Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a recent example , see Capricorn Inks Pty Ltd v Lawter International ( Australasia ) Pty Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 Qd R 8 , where a dispute about damages was referred to accountants by an agreement entered into after the parties ' dispute about liability had been settled by some other method ; there had been no prior agreement in the original contract to refer to an expert . |
| 2 | The political groundwork for change had been laid by the " realistic rents " policy applied to the public sector by the Housing Subsidies Act 1956 . |
| 3 | ‘ The impetus for change has been driven by the charities rather than the City , but the City recognised this and has sought to make the most of it . ’ |
| 4 | In the case of Mars the atmospheric quantity for N has been multiplied by 10 to allow for the escape of N to space . |
| 5 | A cheque for £290 has been sent for the June quarter . |
| 6 | All other world class through dives have been made in places such as Florida , with crystal clear warm water and roomy passages , often using underwater scooters . |
| 7 | A writ for negligence has been issued against Cape Limited of Uxbridge . |
| 8 | THE NOBEL Prize for physics has been awarded to three scientists who developed ultra-precise techniques that lie at the heart of modern atomic clocks . |
| 9 | The news that Hanson may be preparing to bid for ICI has been met by a united front on the ICI board . |
| 10 | The World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia has been accused of undermining anti-logging campaigns by claiming that , in Peninsular Malaysia at least , " forest policies are among the best in the world " and " as close to sustainable as any major producing country " . |
| 11 | A comprehensive energy efficiency labelling scheme for houses has been launched by MVM , a consultancy specialising in property and planning information . |
| 12 | Remaining with the EC , calls for proposals have been issued for two major research and development programmes — the Environment Programme and RACE II ( Communications Technologies ) . |
| 13 | The other Non-academic Parties will also notify the Lead Organization of the sale or transfer out of the Project of any capital equipment for which any claim for payment has been made under this Agreement . |
| 14 | A lawnmower , a hedge trimmer and a hammer drill worth £250 have been stolen in a burglary at a house in Denton Close , Darlington . |
| 15 | The motives for bequests have been discussed in Lecture 3 , where we noted that the formulation underlying ( 9–12 ) provides no explanation as to why bequests enter the utility function . |
| 16 | In an attempt to address this situation , alternative approaches to worker certification and improved opportunities for advancement have been developed in some countries . |
| 17 | Since then the exchange value of the currency has fallen by 78% , but any advantages for exports have been eroded by rising domestic prices . |
| 18 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 19 | In Germany , the Social Democrats ' caution about reunification has been punished by an enthusiastic electorate . |
| 20 | The call for action has been put into practice in some parts of Latin America , especially in Central America . |
| 21 | The maximum penalty for conspiracy to murder was increased from ten years to life ; for causing explosions from twenty years to life ; and membership of proscribed organisations from five years to ten . |
| 22 | Two sisters sentenced to life in prison for murder have been freed by the Appeal Court after it was revealed that the Police deliberately withheld crucial evidence . |
| 23 | Perhaps even some of his own words about Ceauşescu had been translated into the languages spoken in Romania for the edification of Ceauşescu 's subjects . |
| 24 | A television , two cameras and lenses , a Chinese rug , cutlery and jewellery worth £1,405 have been stolen in a burglary at a house in Elmfield Terrace , Darlington . |
| 25 | A Philips stack hifi system and CDs worth £850 have been stolen in a burglary at a house in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 26 | Cecil made it quite clear that in his opinion , at least , the " strangers " in charge of the works were pretending to act simply and fairly towards the society but were thought to be dealing more for their own " private lucre " than for the benefit of the society , " … this despite diverse great sums of money due by them for rent having been remitted for their better encouragement to carry on the work … " |
| 27 | The problem of the evolution of recombination , and to a great extent of sex itself , is to explain why genes such as R have been favoured by natural selection . |
| 28 | Symptoms developed four weeks after treatment for eczema had been started by the same hakim who had treated the first patient . |
| 29 | A Leyland skip loader worth £20,000 has been stolen from a compound on the Faverdale Industrial Estate , Darlington . |
| 30 | Despite the referendum result , opponents of the change argued that the vote was only an opinion poll and had no legal force ; the original decision to name the city after Lenin having been taken by the USSR Supreme Soviet , they claimed , it could only be rescinded by its modern equivalent — the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies . |