Example sentences of "[am/are] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other aspect is of course catering facilities here on a Saturday may not be the same as what they are during the week . |
| 2 | Since I , without the benefit of tax relief , am paying as much as I am for the Monarchy , I would like them to do what they have to do in silence . |
| 3 | The Dalek ship is programmed to return to Kembel in spite of all their efforts to divert it , and it falls to Steven to hand over the fake core to the Daleks once the Doctor and Sara are aboard the TARDIS . |
| 4 | Never mind : the action pictures by Russell Cheyne are worth the price on their own . |
| 5 | The pictures of the smokers alone are worth the price of admission : Burri 's series on the cocky Che Guevara chomping on a cigar ; Cartier-Bresson 's puckish Jean Genet drawing on a cheroot ; Erwitt 's vain Mishima posed with a cigarette ; and Halsmann 's immortal Hitchcock ( above ) . |
| 6 | The goals are worth the work . |
| 7 | The question now is whether they will all be penalised as a result of collective inaccuracy , or if a convincing explanation will be found to persuade clients , both political and commercial , that surveys are worth the paper they are printed on . |
| 8 | High-end drawing packages ( which cost hundreds of pounds ) are worth the expense if you work regularly with images and need to create complex or technical drawings . |
| 9 | It may be in these circumstances that moderation rather than liberation is more likely to achieve results , but it is a matter of interpretation whether the results achieved by good behaviour are worth the energy required . |
| 10 | The facsimile editions are worth the £12.95 price tag for the Frenchified handwritten text and superb colour printing . |
| 11 | Items of value , real or sentimental , are worth the trouble of proper storage . |
| 12 | Still , some of the suggestions made by the people who would be running economic policy in a Socialist government are worth the attention of anybody anxious to straighten out the Greek system . |
| 13 | Kevin Burke , chairman of the cooperative , said : ‘ The message to everyone tempted to follow our example must be that if the final homes are worth your time and trouble , they are worth the wait . |
| 14 | Of course , most of them thrive on it , but many people are beginning to wonder if the rewards for having power , and being able to influence others , are worth the costs , especially in terms of family relationships . |
| 15 | The interiors are worth the detour . |
| 16 | They cost around £40 to £50 an hour , but these elegant craft are the epitome of Venice and are worth the splurge just once . |
| 17 | ’ The people who do it even though they can afford it are the worst , but I am far more concerned about the victims — the shops than I am about the people who carry out the crime . |
| 18 | I just wanted to know what the ticket arrangements are for the Liverpool game at Anfield later in September . |
| 19 | It raises a number of complex and inter-related matters , some of which are for the pensions industry , some for the banks , some for actuaries , auditors and regulators . |
| 20 | For the Tory dissidents , a leading opponent , William Cash , said : ‘ The European Central Bank arrangements under the treaty are for the whole of Europe , yet it comprises unelectable , unaccountable bankers making decisions on behalf of the people of this country and elsewhere . |
| 21 | However , if the cards are for the wife 's relations or childhood friends , it would be more natural to put her name first . |
| 22 | ‘ No more anxious than you are for the return of the Earl of Gloucester , madam , ’ he countered . |
| 23 | Contemporary memoirs are as full of praise for the building 's beauty as they are for the work which took place within its walls : ‘ Its magnificence , proportions and pleasant air makes it unique among the buildings of the world , ’ wrote the chronicler Barni . |
| 24 | The research aims to describe how police authorities give effect to this duty and to analyse what the consequences of their adopting different strategies — formal consultative committees , public opinion surveys , informal liaison etc — are for the work of police authorities , for policing priorities and for police management practice . |
| 25 | Ask whether a chairperson is necessary , what items there are for the agenda and how timing is to be arranged . |
| 26 | They are for the session 1993–94 . |
| 27 | These figures are for the fibres alone . |
| 28 | The private schools are for the élite , mostly in urban areas . |
| 29 | On the whole , however , it is submitted that a judicial is preferable to a statutory re-definition , because the existing law , although imprecise , is founded on the right principle , that continuance in perpetuity and exemption from tax should be allowed to those purposes and those alone which are for the benefit of the public . |
| 30 | Any disregard of this may provide the minority shareholders with a claim under s459 Companies Act 1985 , under which they may complain against resolutions of the company which are for the benefit not of the company as a whole , but of the majority shareholders alone . |