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

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1 Petipa 's ideas about birds were followed by Ivanov 's Odette in Swan Lake and later in Fokine 's unforgettable The Dying Swan fur Anna Pavlova .
2 This cohesion through antonyms is identified by Halliday and Hasan ( 1976 : 285 ) as one of the main types of lexical cohesion in English .
3 Feminism for Beginners is divided into two parts .
4 Regular visits for employers are arranged in Compacts .
5 Liaison between authorities is facilitated by the establishment of forums for different authorities to discuss matters of mutual concern .
6 Some examples of the sources of major differences between authorities are given in table 9.2 , which shows the contributions per head of total population from each of the main expenditure headings .
7 With the spatial approach , the initial relationships between objects are established by the interpretation of the local orthogonal domains or bricks ( see Chapter 5 ) .
8 A chair on which he is claimed to have parked his splendid bulk during rehearsals is kept at the Mansion House .
9 Apparently , in Ireland , stopping for hitchhikers is seen as Christian behaviour .
10 Four further claims for Hurricanes were made by all 12 pilots of the 156° Gruppo jointly , two confirmed and two probables .
11 New houses take time to complete and , hence , increases in demand for houses are reflected in an increase in the price of both existing and new houses .
12 Subject to the necessary agreements being reached in Brussels and Luxembourg , the next call for proposals is expected in May .
13 This argument for government intervention through taxes is examined in the next chapter .
14 Stage 1 Generic Sciences modules provide a starting point for those students with little or no science background and will be particularly useful for programmes being developed for adult returners or for those with Standard Grade at Grade 5/6 who wish to continue in science .
15 Comparisons between groups were made by Student 's t test , or Wilxocon 's matched pairs test .
16 No changes between groups were seen at day 3 , although levels decreased by about sixfold in all groups between days 3 and 7 ( Fig 7 ) .
17 Differences between groups were evaluated by the log-rank test .
18 Differences between groups were calculated with the two tailed Student 's t test ; p<0.05 was considered significant .
19 Comparisons between groups were performed with the Wilcoxon test for unpaired data and the Fisher test .
20 Statistical differences between groups were estimated with the Mann-Whitney U test and correlation coefficients calculated with the Spearman rank test for non-parametric data .
21 The statistical significance of differences between groups was assessed by the Mann-Whitney U test .
22 Licences for fire-arms were issued under careful control and the hunting confined to a privileged few .
23 He is not impressed by the idea of suggestion as the basis of crowd behaviour , for no explanation is given by simply referring to the suggestibility of people as the reason for crowds being influenced by leaders .
24 A potential difficulty for solicitors was highlighted by the case of Hudgell Yeates & Co v Watson [ 1978 ] QB 451 when solicitors attempted to recover their costs from a client by action .
25 One of the heaviest performers at the seaside track , Between Times was floundering after a slow start .
26 This next version of the bucket brigade algorithm seems to be the best way to solve the credit assignment problem when conflicts between rules are resolved with simple weights .
27 While profit used to be viewed as a sufficient objective in itself , creating benefits for stakeholders is seen as the ultimate objective .
28 The bad news for fans was revealed by guitarist Brian May , who said the group no longer made sense without its vocalist .
29 Third , there has been substantial criticism of the implication of the human capital theory that income inequalities both within nations and between nations are reduced through increased investment in education .
30 A homebody 's disgust with the restless owners of fast cars , a temperate man 's contempt for drinkers were impacted into this begrudged advice .
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