Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am afraid that it has not been a success and that has certainly not been for want of effort from him but I think we just have to write that one off . |
| 2 | Jes said , I thought you 'd have been off rest of week . |
| 3 | Erm I 've been off work in excess of five years now er add my income has been very very small and whatever award I get will never go ahead and compensate me or my wife for what I 've been through . |
| 4 | It is rare in general practice to see dermatological problems that need sophisticated hospital investigations or intensive treatment ; most referrals are for assessment of skin lesions or for second opinions . |
| 5 | Many requests are for details of fibreboard d-i-y projects — FIDOR can supply booklets which will enable you to construct a serving trolley , make a bedhead , build a stylish fire surround , or a kitchen island unit . |
| 6 | As for li , it is pattern , structure , order ; the concrete uses of the word are for veins in jade and the grain of wood . |
| 7 | It should be noted that these drag coefficients are for Clios with door mirror on both sides — rather than the single door mirror used by certain other companies to produce flattering windtunnel figures . |
| 8 | Let unc If we use this for iterative premultiplication of an arbitrary column , say the summing vector , successive columns are as show in Table 1 . |
| 9 | Negotiations over pay are about changes in money wages . |
| 10 | As they are about competence at work , they will include not only competences relating directly to the funeral service but also competences to do with working relationships or health and safety . |
| 11 | The truth is that today 's pop — Whitney , Simply Red , Tina turner , George Michael , Anita Baker , Fine Young Cannibals , Percy Sledge , Ben E. King , The Communards , Gabriel , Erasure , The Christians — are about shame about pop . |
| 12 | Public relations is related to advertising in that both are about persuasion through communication . |
| 13 | Atmospheric concentrations of CFCs are about one-millionth of carbon dioxide levels but their role in the greenhouse effect has increased dramatically in recent decades and they may contribute as much as 30 per cent of the greenhouse effect by the year 2015 . |
| 14 | Consequently there is no topic that is off limits for discussion , even if a few are off limits for experimentation . |
| 15 | The bottom line with the café owner has always been about payments for car parking but it becomes a problem if the establishment is closed more than it is open . |
| 16 | The terms of exchange between manufacturers and agricultural produce moved swiftly to the disadvantage of the towns ; a pair of boots which in 1913 had been worth 283lb. of rye flour was worth as little as 133lb. by May 1922 . |
| 17 | In ‘ culture studies ’ , and quickly entering the more proper sociological study of culture , talk has been of modernity versus postmodernity , of modernism versus postmodernism . |
| 18 | Politicians are of course at fault . |
| 19 | In a world in which , for the most part , neighbourhood and class are largely coincident , the two definitions are of course at war with another . |
| 20 | Miss Heal also stated : ‘ All the above sources of financial assistance are of course in addition to the support obligations provided for in Part III of Ontario 's Family Law Act . ’ |
| 21 | The attitudes represented by factor 5 are of enthusiasm towards SSE , in which regard Oxfordshire teachers are generally moderately positive . |
| 22 | The ruins of the medieval Berwick Castle were removed to make way for the station , and some of its stone was used in the construction of the bridge , though parts of it are of brick with stone facings . |
| 23 | Issues which may have looked problematical in theory can be compared to see whether they are of consequence in practice . |
| 24 | For example , I have not concentrated much on the work of Steven Jones and related experiments that claim to see neutrons at levels near to background ; if real , they are of interest to science but have nothing to offer as such solutions to the world 's energy problems , at least not in the grandiose form claimed on behalf of Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 25 | A modern definition of a herb could be any plant , generally aromatic or fragrant , whose parts , whether leaf , flower , seed or root , are of use in food flavouring , medicine , household and cosmetics . |
| 26 | Through exposure to the rich variety of skills , attitudes , gifts , life- and workstyles found in ordinary people , children can be shown that all individuals are unique and that it is their differences ( rather than their similarities ) which are of value to society . |
| 27 | In the Covermaster Plan , Andrew , there 's something called waiver of premium , what this means to you is that if you 're off work through illness for a long period of time , Abbey 's going to pay the premiums for you . |
| 28 | Some people will actually say , if I could add something to the plan that would cost you just a little bit more , which means that if you 're off work through illness , the company , Abbey will pay the premiums for you , would you be prepared to pay a bit more . |
| 29 | . If I take the same example , waiver of premium , erm , and I 'm relating to knowledge that I will have got through the plan your future document , if I use Andrew again if I may , if I say to you , Andrew , erm , you explained earlier that erm , if you 're off work through ill-health , your employer will actually pay you for six months , and then it stops . |
| 30 | They 're for things like spot cream . |