Example sentences of "[noun] is [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since wages and prices tend to be ‘ sticky ’ in the downward direction , the only way that the price mechanism can work and give the appropriate signals is for the prices of different goods and services to rise at different rates . |
| 2 | Whether the law is on Venables ' side is in the hands of the judge . |
| 3 | One of the dangers of the current climate for admission , which makes it more difficult than it has been in recent years for students to get into universities , is that the concentration is on the techniques of application , rather than on what lies behind the mechanical process . |
| 4 | More than 75 per cent of the equity is in the hands of professional investors , many of them through Swiss nominee names . |
| 5 | The council 's Labour leadership , who have been in control since 1986 , have argued that they had no control over the transactions as the day to day running of the finance department is in the hands of expert financial staff . |
| 6 | This chapter is about the possibilities for creating learning environments which encourage children to work and learn collaboratively . |
| 7 | Marriage , or engagement is on the cards for next February . |
| 8 | I think a lot of mis misogyny is behind the scenes in the all |
| 9 | Where after a full dissolution the winding up of the practice is in the hands of some only of the former partners an allowance may be made to them in recognition of their efforts before the net profits are determined for the purposes of this section or otherwise . |
| 10 | The patronage is in the hands of the Prime Minister who may from time to time invite leaders of opposition parties to propose names . |
| 11 | They should not take account of side-effects if the sole effect is via the prices of products or factors . |
| 12 | Should business leaders be bracing themselves for a wave of intervention now that the Department of Trade & Industry is in the hands of Michael Heseltine ? |
| 13 | In common with most Third World countries , the pharmaceutical industry is in the hands of multinational companies and there is no effective quality control over their products . |
| 14 | The alternative is for the children to be educated abroad in English-speaking international schools . |
| 15 | This applies only where the person dealing with the company does not know that the action is beyond the powers of the company 's directors under its constitution ( s. 35A(1) — ( 3 ) CA ) . |
| 16 | In Liverpool , where it had a branch , it was condemned as an organisation " whose administration is in the hands of boarding masters and which fails to inspire the respect of the labouring community " . |
| 17 | Rents are kept to a reasonable level to enable as many people as possible to benefit , and the maintenance is in the hands of a committee who hold regular fund-raising events . |
| 18 | My love for Edgar is like the leaves on the trees — I 'm sure time will change it . |
| 19 | We could say that the conflict in any modern marriage is between the needs of self , the needs of the partnership ( each partner wanting to support the other , but refusing to be swamped by or subjugated to the other ) , the needs of children , the needs of the family as a group and the needs of those outside the family . |
| 20 | On the premise that ‘ too many cooks spoil the broth ’ , he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden , Mrs. Pat Holmes , and any guidance , questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance . |
| 21 | A more and more popular way for undiscovered artists to exhibit their work is on the walls of London 's restaurants and wine bars . |
| 22 | The first of the CDs is in the shops on Monday , comprising the current hit ‘ Losing My Religion ’ and live versions of ‘ Stand ’ , ‘ Turn You Inside Out ’ and ‘ World Leader Pretend ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Tara is in the hands of the Dark Powers , ’ said Tealtaoich , hoping that this was the correct thing to say , because nobody had seemed quite sure which side the Trees would be on . |
| 24 | But at the start of proceedings Broderick is under no illusions about who he 's really here to talk about . |
| 25 | The day-to-day management is in the hands of the managing director , and if the number of members or the importance of the functions of the association or its character justifies it , a supervisory board may be created . |
| 26 | The direction of the Council is in the hands of The Executive . |
| 27 | The direction of the Council is in the hands of The Executive . |
| 28 | The administrative receivership is in the hands of Touche Ross , who will continue to run the company as a going concern with a view to finding a new buyer from the majority shareholder , Bob Curry . |
| 29 | Certainly , concentrated wealth is in the hands of the few , and the separation of ownership and management has been excessively overstated ; it is the upper and upper-middle classes who own and manage , if not together , then within a class . |
| 30 | Peace is in the interests of both . |