Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some sources said that the clashes had been between members of the fundamentalist Adl wal Ihsan ( " justice and charity " ) group and members of the leftist Kaiyidine group . |
| 2 | Almost all previous contact with the Board had been through courses of one or two days duration — mostly held on a trainee 's farm ( but also at local education colleges in England and Wales ) , with up to 70% of the time being spent on trainee participation and practice . |
| 3 | Avid as I am for details of Claudia 's personal life , I have lost interest in the details of my own . |
| 4 | Irrigation pump models are for engines of up to 45 kW . |
| 5 | Both are for non-residents of the UK and the Channel Islands . |
| 6 | Many requests are for details of fibreboard d-i-y projects — FIDOR can supply booklets which will enable you to construct a serving trolley , make a bedhead , build a stylish fire surround , or a kitchen island unit . |
| 7 | Informative labels and simple counter identification through symbols about the location of goods are of considerable help to older people , as they are for shoppers of all ages . |
| 8 | In most instances these special schools for visually handicapped pupils are for children of primary school age or for the full school age-range and they have in general terms a regional catchment . |
| 9 | Right now what I shall do before you go any further is divide that at the side here , what those and minutes are as decimals of an hour |
| 10 | For a 2-oz. jar of smoked cod 's roe the other ingredients are about tablespoons of olive oil , a medium sized potato , lemon juice , cayenne pepper , and water ; and , optionally , a clove of garlic . |
| 11 | Most general collections are of spectra of organic samples , so that local collections covering special groups of compounds are of more immediate use to the inorganic chemist . |
| 12 | His earliest memories are of stacks of colourful imported tins , boxes , bottles and packets of the family grocery business , and of the paraphernalia of popular Catholicism , which would have included reliquaries and tabernacles , retables combining paintings and sculpture , altars decorated with damask cloth , candles , flowers and ex votos of an often intensely personal nature . |
| 13 | West country brewer Devenish should top up last year 's profits — best estimates are of profits of £14m against £11.5m . |
| 14 | But many interviews carried out in social research are of samples of what we might call ‘ ordinary ’ people — people who have characteristics , opinions and knowledge of a much more general nature . |
| 15 | Well we can forget about those cos they 're in sets of ten . |
| 16 | which is the only update I can do , cos they 're in banks of four . |
| 17 | Personally , I am against extremists of any political persuasion . |
| 18 | I 've not been against lines of communication , I 've been against excessive expenditure on such . |
| 19 | A great noise rises out of the quiet , and the stars are like bits of metal clinging together . |
| 20 | Also , the beginnings of chapters ( the titles ) are strange ; they are like summaries of the chapter , but without giving too much away . |
| 21 | Sadness comes from the incessant playing of the primeval recordings of the mind ; and these recordings are not noise alone but they are like films of horror . |
| 22 | The beautiful images and thoughts of the mystics are like cocoons of butterflies which take the pupae from the earth world to the air world . |
| 23 | These X rays and gamma rays are like waves of light , but with a much shorter wavelength . |
| 24 | Families are like constellations of stars : we see each one as an entity , because they make some recognisable design , yet the individual stars are scattered all over the universe , apart . |
| 25 | In the paintings the players are like parts of a travelling band going nowhere , acting out their different scenes simultaneously . |
| 26 | Output is accordingly lower than it would have been under conditions of perfect competition , and resources are diverted to alternative , less valuable uses . |
| 27 | Concern has for too long been with problems of stylistic chronological placement and historical continuity between and among archaeologically defined units . |
| 28 | His specific professional concern is to have been with Aspects of Modernism , which is says is a loose name which covers the creative disruption of all certainties about what reading is , what writing is and what words can do . |
| 29 | And plenty of excellent hotels are within minutes of Belfield . |
| 30 | I just been in loads of workshops |