Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [noun sg] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For centuries agriculture was the main industry together with self-employed small businesses giving support , blacksmiths , cobblers , tailors , and village stores . |
| 2 | For centuries agriculture was the main economy of the Glarus . |
| 3 | The intangible benefits of improved service to line management in quantity and quality of personnel information was the major influence on the management . |
| 4 | The principal regulator of futures business is the Securities and Futures Authority ( SFA ) and the process of application for membership to SFA and the Rules of SFA by which a member is bound will be discussed . |
| 5 | The editing capabilities of Composers Pen are an asset . |
| 6 | In 1945 he made his famous recording ‘ Up in Dodo 's Room ’ with McGhee 's group which , in the judgement of Fats Navarro was the first recorded tenor solo in the bebop idiom . |
| 7 | Browne 's definition of facilities management is the management , by a third party , of an organisation 's information technology infrastructure . |
| 8 | ‘ Outside broadcasts ’ are reminders that for years TV was a cumbersome medium , happiest in the studio or on set piece occasions such as the Cup Final , which could be planned well in advance . |
| 9 | ‘ The top up loans scheme is the only way forward for the finance of student maintenance and ultimately students will recognise the logic and necessity of the scheme . ’ |
| 10 | Although there are a number of methods of measuring personality including observation , situational tests and projective tests , the most common method used in personnel selection is the questionnaire or inventory . |
| 11 | One consequence of these extension schemes that may have a serious effect upon arts education is the way that some authorities are pushing for arts subjects to be taught as part of modular courses , which could lead to a reduction of the number of two-year examination courses in separate arts subjects . |
| 12 | In newsrooms libel is the greatest inhibition upon freedom of speech , although it also serves as a spur to accuracy and professionalism . |
| 13 | ‘ The doctor is a doctor is a doctor ’ , first and foremost , in whatever contractual relationship , with respect to duty of care to patients : patients in police custody are no exception . |
| 14 | A participatory style is adopted and this , together with the international recruitment , give participants the opportunity to work with and learn from colleagues operating is a wide range of teaching contexts . |
| 15 | Despite the fact that small companies promise substantially faster growth , the survey revealed that for large companies the median price to earnings ratio was a heady 20.6 , compared with 15.4 for smaller firms . |
| 16 | The most ecologically vulnerable zones on CIS territory were the Chernobyl area , Amu Darya and Dnepr river basins , Lake Balkhash , the Black Aea , Azov Sea and Caspian Sea , and the Aral Sea area . |
| 17 | Central to Chlor-Chemicals business is the production of chlorine and caustic soda [ chloralkali ] from brine . |
| 18 | Such grants had some advantages from the crown 's point of view , for in the event of the failure of direct heirs the lands and title would revert to the crown and would augment the resources of royal patronage , as happened with the Audley , Clinton and Ufford inheritances ; but the underlying reason for limiting descent to heirs male was the wish of the nobility to preserve the integrity of their inheritances and to ensure that the title descended with the land . |
| 19 | The idea of putting warning labels on drinks packaging is a simplistic and ineffective attempt to resolve a complex issue . |
| 20 | the anonymity of the vendor must be retained ; carefully consider whether the business description and references to locations area are a danger to the anonymity |
| 21 | ‘ It is a tremendous programme but Rooster choreographed by Christopher Bruce and danced to Stones music is the one that tears most slates off the roofs , ’ explained company spokesman Chris May . |
| 22 | For some subjects , grey was the positive , for others grey was the negative , but neither type of training should establish a difference in associative strength between black and white . |
| 23 | Penelope hardly knew which to choose after this , but decided on brandy ; she had a vague idea that for women port was a rather low-class drink , since they did not — perhaps could not — appreciate it in the rather ritualistic way that men did . |
| 24 | According to the record books , the North-east derby between Aberdeen and Dundee at Dens Park is an even more lop-sided affair . |