Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Borland wants the rest of us to stick with Paradox and like it ( and we do ) , so most of the improvements in version 1.5 are for the pros . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Also some are in the police force , some in … |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | A few were in the hands of private companies , but the majority were owned either by the Federal or state governments . |
7 | Another firm distinction which both Ashton and MacMillan make clear is between the dances of youth and age or innocence and experience . |
8 | I imagine this is on the grounds that there can be no profitable reclamation of the goods in default of settlement ! |
9 | This is on the grounds that people who value services ‘ will consume as much as they are willing to pay for ’ . |
10 | This is on the grounds that there are no high-temperature incineration facilities in sub-Saharan Africa and no plans to build any . |
11 | No this is for the kids , I 've got the dog , I 've got the dog 's , but the dog ai n't got it |
12 | ‘ I do n't know how long we 'll be out , sir , but this is for the drinks cupboard . |
13 | This is for the proportions of the elderly to decline in the populations of some large , traditional retirement resorts , such as Bournemouth and Torquay , and to rise in adjacent and nearby local authorities . |
14 | This is above the tunnels of a disused mineworking |
15 | ‘ We firmly believe the best way to achieve this is through the skills of individual lessees , ’ he said . |
16 | This is about the pilots who make up this famous aerobatic team , and it focuses on the three new pilots who join it each year . |
17 | It is said by the appellant … that International Law has firmly fixed that a locus such as this is beyond the limits of territorial sovereignty ; and that consequently it is not to be thought that in such a place the legislature could seek to affect any but the King 's subjects . |
18 | But all this is beyond the needs of the average local historian , as well as for the most part being beyond his general skills , so this chapter is devoted to giving a broad general outline of how handwriting developed , defining some of the terms used , and describing some of the early styles . |
19 | This is among the proposals contained in a consultative document issued by the Department of Trade and Industry to implement the cancellation provisions of the Second Life Assurance Directive and proposed Third Life Assurance Directive . |
20 | It does not appear to sit easily with an Act which requires local authorities to educate children with special educational needs in ordinary schools , provided that this is in the interests of the child , that it does not adversely affect the education of the other children and is compatible with the efficient use of resources . |
21 | Many professional associations , for example , ban advertising by their members and impose other restrictions on competition , arguing that this is in the interests of their customers . |
22 | In the long term , he argues correctly , this is in the shareholders ' interest too . |
23 | erm You must recognise that the general outline of school education , from primary and in secondary level , is a matter of policy , and this is in the hands of the D E S and local authorities . |
24 | And yet we need to remember — Pound , I think , would have wanted us to remember — what a latecome development this is in the relations between a poet and his readers , how recent this is , and , in the perspective of history , how bizarre . |
25 | This is in the grounds of Painsthorpe Hall , a pleasing manor house built in 1814 , once the home of Sir Charles Richardson , who had a brilliant naval career . |
26 | this is from the Arts Council ? |
27 | This is worth remembering if your employer tries to justify giving you a raw deal by interpreting a stringent contract of employment harshly , eg by insisting you move your place of work at short notice and without financial help from Leeds to Birmingham , as in one case — even where this is within the terms of an express contractual mobility clause . |
28 | I suppose this is behind the accusations . ’ |
29 | ‘ This was at the police station , was it ? ’ |
30 | In half ( 11 cases ) this was at the patients ' request because of poor function . |