Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women suffer a dual burden of work inside and outside the home and the strains experienced by working mothers have not been eased by offers of help either from male partners or the wider community and the state . |
| 2 | He is proposing a pilot scheme to take uniformed officers away from front desk duties as one of the latest for putting civilians into jobs which in the past have been filled by officers in order to free more for the fight against crime . |
| 3 | He is proposing a pilot scheme to take uniformed officers away from front desk duties as one idea for putting civilians into jobs which in the past have been filled by officers in order to free more police for the fight against crime . |
| 4 | He stated that since April 25 officers and 600 other ranks had been dismissed on charges of indiscipline and involvement in criminal activities . |
| 5 | The site has already been examined by planners from Stroud District Council , one of the most environmentally conscious authorities in the country . |
| 6 | Trading standards are liasing with colleagues in Liverpool where similar material has been found . |
| 7 | The Murray 's Handbooks to India are punctuated with references to stations much used by pilgrims . |
| 8 | Some people would argue that many applications for judicial review which are heard by courts in fact involve wider political and administrative issues ; and that the rules of evidence and procedure in such cases should be changed to allow interested third parties to ‘ intervene ’ in the proceedings and to allow relevant information to be given about the likely impact of a decision one way or the other on the administrative process and on the public at large . |
| 9 | ‘ I think Neville Southall has been the best goalkeeper in England for a long time , but now he has been joined by others like David Seaman , Tony Coton and Chris Woods . |
| 10 | But now the charges against Koons of dubious taste have been joined by accusations of sensationalism and obscenity . |
| 11 | The basic argument with which we are concerned here is that the low level of female crime is a result of the expectations and constraints that are placed on women by society . |
| 12 | Duties are placed on inspectors by Article 30(8) to disclose certain information to persons employed at premises to which the Order applies to assist in keeping such persons adequately informed about matters likely to affect their health , safety and welfare . |
| 13 | Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort . |
| 14 | Many developments have been delayed for years pending completion of new or improvements to existing sewage works . |
| 15 | Plans by Prime Minister John Major to set up a powerful anti-pollution agency have been delayed following demands from John Gummer , Minister for Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , for a share in the running of the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) . |
| 16 | ’ 'T IS bruited about that the king is unwell and that you are given to displays of temperament ! |
| 17 | Detail of normal oocytes , and oocytes showing a variety of anomalies , are given in papers for mouse by Speed ( 47 ) and Speed and Chandley ( 48 ) and for the human by Speed ( 25 ) . |
| 18 | We can only give cursory attention to these here but more details are given in books by Tukey ( 1977 ) and Velleman and Hoaglin ( 1981 ) . |
| 19 | Talks are given by members of staff , often illustrated or using live subjects . |
| 20 | Organic models of nature had often been sustained by analogies between microcosm and macrocosm , between man as an organism and the rest of creation . |
| 21 | Doctoral studies and research training are undertaken in areas of finance , operations research , marketing , human resource management and corporate strategy . |
| 22 | Why , then , when people speak with such apparent honesty about such an important issue , do we feel we are drowning beneath cataracts of monologue ? |
| 23 | That is the litany which has been heard from solicitors throughout Scotland over the past months — from the spacious offices of the big city firms to the modest surroundings of rural practices . |
| 24 | It is approximately 1:1.618 and has been recognized by artists throughout history as being uniquely harmonious . |
| 25 | The route is named Veni Vedi Vici and has been ogled by climbers for years , who doubted its plausibility . |
| 26 | Some designs have been traced to illustrations in Miller 's Figures , although they had to be adapted to fit the curved surfaces of porcelain pieces . |
| 27 | Most optical resists are developed by mixtures of solvents which wash away the more soluble material left after exposure . |
| 28 | Sue Nicholson , for the RAC , said : ‘ We have been inundated with complaints from members that the testers are revving their car engines to the limit and possibly causing damage … |
| 29 | He was not lying when , in Wednesday 's rather pitiful TV interviews aimed at persuading his party not to dump him , he said he had been inundated with letters of support from the world of music , opera , theatre , films and sport . |
| 30 | Solutions to the Ferranti crisis are not going to be easy to find despite the way in which the company has been inundated with offers of help . |