Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [is] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And another senior colleague Steve Mcleod on my right , whose primary responsibility is with the value for money work that we undertake on your behalf . |
| 2 | ‘ The release of life sentence prisoners is at the discretion of the Home Secretary , subject to a favourable recommendation by the Parole Board and to consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and , if he is available , the trial judge . |
| 3 | Unless your cholesterol level is off the scale ( by which I mean approaching double figures when measured in millimoles per litre ) , the degree of change in absolute coronary risk that you can bring about by dietary measures is spitting in the wind . |
| 4 | David M. Pyle is in the Department of Earth Sciences , University of Cambridge , . |
| 5 | The Cherry and Whites first division future is on the line tomorrow … having lost four of their opening five matches defeat against the saracens could prove fatal … |
| 6 | The latter depends in turn on the capital intensity of fixed costs relative to variable costs ( ) and relative to the rest of the economy as a whole ( ) If fixed costs are relatively capital-intensive in both senses , then the first-round effect is for the size of the firm to be increased ( see dashed lines in Fig. 7–3 ) and this reinforces the substitution effect . |
| 7 | Irrespective of the fact that many , perhaps most of these jobs are low paid , dirty ( even the gleaming electronics industry is on the defensive against charges of health and safety problems for its workforce ) and monotonous , they are very widely sought after and they carry high prestige . |
| 8 | As a result , the agriculture industry is in the ironic situation of being in the vanguard of scientific and technological progress and subject to rapid and innovatory change , yet with a reputation for being backward and conservative and the very antithesis of modernity when it comes to its labour relations . |
| 9 | The Legal Aid Board is of the view that the disadvantages of such a scheme , that is the restriction on the applicants ' choice of solicitor to have the main conduct of the case and a weakening of the direct link between the legally aided plaintiff and the solicitor , are far outweighed by the advantages . |
| 10 | ( Revision of the Republic 's constitution , dropping the territorial claim , is as vital to this island as today 's historic recognition settlement is to the world at large . ) |
| 11 | For the investor who decides to buy direct rather than invest via a gilt unit trust , which may have a front end charge of 6 p.c. plus an annual management fee , the cheapest buying route is via the Post Office . |
| 12 | There is evidence that the Old Testament text is on the whole marvellously well preserved . |
| 13 | They are frequently written in a way that omits insulin when the blood glucose is within the normal range , and they usually fail to take account of the insulin resistance induced by increased ketone body production . |
| 14 | And very importantly to the accountant , the way that we can ensure that we maintain the integrity of the accounting data , is by exploiting checksum techniques in the database to ensure that the only valid way of u of updating the accounting data is through the accounting application and that 's it 's therefore properly secure and properly audit trailed . |
| 15 | With loop-in wiring , the wires are labelled carefully , and drawn up into the space above the ceiling , where they should be reconnected in a junction box , in exactly the same way that they were connected in the ceiling rose , and a cable taken from this junction box to the light fitting through the hole in the ceiling ( if the new light fitting is in the same place ) . |
| 16 | A third search criterion is by the use of a group of additives . |
| 17 | As the histological damage did not change in harmony with the inflammation and blood loss , it suggests that most of the chronic intestinal blood loss is from the small intestine . |
| 18 | The main EEC based investment aid is through the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Scheme ( AHDS ) whereby enhanced rates of grant are paid for land in the LFA 's ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ zone . |
| 19 | In many cases , the most sensible location for an extraction fan is in the ceiling . |
| 20 | A word of advice : the silver key is for the briefcase , NOT to open doors . |
| 21 | In newsletter format , Travel Industry Monitor is for the decision maker who needs up-to-date objective information on important issues , professionally presented in an accessible format . |
| 22 | Police say this year overall car crime 's on the wane in the county … but they admit there 's a long way to go |
| 23 | The average age is thirty-nine , but in some areas , such as East Anglia , over half of the labour force is over the age of forty-five . |
| 24 | Passing over the parish boundary at Sunderlandwick , the old toll bar is on the right , and Bar Farm opposite . |
| 25 | Adam 's football kit is in the five corners of the house , stiff enough to wash itself . |
| 26 | And the booze business is among the most powerful in India , partly because in order to evade duty the manufacturers need the complicity of crooked politicians . |
| 27 | Her sitting room is on the fourth floor , but there is a lift . |
| 28 | The pickup selection is of the automatic coil-tap variety , meaning that in positions two and four on the selector switch humbuckers are relegated to the single coil division in order that the great Strat-tone god can be invoked . |
| 29 | The tea caddy is on the kitchen table . |
| 30 | If you asked Bradley , he says he does n't know what the crime rate is at the moment , which seems a little politically unsound for a mayor . |