Example sentences of "a [noun] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a payment is in law like a gift , and the transaction can not be reopened . |
| 2 | However , in addition to pleading that a provision is in unreasoanble restraint of trade a defendant can also plead repudiation , vagueness and that in any event he has not acted in breach of the clause . |
| 3 | I mean and I think it is the lack of the regulate the er the regulatory control of city actions , I mean one of the points that we 've been recently been advised on is that one of the city institutions which has already been er fined , er from its London office on a technicality is in effect the New York and London offices are deemed to be one entity and I think that er what we 've been advised is that erm I forget the phrase , I wrote it down here somewhere , that what we would be advised to do is to take action against that particular city institution in New York , because that er it is deemed that the London and New York actions are in fact one and that the that er what in fact the er and I think the f yes , there it is , that , that in a way though what we 've been advised is that the basis of that action would be that the organisations London and New York operations are essentially the same operation and bound by a strict know your customer rule as mandated by U S Securities Law , you know . |
| 4 | She still found it hard to believe that any British ship could be in danger so near to home ; even when Jock had explained that unless a submarine was in water deep enough in which to dive , an escort was essential . |
| 5 | A Squadron were on a training exercise in Vogelsang , B Squadron were providing the medical support to the Nijmegen Marches in Holland , and Private Johnson was on an individual medical attachment to BATUS ( the British Army Training Unit Suffield ) in Canada . |
| 6 | A Squadron was to be divided into six parties , to attack targets all along the coast between Tobruk and the immediate area to the rear of the enemy front line . |
| 7 | However , Smith effectively confirmed Muhlfeit 's assertions that a case is to be brought against an electronic bulletin board service company , which is reported to have been distributing software for free as part of its service to its subscribers . |
| 8 | Clear prejudgment of a case is to be disapproved of , but the success of a piece of legislation may well be dependent upon the administrators enforcing the institution 's policies with some rigour ; indifference to the end in view , even if it were possible , might well be undesirable . |
| 9 | But they they surrounded the flat cos they thought that it was a bur a burglary was in process . |
| 10 | The court was told the house was unoccupied when the pair broke in but the police received information that a burglary was in progress . |
| 11 | But there is no late date set into the legislation , only that ratification when it is required means that from the first of the following month then the elections on the new constituency boundaries may take place under the new er European rules so that a decision is of course for an election in June er is in fact needed by the first of May . |
| 12 | By contrast , if a decision is to be made about whether a pupil is to pass or fail an examination then a boundary would have to be set . |
| 13 | The classic origin of the requirement to hear a party alleged to be in default before reaching a decision is in Cooper v. Wandsworth Board of Works ( 1863 ) 14 C.B.N.S. 180 . |
| 14 | A decision was at first postponed but permission was granted later in the year . |
| 15 | Tacograph readings are used to enforce European safety limits on the length of time a driver is behind the wheel without a break . |
| 16 | Tachograph readings are used to enforce European safety limits on the length of time a driver is behind the wheel without a break . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But this in itself did not lead to Worcester being an obvious target for government to focus attention on , since such a reduction was in line with predictions for other hospitals . |
| 20 | It does no harm to let them know of your interest while a course is in preparation . |
| 21 | Such a course is by no means inevitable nor invariable . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | For to understand a sentence is to be able to pick out situations which justify us in believing that sentence to be true . |
| 24 | His interests lie , not with these general features of the communicative event , but with those particular co-ordinates which constitute ‘ a package of relevant factors , an index ’ ( 1972 : 173 ) and which characterise the context against which the truth of a sentence is to be judged . |
| 25 | As Halliday ( 1964 : 37 ) says , ‘ if a text is to be described at all , then it should be described properly ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ One of the reasons we want to become a university is to be on a level playing field in terms of recruiting students . |
| 27 | A university is after all fundamentally an academic institution , world famous universities of course have all sorts of other attributes er for example , er theatres er as well as er sports grounds and that is just as true in this country as it is for example in the United States or Australia or even in the non-English speaking world . |
| 28 | Many people think it is hard to assess whether a building is worth preserving and ask what the criteria are for trying to save it . |
| 29 | Every other block , a building is in flames , burglar alarms ring unanswered , supermarket parking lots are carpeted with the messy afterbirth of nascent revolt . |
| 30 | ‘ In the past many people did n't know a building was under threat until it was about to be demolished . |