Example sentences of "and [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs . |
| 2 | The " freedom of private property " was to be protected by the state , and taxes were to be imposed " on a basis of justice and only when the need for them arises " . |
| 3 | Within each handedness group the difference between female inverters and non-inverters was in the direction opposite to that predicted by Levy and Reid but , for males , the difference was in the predicted direction . |
| 4 | Whole concepts , whole reorganizations of thought swam drunkenly through her head , and lurched and revolved like the drowned woman and her orange : she no longer knew what gardens and houses were for , and their distinctions , once clear , had grown confused . |
| 5 | A Will is simply a clear statement about how your money and possessions are to be divided when you die . |
| 6 | Two knights were to be elected in each county court to appear before the Council ‘ with full power to assent for the community of the county as to what shall be ordained … concerning the forests ’ : all landowners who wished to claim the disafforestment of their lands and woods were to be there to substantiate their claim . |
| 7 | Liabilities and short-term assets are at book value , foreign currency items are translated into sterling at middle-market exchange rates , real assets and investments are at market value . |
| 8 | Colin Blakemore 's much publicised work on the eyes of monkeys and kittens is in example . |
| 9 | Jonadab was in the depths of depression : he had kept the stallion in his stable and before going in for their midday meal , both father and sons were in consultation round the gentle grey . |
| 10 | Cobra effigies and icons are in most part multicephalous , that is possessing three , five , seven or sometimes nine heads , always an odd number . |
| 11 | ‘ Not only is this crucially important to women voters , but we need women there to ensure that women 's experiences and views are at the centre of our policy . |
| 12 | Doctors and clergymen were among the earliest birth controllers in the middle class . |
| 13 | A local variant of these wide lanes and roads is on the fenlands of eastern England . |
| 14 | If a post of Acting Head of Campaigns and Personnel is to be created this would have a different Job Description to that of Head of Personnel . |
| 15 | The purchaser and vendor will need to negotiate how the assumption of debtors and creditors is to be reflected in the price paid for the business . |
| 16 | His fur shone and his claws and teeth were in perfect condition . |
| 17 | Because both the congregation and the worship suffer when clergy and musicians are at loggerheads , an Australian correspondent recommends more overall planning meetings . |
| 18 | Of course , the fact that structure and rules are to be found within the behaviour of football hooligans does not mean that there are no problems at football terraces and that such behaviour is to be condoned . |
| 19 | There was a drafting meeting yesterday and discussions are under way in a Council of Ministers working group and various committees of the European Parliament . |
| 20 | At the time of writing , the proposal has been approved and discussions are in progress on the location of the agency 's headquarters . |
| 21 | Regional health authorities are waiting for news of their allocation and meetings are to be held between the hospice and Darlington Health Authority chiefs this week to discuss details of the services to benefit from the extra cash . |
| 22 | There was more to come : about 5,000 troops and seamen were in the area , including the crews of the five minesweepers and four harbour defence boats and the technicians of the naval Works Companies Nos 2 and 4 . |
| 23 | Advertisements of the above resolutions were to be published in the press , including The Times and Topham 's World , and copies were to be sent to members of both Houses of Parliament , to other noblemen and gentlemen , and also to high sheriffs , to be laid before grand juries ( composed of men of substance ) at the ensuing assizes . |
| 24 | It stays trained on the front like it was expecting something to happen , while we hear a recorded interview with some policeman who probably never left his desk , saying it is possible one of the residents knows rather more about this , and investigations are in hand . |
| 25 | He believes not only that our particular desires , expectations and values are to be explained by the structured wholes in which we live . |
| 26 | And because we live in an era when all other human relations and values are in crisis , or at least somewhere on a journey towards unknown and uncertain destinations , xenophobia looks like becoming the mass ideology of the 20th-century fin de siècle . |
| 27 | The imposition of goals and values is the critical element in a political relation and , as Fox ( 1974 ) reminds us , goals and values are in the mind . |
| 28 | Styles of dress , hairstyles , musical interests , speech and language use , leisure activities , and values are among the characteristics that teenagers appear to learn , in part , by watching and comparing themselves to others in their group . |
| 29 | The interview , then , is a most valuable tool for the researcher worker and to be able to deal competently with potentates and experts is of the greatest importance . |
| 30 | Right now what I shall do before you go any further is divide that at the side here , what those and minutes are as decimals of an hour |