Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By mid-morning he had been through the day 's edition of the Herald Tribune . |
| 2 | It had been necessary to handle the appointment rather delicately , as when the post was originally advertised it had been for a boys ' school , 600 strong ; with the anticipated changes this would soon develop into a co-educational establishment of up to 1,000 . |
| 3 | The two sides might have parted company there and then had it not been for the GLEB 's condition that someone with newspaper business experience should be on the executive . |
| 4 | Two are for the Queen 's flight- to carry members of the royal family and VIPs — the rest are used by the RAF for training . |
| 5 | There you are for the gent 's ring this time . |
| 6 | A lot of poems in Serious Concerns ( Faber , £12.99 ; £4.99 pbk ) are about the poet 's life as led by Wendy Cope , how it does n't bring you happiness , money or men , which seems a trifle ungrateful , considering how popular she is . |
| 7 | Herluin might hold it against the boy that he had disgraced Ramsey not so much by attempting theft , but by making a botch of it , but Herluin had also been of the abbot 's party . |
| 8 | If Sinead had wanted to do a Benetton shocker , the photograph used would have been of the boy 's body . |
| 9 | ‘ T is near the castle since they 're under the King 's protection . ’ |
| 10 | You 're in a buyer 's market . ’ |
| 11 | Otherwise we 're , we 're in no man 's land |
| 12 | But if you 're in an emergency situ situation , you do n't know and would you be equal to it , would you have some reserve you could fall on ? |
| 13 | ‘ We 're in the lion 's den . |
| 14 | We 're in The Face 's office , up six flights of cement stairs that smell of Dettol . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're on the Queen 's business , ’ she cried , in a desperate bid to avert disaster . |
| 16 | That does not mean to say those who are against the President 's policy are any less patriotic … |
| 17 | ‘ After all , as you just reminded me , I am under the Sheriff 's protection . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You are under the Queen 's protection now — for a little while . ’ |
| 19 | During the period of controlled prices , those that are under the regulator 's eye have fallen by 27 per cent . |
| 20 | You are under the Sheriff 's protection here . ’ |
| 21 | You are with the Citizen 's Commission on Human Rights . |
| 22 | Anglesey for example are within a hair 's breadth of attaining theirs . |
| 23 | Anglesey for example are within a hair 's breadth of attaining theirs . |
| 24 | Breaches of rules concerning ‘ the constitution or proceedings of any committee , conference or other body ’ are within the Commissioner 's remit . |
| 25 | All equal are within the Church 's gate … |
| 26 | Apart from the decision on the question put and any reasons , the decision should also deal with interest and costs , to the extent that these matters are within the expert 's jurisdiction : see 8.10 – 8.13 . |
| 27 | The courts draw a distinction between those facts which are within the tribunal 's jurisdiction , i. e. those facts which the tribunal alone decides , and those facts which are outside its jurisdiction , i. e. facts which must be established as a condition precedent for the tribunal to exercise its power . |
| 28 | If competition is perceived to be open , the ‘ rules ’ are seen to be fair , and the determinants of success are within the competitors ' control , competition can be extremely fruitful . |
| 29 | Unless the court otherwise orders , an affidavit may be used notwithstanding that it contains statements of information or belief , but every affidavit shall state which of the facts deposed to are within the deponent 's knowledge and which are based on information or belief and shall give , in the former case , his means of knowledge and , in the latter case , the sources and grounds of the information or belief ( Ord 20 , r 10 ) . |
| 30 | Lakes , rolling hills and valleys abound , and with the south coast only seven miles away , day trips to Guernsey , Jersey and France are within an hour 's reach . |