Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nation has a very large civil service but a mixture of disdain for and suspicion of its civil servants … our leading governmental institutions are without the benefits of great formal authority and respect . |
| 2 | From this it can readily be seen that only 56 institutions are of the size advocated in ‘ Better Schools ’ and yet this 19% caters for nearly half the student population whilst 148 sixth forms ( 52% of the total ) each with less than . |
| 3 | While the medical care , in a technical sense , is generally excellent in the municipal hospitals , all of which are affiliated to major teaching centres to try to ensure high standards , these institutions are like the NHS only more so . |
| 4 | In the USA big name institutions are in the race : Princeton , Los Alamos , MIT . |
| 5 | SCOTVEC courses for beginners are on the basis of a half day per week for one year while the NWRAC Home Machine Knitting Course requires a full day per week for two years , or three if Part 2 is included . |
| 6 | Before long , the only vacancies are near the entrance . |
| 7 | Most British coal mines are outside the main industrial conurbations , and their employees live in isolated settlements — ‘ pit villages ’ — which offer no alternative work and are not very accessible to other employment opportunities . |
| 8 | Most of my companions on this field trip to the mines are from the Third World . |
| 9 | Its part is written a perfect fifth higher than it plays and as long as its notes are on the stave it sounds well . |
| 10 | Some of pop 's flavour-of-the-month acts are on the bill . |
| 11 | Whilst this section is confined in its application to acts expressly authorised to be done on behalf of a firm , the general law of agency will continue to attach liability to the firm for the unauthorised acts of its employees when those acts are within the course of their normal or apparent activities for the firm . |
| 12 | Goblin wolf riders are among the fastest and most mobile of all troops . |
| 13 | However , these and similar discussions are beyond the scope of this book . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , census returns are amongst the most reliable records that a local and family historian is likely to use . |
| 15 | Since much of equity returns are in the form of capital gains , at least in the long run , which are taxed only on realisation , personal tax on equity returns is generally in effect much lower than that on the returns to investing in a company 's debt . |
| 16 | The 30 prisoners are from the Chilterns group of jails which includes Aylesbury , Grendon , Bullingdon and Huntercomb . |
| 17 | The famous ‘ spider woman ’ of Erddig duly appears on the cover of The Servants ' Hall , but most of the accounts are of the menservants . |
| 18 | All our accounts are with the auditor . |
| 19 | Since these appropriation accounts are on the cash basis , accounting standards would hardly seem relevant . |
| 20 | These accounts are for the period from 15 July 1991 to 30 September 1992 . |
| 21 | Because most of the closest-fought states are in the Eastern Time zone , American TV networks expect to be able to forecast the final result from 2am on Wednesday . |
| 22 | Many eastern states are near the end of their landfill capacity . |
| 23 | Yes the ducks are on the road . |
| 24 | Ducks are amongst the most popular birds ; not least because of their amusing gait on land and for their grace in the water . |
| 25 | In deciding to get together the two firms reveal that they think this union will be in their private interest , but we must ask whether mergers are in the public interest . |
| 26 | Robert Tisserand in ’ The Art of Aromatherapy ’ states that essences are like the blood of a person . |
| 27 | One method may be through variations in government expenditure and taxation since these flows are under the direct control of the authorities . |
| 28 | They 're the same now as they were in the fifties when making presentations and that 's about the skills you need when you stand up to speak and the skills you need in the preparation phase so the two towers of presentation skills are about the preparation and the presentation itself . |
| 29 | ‘ Just as well that the Germans are on the other side of Seine : I can sleep late today . ’ |
| 30 | The Germans are in the village . |