Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] is [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lea ( 1986 ) , in a discussion of police racism , suggests that a common theory of apologists for the police force is the ‘ bad apple ’ approach which views the problem as one of individual officers being bigoted . |
| 2 | Hastings , who has played only 40 minutes on the tour , increased speculation that all was not well when he declined a round of golf today significant as the Watsonians star is a golf fanatic and plays off a seven handicap . |
| 3 | The symbolism of the hatchli design is a source of considerable debate among carpet scholars . |
| 4 | The Department of Health has cultivated the myth for some years that section 118 of the Medicines Act is the only reason why it is prevented from explaining the decisions of the licensing authority in general or the recommendations of the Committee on Safety of Medicines , based on doctors ' reports of adverse reactions , in particular . |
| 5 | Broadly speaking , the introduction of the home-responsibilities credit is a subsidy to those ( mainly , but not exclusively , women ) who care for the young , the sick or the old on a nearly full-time basis . |
| 6 | STRANGELY , THE climax of the Dollars trilogy is a prequel to the others , set during the Civil War and showing how Clint Eastwood 's Man With No Name gradually picks up the props — the poncho , the sheepskin jacket , the cigar — that mark his identity in the other films . |
| 7 | We have done more than any other union to help prepare the T U C's complaint to the European Commission that the abolition of the Wages Council is a breach of the U K's obligations under European law , and London region has recently won a test case on the application of the acquired rights directive to the opting out of schools , and potentially of sixth form colleges and hospitals . |
| 8 | Delegates , the abolition of the Wages Council is an employment ch an employers ' chapter to create sweatshops . |
| 9 | Detectives hope that one major clue to the identity of the babies mother is the distinctive garment in which the body was wrapped . |
| 10 | Another concern of the Sports Council is the length of time and expense of training teachers — and this subject will be a matter of priority during our own Trainers ' Conference Weekend . |
| 11 | But in the High Court , Parker LJ has stated that whilst the creation of an admissions policy is a matter of discretion for the LEA itself , that policy must enable consideration to be given to exceptional cases and therefore should not be too rigid . |
| 12 | The person in the centre who is most likely to link up with the systems verifier is the SCOTVEC co-ordinator . |
| 13 | Since what we are trying to achieve under the Charities Act is a greater responsibility , a greater public awareness , then to allow charities which are companies limited by guarantee to disclose less does not serve the purpose . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Our solution to the similar situation in the securities industry is a practical self-regulatory cooperative one . |
| 15 | James Grant , the editor of a New York newsletter , has pointed out that the value of outstanding contracts in the gold-futures market is a little over $1 billion . |
| 16 | But if even in the sciences rationality is no more than the capacity to criticize the spontaneous , where can we expect it to be anything else ? |
| 17 | The legal regulation of police practice ill fits the theory that the fruits of police investigation are in principle no different from any other source of information ; that , as it were , a confession in the police station is no different from an admission made to a casual bystander . |
| 18 | One underlying issue , however , troubles me , Throughout there is the implication that to partake wittingly in an arms race is a perversion of science — as the conclusions say , ‘ the role of scientists in the arms race is of crucial importance . |
| 19 | It is important for the Opposition to bear it in mind that their opposition to the roads programme is a recipe not only for increased congestion but for increased fatalities and casualties on our roads . |
| 20 | ‘ Her boyfriend is a photographer and apparently the old toothpaste on the nipples routine is a trick of the trade to keep them hard . |