Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 While it published scorching critiques of the diplomacy that had led Britain into war , MacDonald insisted that ‘ whatever our views may be on the origins of the war , we must go through with it . ’
2 Money may be in the form of some physical item that is actually handed from one person to another : for example , gold , silver , other coin , banknotes , or even something like cigarettes .
3 It is always a lie and never the truth , ’ Questionable though that judgement may be on the aphorism in general , it does seem to me to catch the half-formed nature of this observation — or perhaps , better speaking , its lack of a frame .
4 A more radical change may be on the way : a report by the UK Institute of Health Services Management concludes that ‘ General taxation must be reconsidered as the major funding of the National Health Service if it continues to fail to deliver adequate levels of resources ’ .
5 The historic route may be under the accountant 's scrutiny shortly : the recession in the building industry has led to a falling demand for cement and traffic is down to two or three trains per week .
6 And I ca n't help thinking that we might end up with a sort of repeat of the sort of situation that 's occurred at Octavius Atkinson site which is erm mentioned in the erm the paper tabled this morning , whereby er a sort of market-led approach which puts a lot of pressure on the local authorities may be at the expense of the planning-led approach to erm deciding where development should most appropriately go .
7 Apart from the inpatient waiting list initiative no extra resources were released for meeting the Charter standards , but meeting the standard for outpatient clinics may be at the expense of seeing fewer patients and a lengthening list for a first appointment .
8 I do not feel that any harm will come to those people who experience spontaneous regression in such a way , as any group involved in the higher levels of meditation should be under the control of a qualified and experienced teacher or leader who will be on hand to control the situation and to help should the pupil find himself in emotional difficulty .
9 The two sides might have parted company there and then had it not been for the GLEB 's condition that someone with newspaper business experience should be on the executive .
10 Just before the publication of the Bill that became the 1988 Education Reform Act , opinion in Great Britain was evenly divided over whether control of the curriculum should be in the hands of local education authorities or of central government ; this is shown in Figure 10.4 .
11 But in an emergency or disaster situation , the knowledge base must be in the computer system and there should be no skill barrier to access the system .
12 It is a compulsive stop for cars and coaches , the large parking places on the roadside often being taxed to capacity , but despite the inevitable crowds , Eilean Donan should be on the itinerary of all who pass this way .
13 Release of part of the reserve should be through the project manager .
14 I repeat that the European Community money should be for the benefit of coal communities , and we very much regret that the European Commission has not released the funds .
15 Remittances from overseas : Payment should be in the form of an INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDER .
16 In the case of a company without share capital the return will give no particulars of the members ; to ascertain that , resort must be to the company .
17 Now my submission is not intended to be representation that the new settlement should be in the greenbelt and great weight must still be given to it 's protection .
18 All fees and Application Forms must be with the N.E.B.E. Secretary by the closing dates as above .
19 Applicants for the course should be between the ages of 22 and 27 and should be able to read and write English and French .
20 Its responsibility should be to the administration of the amateur game , the clubs , the schools , the counties , indoor facilities , to ensure maximum participation and enjoyment on a mass scale throughout the country .
21 ‘ What happens is that maybe I 'll just see the shape of some chords , or where my fingers should be on the frets .
22 If she comes out by that hole her only route must be through the cage , in which she is then recaptured .
23 There should be approximate equivalence of numbers so long as there has been no preferential loss of either jaws or teeth , and the expected percentage values should be in the region of 100 per cent .
24 There were to be no aisles , crosses or altars ; the pulpit must be against the end wall facing the congregation .
25 I concluded the writer must be inside the priory . ’
26 The report emphasises that the parish ministry should be at the heart of the Church of Scotland in remote rural areas as elsewhere but it also expresses concern that this is dependent on adequate financial resources .
27 Nevertheless it does seem undesirable that our present institutional framework should be beyond the scope of effective challenge by either political or legal means .
28 A standard stem should be between the stake and the point from where you will normally view the tree , so that the stake is out of sight behind the stem .
29 ‘ Now our inner cities must be in the vanguard of the new alternative that Labour is building philosophies of empowering people , of realising potential rather than wasting it and of celebrating each life .
30 ‘ Now our inner cities must be in the vanguard of the new alternative that Labour is building philosophies of empowering people , of realising potential rather than wasting it and of celebrating each life .
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