Example sentences of "[be] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Thus the structure and the information are forms of expression for copyright purposes .
2 Because there are interactions by age in figure 13.10 , it is likely that we are dealing with a generation effect .
3 " There are crowds of people on the roofs . "
4 As a consequence it would appear that ‘ strikes are often the most practical means of renouncing an agreement ’ ( Sellier , 1978 , p. 222 ) , although recently there have been attempts in France to institute more regularised collective relationships .
5 There are parallels with Durkheim on anomie , who was also much concerned with consumption ( Williams 1982 : 322–342 ) , and with other writers of the period .
6 There are accounts of dogs of Mastiff type being exported from Britain to Rome through an agent known as the Procurator Pugnacium ( provider of dogs ) .
7 Throughout his career there have been calls on Prince by both the US and UK critical establishment to be a better role model , to make himself accountable to some kind of community , to address himself explicitly to the problems of the day .
8 These are pairs of things in a fundamental way like causal circumstances and effects .
9 What use are artists in times of crisis ?
10 There are notes for pilots considering becoming private owners and on the types of glass fibre gliders which are suitable for early solo pilots .
11 Bisset , using a description of Taking the Side of the Other as a justification for the tactic , concluded that ‘ there are states of society in which it would be proper to contract the very opinions that it would be right to cherish in other circumstances ’ ( Bisset , 1800 : 269 ) .
12 But there are signs of haste in the recording or editing process — at 23'04 ’ in the first movement ( eight bars after fig. 69 ) the first piccolo appears to play G and A flat together , as though two takes have been momentarily overlaid ; then there is a stray timpani stroke at 9′52″ in the third movement , what sounds like a stray clonk on the xylophone at 3′54″ in the finale , and , most unfortunate of all , a discrepancy of tuning between the timpani and the rest of the orchestra later in this movement ( at 4′25″ , in the return of the introduction ) .
13 While Europe is still suffering the effects of recession , it believes there are signs of upturn in the US economy .
14 However , there are signs of change at some levels , because men are now being accepted on to the CARE course , which provides specialist training in how to deal with victims of sex crimes , although this might simply reflect a recognition that an increasing number of victims are young boys .
15 It is hardly surprising that there are signs of disenchantment with Æthelred 's government .
16 It was hard work , but for the first time there are signs of movement in Stephen 's legs and clinic staff are hopeful he may soon be able to walk .
17 There are signs of cracks in the bonding however as bigger and better shops are being taken over by Pakistani families .
18 If there are signs of infection on the smear , you may be asked to see your own doctor for treatment before having the smear repeated .
19 There are signs at times of a reversion to a more primitive level of superstition in the play , a slipping beneath Christianity to Frazerian rituals half hinted at , but suppressed beneath normal life .
20 The main means provided to DHAs to effect these changes are contracts for services between DHAs and suppliers ; reimbursement formulas based on resident populations ; resource management systems which align responsibility for incurring expenditure for its management more closely and provide information on costs of different activities ; and medical audit .
21 For the East Germans the Poles had been objects of contempt for most of Prussian history , and the loss of land to them was an insult that was not to be swallowed , but would instead produce a festering sense of indignity , shame and anger .
22 and you were in your room , erm it was , like all day at work today there 's been loads of activity outside the magistrate 's court with like , with erm various
23 There are guide-lines on standards of care but these are not always adhered to even when charges are high .
24 Nevertheless , cattle are enemies of grass in that it is still true that an individual grass plant would be better off not being eaten by a cow than being eaten , and any mutant plant that possessed , say , a chemical weapon that protected it against cows , would set more seed ( containing genetic instructions for making the chemical weapon ) than rival members of its own species that were more palatable to cows .
25 Meteoriticists are now searching for further specimens in the Canadian Arctic and there are plans for expeditions to northern Greenland .
26 HSS Hire Shops has 170 branches throughout the UK , and there are plans for expansion in the coming year .
27 There are plans for tie-ups with Bulgaria and Romania in the near future .
28 Managing editor Marion Sinclair adds that there are plans for links with the University 's School of Scottish Studies , with publications based on its unique and priceless oral history archive .
29 Hence unfair dismissal and redundancy are considered by the tribunal , as are cases of discrimination on the grounds of race , sex or trade union activities .
30 There are openings for geophysicists in oil and mineral exploration companies , geological engineering companies , in the various geophysical units within the British Geological Survey and in university teaching and research .
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