Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] and [noun sg] [be] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The over-hunting of African elephants as a source of ivory for ornaments and jewellery is a case in point in this latter context .
2 Go to a provincial Italian opera house and you enter a quintessentially Italian world where the relationship between performers and audience is a private ritual .
3 Easily Accessible : The lovely countryside is obviously the main attraction for visitors and walking is a real pleasure here , partly because the area is not over-crowded .
4 If the body had come there as a result of a crime that took place on the river , then the River Police with their specialised knowledge of tides and shipping were the obvious people to investigate it .
5 Fifth Floor and Theatre Technis 's production of Bosoms And Neglect is a bit too tepid and self-consciously poetic , but , in staging the British première of this play , the companies have shown enterprise and imagination far above their limited resources .
6 You know this whole of idea of things and ritual being the holy and that things in the ritual there yes , there are sacred symbols and they need to be handled in that , that , that sense of sacredness , but the that which makes them sacred is the person , our Lord and us in communion with him and with each other and it seems to me that wherever that happens there is sacrament .
7 Exports of logs and timber are a vital source of foreign exchange earnings for Vietnam , according to foreign traders .
8 It went on for days and thirst was a terrible thing , much worse than hunger ; so that , remembering his torture , how his lips had cracked , one rainy day , at random , on impulse , he had lapped a drink out of a puddle .
9 Burglary , thefts from cars and vandalism were the crimes considered most serious across the county .
10 Such vast advantages in costs and production are a source of great concern to Ford management .
11 The most important ingredient for the effectiveness of industrial placements for teachers and business is the design of the briefing and debriefing process .
12 The other thing about holidays and elasticity is the question of what happens when the price of a holiday goes up .
13 He 's obviously keen on structures and procedure is the Right Honourable Gentleman
14 An association with middle-class aspirations and a dedication to classics and mathematics were the mark of such schools .
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