Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is also on the books of Premier model agency , ‘ to get a little money til I find a proper job ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ She is still in the ladies ’ department . ’ |
| 3 | The most remarkable fact about the appointment of judges is that it is wholly in the hands of politicians . |
| 4 | ‘ It is plainly in the interests of the more efficient administration of justice that there should be split trials in appropriate cases , as even where the decision on the first part of a split trial is such that there will have to be a second part , it may be desirable that the decision shall be appealed before incurring the possibly unnecessary expense of the second part . |
| 5 | It is even against the wishes of the Hon. Member for Tayside ( Mr. Walker ) , because he has made it clear that he does not want Stagecoach to succeed in his area . |
| 6 | If Khan ever whangs off , it is probably for the purposes of spectroscopic analysis . |
| 7 | It is somewhere on the borders between social research and journalism . |
| 8 | Even if the child is difficult , the court can order a blood test if it is clearly in the interests of the child , just as it can order an operation in the case of a ward of court . |
| 9 | It is clearly in the interests of the Royal Navy and of the taxpayer that there should be competitive tendering to obtain the lowest price . |
| 10 | Expert clauses very commonly provide that the decision will be final and binding , and it is clearly in the parties ' interests that it should be so . |
| 11 | Although we too have developed what has been described as the two thirds/one third society , I believe it is well within the capabilities of Labour to develop policies for economic and social progress that can appeal to the contented majority . |
| 12 | It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poor , so that … the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting . |
| 13 | It is chiefly in the realms of historical context , social customs and economic arrangements that we must have specialist knowledge of the context to enable us to interpret the passage accurately . |
| 14 | I realise that it is constantly in the interests of the Opposition to belittle the Government 's successes , but that is certainly one . |
| 15 | ‘ It is roughly along the lines were were expecting , ’ said the duch-ess 's lawyer Henry Page . |
| 16 | Although rarely defined , it is often on the lips of the members , so that the phrase , ‘ I do n't want to seem disloyal , but … ’ will often preface even the mildest internal criticism of any of the systems of policing . |
| 17 | Conveyancing is not litigation , and it is often in the interests of clients to assist the seller 's solicitor in trying to perfect an imperfect title . |
| 18 | It is fortunately in the hands of such a man as Captain Vidal , R.N. , who has steadily devoted himself , during a long period of ill-health , to complete this unpopular work , and to connect with it a minute examination of the Canary Islands . ’ |
| 19 | It is currently in the hands of a young family and , with an asking price of £385,000 , it is surely not too extravagant a dream to hope it passes into the care of another one . |
| 20 | It is quite without the trees or hedges which enclose all the country around it . |
| 21 | Indeed , it is precisely on the difficulties posed by making inferences from social animals to social man that a great contemporary debate concerning the mechanisms of social evolution has had its focus . |
| 22 | It is therefore in the interests of bureaucrats to go for increased staffing levels as a means of constructing such coalitions , and the implications of this clearly point to increased waste and inefficiency , since , having bid for a maximum budget , within that budget , instead of adopting the most efficient form of production and delivery of services , ‘ bureaucrats ’ can be expected to choose the most labour-intensive . |
| 23 | It is therefore in the areas of secondary design that the software houses are most active . |
| 24 | In particular , it is enough for the police to maintain that ‘ detention without charge is necessary … to obtain evidence by questioning ’ . |
| 25 | Joy and delight is part of the essence of life and it is there in the depths of the soul waiting to be found . |
| 26 | I asked for this to be arranged twelve months ago , but it is still in the hands of the solicitor , who does not answer letters . |
| 27 | It is ironically at the points at which Lévi-Strauss and Barthes transgress ‘ structuralism ’ that their work is most successful ; when they produce inspired accounts of the hidden meanings of cultural forms that have been taken for granted . |
| 28 | With very few exceptions the rule is that Parliament determines the maximum penalty and it is then for the courts , having heard the evidence , and seen the defendant in person , and heard what can be said in mitigation on his behalf , to decide upon the appropriate punishment in all the circumstances of the case . |
| 29 | It is now in the hands of the Minister for Economic Development . |
| 30 | ‘ It is now in the hands of the Crown , but if we do n't conclude the investigation soon , there is every chance they 'll be released . ’ |