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

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1 If you were in a bad accident or been into the slums with lice and things , you had to report it and bring your uniform in .
2 According to the Cambridge-based World Conservation Monitoring Centre , almost all of this oil has already been washed ashore or is in the shallows along 200km of Saudi coast ; it has not moved down to the southern Gulf , where most of the turtles and dugongs live .
3 ‘ You mean things that are outside the laws of nature — supernatural things ? ’ asked Holmes .
4 Wallerstein elaborated the concept of the semi-periphery to describe such countries , and this idea has been picked up by many scholars as a useful tool in analyzing the NICs and , increasingly , those countries that are on the fringes of the First World , but not exactly in the Third World , like Ireland , Portugal , and the Balkan states ( for example , Mouzelis , 1986 ) .
5 That 's all those wonderful little codes that are on the cards in front of you .
6 Mr. Browne says that he is standing as constituency candidate , free to speak and act for the area and with the strength to resist party orders that are against the interests of grass roots people .
7 Bachrach and Baratz ( 1970 ) argued that power is also exercised when some groups are prevented from raising issues that are against the interests of the powerful .
8 Does the Minister agree that perhaps a more urgent problem than the control of nuclear weapons in the republics of the former Soviet Union could be the vast amounts of conventional weapons that are in the hands of highly discontented and underpaid armed forces that have serious problems ?
9 A nuclear war could only last a matter of days and would be fought with the weapons that were in the hands of the military at the time ; there would be no question of re-supply , so British operational independence would not be jeopardized by buying US missiles .
10 And I I do n't criticize them for that , because the the fields that were in the databases in the past did n't d er w were sort of total cost of the
11 Deviance is thus used to describe behaviour that is outside the rules of society ; and these rules can be legal rules or social and moral rules , rules about the conventional way to dress or to speak to other people , for example .
12 Being able to put a name to a subject is something that is beyond the capabilities of any current computer system .
13 There may be circumstances in which what was in effect an arbitration is not one that is within the provisions of the Arbitration Act .
14 The amount of coal that is used is very much a question that is in the hands of British Coal as it negotiates with the current generating authorities .
15 But it 's the human cost of the fire that 's on the minds of most staff at the moment .
16 They all acted in a way that was in the interests of the group overall , shall we say by not eating too much foods .
17 A a apart from Chris and Bill , I 've sat down with all the M S fours an and been through the changes to the appointment contract , and how they now erm form the basis of the er interim client report .
18 She helped me with advice , support and encouragement to bring humanitarian aid to the Shias who have escaped and are in the camps in south Iran .
19 These bonds are more subtle than gossamer strands of spiders in the grass and are like the fields of force of electricity or gravity .
20 Do you think you could go upstairs and be with the boys in the dormitory ?
21 JTP is the Northern Ireland equivalent of ET , and is under the auspices of the Training and Employment Agency .
22 A comprehensive study ( although highly desirable ) would involve much time and effort , and is outside the considerations of this thesis .
23 The Rally site is beneath the shadow of Box Hill , has the River Mole flanking part of the site , and is near the remains of Bletchworth Castle .
24 That campaign is racist in intent and is against the interests of people who are seeking asylum from situations of great danger .
25 His return to England seems to have been accompanied by Bishop Gerbrand of Roskilde , who was to be consecrated by Archbishop Æthelnoth of Canterbury , and is among the witnesses of the charter S 958 .
26 ‘ Flashpoint ’ features 17 tracks , including the controversial new single ‘ High Wire ’ , and is in the shops on Monday .
27 Traditionally in Italy the official bargaining structure lay outside the factory and was in the hands of the industry-wide union .
28 Of all the contenders Armiger is certainly best placed to impress , as he is already a Group One winner and was among the favourites for the Derby until injury forced him out of the Epsom showpiece .
29 They have occupied much of the time of the higher courts but are on the margins of land law , which traditionally focuses on the market-place and the importance of documentation as the root of title .
30 There is the theory of art , and there is aesthetics ; there is writing about artefacts which may or may not be categorised as art , but are in the hands of the archaeologist or the anthropologist ; and there is art appreciation .
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