Example sentences of "[det] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the reasons for that are in the general principle that people are responsible for the consequences of their actions . |
| 2 | PAYOUTS of up to £1 million each are on the way for survivors of the M1 air crash . |
| 3 | ‘ Better ways of doing this are among the main objectives of PROFIT . |
| 4 | The pressurized water reactor ( PWR ) predominates in most national nuclear power industries with some notable exceptions , including the UK ( some advanced gas-cooled reactors or AGRs but mostly gas-cooled reactors or GCRs ) , Canada ( the Candu type of reactor which uses heavy water as the coolant ) , and the USSR ( half are of the light-water graphite reactor or LWGR type ) . |
| 5 | of the union 's total membership , approximately half are under the age of 30. since the advent of rock in the 1950s and 1960s , the union has been the only independent organization to give service , protection and advice to rock musicians . |
| 6 | A few are by the main road , but most are quiet . |
| 7 | Quite a few are from the madrigal group , or people Tom 's got to know through it . ’ |
| 8 | Many of the traditional monopolies applicable in the legal profession are under attack and some are on the point of disappearing . |
| 9 | Her portraits are largely of summer visitors , but some are of the seafarers who live all year round at Sheringham and have done so for generations . |
| 10 | Some are for the young . |
| 11 | Ann says someone will tell us when she comes back , some are with the church cos I know there is a service on today and them ones downstairs from but Ann says they 're going away just later on so there 's no point in going down , mm , now is there ? |
| 12 | Also some are in the police force , some in … |
| 13 | Some are in the hands of collectors or co-operatives of enthusiasts who see them as relics to cherish and maintain as part of our heritage , but these are in the minority . |
| 14 | Rulers of the oil-rich Trucial States in the Middle East have access to almost unbelievable wealth , and some are in the process of transforming patches of desert into architectural playgrounds . |
| 15 | Could this be at the end of the vacuum-packed salami syndrome ? ’ |
| 16 | One must ask would this be in the best interests of the travelling public ? |
| 17 | It occurred to him that if this were over the Front he would be a gift for even the stupidest German pilot . |
| 18 | Speaking of hearing in Gertrude Stein 's prose the ‘ hypnotic ’ ‘ rhythms ’ of ‘ the saxophone ’ he concluded that if this were of the future , then the future was ‘ of the barbarians ’ . |
| 19 | Our billetors were obliged , wherever possible , to provide us with one bath per week ; where this was not possible , facilities were available at B.P. , but this interfered with transport provisions , and sometimes a request for private transport was necessary , though not readily granted , and arrangements for this were in the hands of a Mrs Wildboar-Smith . |
| 20 | John had the name first , this being about the only tangible asset retrieved from the Wavesports collapse , but when Pete set up his firm at a later date there was no indication that John would be producing clothing . |
| 21 | Remember we are concerned eventually to account for the repeatable contribution constituents make to the significance of signals involving them ; this being of the essence when syntax is recursive , or creative . |
| 22 | As there is only one fixing point , this being on the base , it would have had to have been fastened to a stable item , such as furniture . |
| 23 | It was he who probably built the tower and rebuilt the chancel from I 185–1214 , this being within the Early English period . |
| 24 | Formerly , the villagers used to eat turtle eggs and flesh , despite this being against the law . |
| 25 | Few were in the market for the Kuwaiti shares , but few were in the market at all with such an overhang : only 2.9m shares changed hands compared with Tuesday 's 30m . |
| 26 | Few were in the market for the Kuwaiti shares , but few were in the market at all with such an overhang : only 2.9m shares changed hands compared with Tuesday 's 30m . |
| 27 | A few were in the hands of private companies , but the majority were owned either by the Federal or state governments . |
| 28 | Quite a few were in the printing and paper trades as folders , envelope makers , envelope stampers etc . |
| 29 | ‘ Some were for the better but a lot were for worse . |
| 30 | Some of the organisations studied had upgraded the status of large numbers of their temporary workers for this reason in the past , some were in the process of doing so . |