circumstances disclosed necessitating the ousting of the local authority and the consequent discharge of the care order , and ( b ) there was a real likelihood that the applicant could persuade the court to adopt that course and ( c ) such a course was in the interests of the children ; ( 3 ) alternatively , if the judge had adopted the correct test , his exercise of his discretion had been plainly wrong in that he had failed to give any or sufficient weight to ( a ) the disturbing effects on the children of further investigation , ( b ) the fact that if residence orders were made the care order would be discharged , ( c ) the shared responsibility between the foster mother and the mother resulting from section 12(2) of the Act of 1989 , ( d ) the fact that the foster mother 's proper remedy was her application for judicial review , and ( e ) the wishes of the children and the mother . |
| 6 | Will the hon. Gentleman tell the House whether a watch was in the missing material and what guarantees |
| 7 | The Doctor had talked about a drug being in the atmosphere which created a feeling of unnatural well-being , but there was something else here . |
| 8 | A field is in the shape of a quadrilateral , . |
| 9 | ‘ The situation in which a surety is required to give a guarantee or charge property to secure the liability of a debtor to a creditor is on the authorities a fruitful area for the exercise of undue influence , particularly by the debtor over the surety to obtain the guarantee or charge the debtor needs to satisfy the creditor . |
| 10 | A Christian is in the Lord 's service . |
| 11 | A Christian is in the Lord 's service . |
| 12 | During the period of each step in which a foot is on the ground , the leg must be straightened ( not bent at the knee ) at least for one moment , and in particular , the supporting leg must be straight in the vertically upright position . ’ |
| 13 | Where there is often a weakness is in the drawing retrieval system . |
| 14 | He looked like a thin , young boy , much younger than he really was , his brown hair like a monk 's without the tonsure . |
| 15 | Reference is emphatically excluded and reflexivity reinforced : ‘ What takes place ’ in a narrative is from the referential ( reality ) point of view literally nothing ; ‘ what happens ’ is language alone , the adventure of language , the unceasing celebration of its coming . ’ |
| 16 | A change is in the air |
| 17 | But a change was in the air , a season was drawing to a close . |
| 18 | The famous film director from France could speak no English , and so Miranda was being sent to do the interview as well as provide the paper 's weekly caricature ; she had the address of the location , a newsagent 's in the High Street of a part of the city she had never heard mentioned before , Giblett Park , though she had lived in London most of her life ; the Press Office had said that he would give her ten minutes between takes , or more if she were lucky and the filming was going well and Jean-Claude Meursault was feeling mellow . |
| 19 | The first is that the direction of research within a department is under the control of the supervisors in that Department , for whom the Ph D student does the donkey work . |
| 20 | The season had been a hard slog and he felt a break was in the player 's interests . |
| 21 | On the way , just before Andover , he shot Spicer in the back of the head and as a result was on the run from police for several weeks . |
| 22 | On the way back there is a glorious view ahead of the Five Sisters : if only to witness so lovely a scene , this detour within a detour is worth the extra half-hour . |
| 23 | The video sat on the floor and a tape was in the machine . |
| 24 | One a piece is on the board , it is never removed ; so the search space does not have cycles . |
| 25 | If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess : |
| 26 | When we were moving or when he thought a search was in the offing he 'd hide it in his underpants . |
| 27 | Buying something like a car is at the other end of the spectrum from holding cash . |
| 28 | Is it because we will point out that the consultants , general practitioners , radiographers , physiotherapists , occupational therapists , the Ayrshire local health council , all four district councils and the four Members of Parliament who bothered to make a submission were against the proposal to opt out — that all those 200 submissions were against it ? |
| 29 | After the price of Dixons shares staged a strong rise on Tuesday , Kingfisher felt obliged to broadcast a statement to the Stock Exchange first thing yesterday morning saying a bid was in the offing . |
| 30 | Kingfisher was forced to show its hand after rumours that a bid was in the offing began to circulate on Tuesday . |